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With the interest there, Fried still needed to find the money. Hockey camps typically cost $350 to $400 a week because of ice time, insurance and mass mailings. Fried was trying to do this free of charge for everyone. Fortunately, he applied for and received a grant through the Harvard Club of Boston. In addition to this initial funding, Harvard hockey alumni and other private citizens also donated money to the camp...
...though Harvard’s tight purse strings might be blamed for the gradual thinning of theatregoers’ wallets, it doesn’t look like the administration will be doling out more money to groups anytime soon.There are, however, many steps that grant-giving organizations and the Undergraduate Council should take to distribute more equitable funding that can in turn help defray ticket costs. Some improvements have already been made. The Council’s new online common grant application is a great boon for arts groups. It allows these groups to apply for grants from multiple organizations?...
...learned from Stephanie Troisi, however, a program associate at the OFA, many grant-giving organizations still don’t talk to each other about which groups have received their grants, despite the new conveniently central and streamlined process. “It just hasn’t happened because we all have different purposes, but that doesn’t mean it won’t in the future,” she said...
...pool the funds of these grant-giving organizations along with whatever the Council can contribute and distribute them evenly among Harvard students? Essentially, it would create a BoardPlus for the arts where students could spend this money freely at the Harvard Box Office on approved performances. This new system could then base funding on the size of the audience. Even $20 in “ArtsPlus” would go a long way towards encouraging all Harvard students to attend student performances. Moreover, tying arts funding to attendance would achieve one of the common goals of all grant-giving organizations...
...Quincy House Co-Masters Robert P. Kirshner ’70 and Jayne Loader, who ought to be commended for taking swift action after learning about the state of the gym a year ago. They pledged House money for new equipment to supplement the College’s grant, and Loader even lent her own personal weight set for the time being until other equipment arrives...