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The Hal Launders Alice Launders Webb Pay it Forward Scholarship
March is the best month of the year to remember Harold Launders and his sister, Alice Launders Webb -the brother and sister for whom the Hal Launders Alice Launders Webb Pay it Forward Scholarship at St Lawrence University in Canton, NY was named. The siblings were...
Beautiful Day Youth Program Works!
Beautiful Day is a non-profit with a mission to work together with refugees supporting , orienting and educating them as they integrate into American life. As part of the Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust Discretionary grants program, one of our Trustees has...
Themes in Food Security
The most important themes in food security work today are understanding that, first, the root cause of food insecurity is poverty, driven by systemic racism, and second, it's important to respect the reality of organizations addressing these issues on the ground and...
Nurturing Artists and Audiences, Alike
Blessed Unrest, now in our 20th year, is a subversive physical theater ensemble that transforms new and classic plays into channels for unexpected alchemy, energetic discomfort, and complex articulation. Through a dedicated and diverse ensemble, international...
Launders Charitable Trust Continues Its Support of the Community Hospice House of Richmond VA
RHLCT Co-Trustee Jerry Lonnes and RHLCT Executive Director Jeff Fairfield present a check for $10,000 to Kyle Clark, MSN, RN, Head Nurse at the Community Hospice House of Richmond. This grant was approved and funded by the RHLCT Board of Trustees this summer to...
Launders’ Gift to Reduce Sexual Violence in Rural Uganda Exceeds Expectations
The Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust is the first funder to support the Solar Electric Light Fund’s (SELF) pilot project in Bukyerimba, Uganda. It is aimed at reducing sexual violence against women and girls who are stalked by predators while collecting...
Potholes on the Road to Development
Health Access Sumbawa (HAS) does malaria control and community development work on a shoestring budget in a roadless area of Sumbawa, a relatively poor Island in Eastern Indonesia. In 2015 we set out to control malaria in three remote villages for the price of a car....
Launders Trust Helps Launch Solar Energy Project to Reduce Sexual Assaults Against Women and Girls in Uganda
The Launders Trust has made a gift to the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) that, in partnership with the Rape Hurts Foundation (RHF), could provide far-reaching benefits to women and girls in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. Collecting water and fuelwood has...
The Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust Expands Its Support of Parks in Fairfax County
The Ruth and Hal Launders Charitable Trust continues to enlarge upon its tradition of supporting parks in Fairfax County, Virginia. Drawing upon its past contributions of Arrowbrook Centre Park and the Arrowbrook Wetland Nature Preserve to the Fairfax County Park...
How Cultural Organizations Can Reach Out to Younger More Diverse Populations Using the Kingston Chamber Music Festival Model
Historically, the Kingston Chamber Music Festival has served two distinct audiences: younger school children through its schools outreach program and middle age to older adults who have patronized the summer festival since its inception. This latter community is...