2007 Annual Report - Greater Worcester Community Foundation

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Barbara Allen Booth Fund Making history come alive “The fund grows as a future resource for the executive director,” says Barbara Allen Booth. Barbara Allen Booth grew up in rural Spencer on land that her “grandfather’s grandfather” received for his service in the Continental Army under the command of General Washington. When she became Mrs. Howard M. Booth, she continued to connect the history of her family with that of the T The Foundation husbands my money on behalf of the museum. And I don’t need to do any work. Barbara Allen Booth nation and region. A long-time donor and trustee of the Worcester Historical Museum, Mrs. Booth worked with the museum to turn the papers of her father-in-law George W. Booth (1870-1955), publisher of the Worcester Telegram, The Evening Gazette and the Sunday Telegram, into a memoir. She and her brother-in-law, the late Robert W. Booth, funded the museum’s main exhibition gallery. “History helps people see their lives in a larger context,” says William D. Wallace, executive director of the Worcester Historical Museum. “Understanding our relationships to one another enriches our sense of our community and ourselves. This bigger picture is very important to Mrs. Booth.” Barbara Booth is eager to help the museum tell a larger story of Worcester and its people. Now an honorary trustee of the museum, she helped to fund the initial architectural studies of its future home at the Worcester Blackstone Visitor Center. In its new quarters, the museum will double its exhibition space, gain riverside acreage, and create programs with other nonprofits that incorporate all dimensions of life in the region, from the arts and industry to ecology and civics. Looking forward to preserve the past, Barbara Booth turned to the Foundation to create an endowed fund that will support the Worcester Historical Museum in perpetuity. “The fund grows as a future resource for the executive director,” says Barbara Booth, who celebrates her 97th birthday in 2008. “Creating the fund was a good decision. The Foundation husbands my money on behalf of the museum. And I don’t need to do any work.” On right: “History helps people see their lives in a larger context,” says William D. Wallace, executive director, Worcester Historical Museum, with young visitors. 10 Greater Worcester Community Foundation • 07 ANNUAL REPORT
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Page 1: ANNUAL REPORT Our Vision Transforms
Page 4 and 5: Letter to the Community B y comming
Page 6 and 7: Protect 4 Greater Worcester Communi
Page 8 and 9: Maureen Hendrickson Memorial Schola
Page 10 and 11: Heal 8 Greater Worcester Community
Page 14 and 15: Preserve 12 Greater Worcester Commu
Page 16 and 17: John W. Lund Fund Community Service
Page 18 and 19: Grantmaking The Foundation makes gr
Page 20 and 21: Grants Blackstone Valley Boys & Gir
Page 22 and 23: Grants First Unitarian Church Holli
Page 24 and 25: Grants Leicester Council on Aging L
Page 26 and 27: Grants Phillips Academy - Andover J
Page 28 and 29: Grants U U.S. English Foundation Bo
Page 30 and 31: Grants Worcester East Side Communit
Page 32 and 33: Contributors In 2007, the Foundatio
Page 34 and 35: Contributors Jeremiah and Elizabeth
Page 36 and 37: Contributors Mr. and Mrs. R. Emerso
Page 38 and 39: Contributors Terrie J. Hanna Carol
Page 40 and 41: New Funds A gallery of creative giv
Page 42 and 43: Invitation to the Acorn Society Aco
Page 44 and 45: Named Funds Discretionary, Field of
Page 46 and 47: Newell and Betty Hale Fund (2001) $
Page 48 and 49: Named Funds Designated Funds Louise
Page 50 and 51: The Foundation’s endowed scholars
Page 52 and 53: Andrew Sala Memorial Scholarship Fu
Page 54 and 55: Committees Scholarship Selection Vo
Page 56 and 57: Financials Statements of Financial
Page 58 and 59: Board of Directors and Staff BOARD
Page 60: Our Mission To enhance our communit

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