The Arc of Orleans County has received three grants to support the Rainbow Preschool program which is serving children with special needs.
The Children's Guild Foundation Inc. awarded a $9,864 grant to purchase a laptop, software, adaptive toys, as well as several other supplies and equipment; The Lyndonville Area Foundation also approved a $5,000 grant be used towards the cost of transporting the children to and from camp each day and J.M. McDonald Foundation has provided a $5,000 grant to resurface the basketball court and front sidewalk at Camp Rainbow.
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William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan of Dowser write about the social entrepreneurs slowly and steadily dirsupting the world of philanthropy. According to Forbes, philanthropy disruptors are those that believe “no one company is so vital that it can’t be replaced and no single business model too perfect to upend.”