{"id":2932,"date":"2021-08-13T13:08:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:08:18","slug":"wintergreen-receives-8000-rapid-response-grant-from-onion-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wintergreen-receives-8000-rapid-response-grant-from-onion-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Wintergreen receives $8,000 Rapid Response Grant from Onion Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"149\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OFLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2934\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OFLogo.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.wintergreenarts.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OFLogo-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PRESQUE ISLE, Maine<\/strong>\u2014Wintergreen\nArts Center recently received a $8,000 Rapid Response Grant from the Onion\nFoundation, a private philanthropic foundation based in Auburn, Maine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gift supports Wintergreen\u2019s general operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis grant helps ensure Wintergreen\u2019s ability to fully\nstaff and run our summer arts program,\u201d said Dottie Hutchins, Wintergreen\u2019s\nexecutive director.&nbsp; \u201cWith the financial\nhardship many families are experiencing, the demand for scholarships has nearly\ntripled.&nbsp; At the same time, our overhead\nhas increased to meet more programming needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wintergreen Arts Center is committed to serve all children\nregardless of their ability to pay.&nbsp; Funding\nin support of general operations to provide free community programming is\ncritical to the organization\u2019s mission and mandate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Onion Foundation is such an extraordinary community partner,\u201d\nsaid Hutchins.&nbsp; \u201cBecause Wintergreen is a\nprevious grant recipient, the Foundation Staff and Trustees reached out to us\noffering this timely and generous support.&nbsp;\nThey are amazing and truly understand the needs of a community-based\narts center.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>More about the Onion Foundation<\/em><\/strong><em><br>\nThe Onion Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 2014 by\nFritz and Susan Onion.&nbsp; It was created\nwith the mission of encouraging conservation and stewardship of the natural\nenvironment and promoting music and the arts in the state of Maine.&nbsp; Having grown up in Farmington, a small town\nin the western foothills of Maine, Fritz and Susan both value living in a rural\ncommunity with access to the outdoors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn more at<\/em> www.onionfoundation.org.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESQUE ISLE, Maine\u2014Wintergreen Arts Center recently received a $8,000 Rapid Response Grant from the Onion Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation based in Auburn, Maine. 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