New Hampshire Humanities receives grant from Ella F. Anderson Trust/ BNY Mellon to support Connections book discussion program
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New Hampshire Humanities (NHH) announces that Ella F. Anderson Trust/ BNY Mellon has awarded a grant of $5,000 to support the NHH Connections adult literacy program.
Connections is a book discussion program designed to promote English language skills, cultivate conversations about ideas, reinforce family literacy, and support a culture of reading to more than 500 adult learners across the state of New Hampshire each year. Connections participants can receive up to four free books and keep the books they read.
Using a range of children’s and adult literature, Connections provides accessible, literature-based book discussions for refugees, immigrants, individuals with disabilities, general adult basic education students, and incarcerated parents. More importantly, it allows participants to see their own stories in literature, to learn about perspectives different from their own, and provides the opportunity to travel to worlds real or imagined through literature.
Ella Anderson was born in Stoneham, MA in 1856 and for sixty years made her home in Nashua, NH, with her husband Frank E. Anderson, a shoe manufacturer. Before her passing in 1945, she established a trust dedicated to making grants to deserving charitable and nonprofit organizations, with BNY Mellon, N.A. serving as the Trustee.
“We are deeply grateful to Ella F. Anderson Trust/ BNY Mellon for their significant and lasting investment in family literacy through New Hampshire Humanities’ Connections program,” said Mary Nolin, Connections Program Manager. “Because of Ella F. Anderson Trust/ BNY Mellon’s vital support, hundreds of new Americans and native English speakers and their families will be empowered through literature and connected with expanded opportunities in their community, their workplaces, and the world.”
To learn more about the Connections program, visit www.nhhumanities.org/connections.
About New Hampshire Humanities: Celebrating its 50th year, New Hampshire Humanities (NHH) funds and supports programs that inspire curiosity, foster civil dialogue, and explore big questions. An independent, statewide nonprofit, NHH made possible last year 1,206 free public programs and digital broadcasts reaching 33,470 residents, in partnership with 414 organizations in 181 communities, to engage all citizens, regardless of their age or educational level, with the humanities. For more information, please visit www.nhhumanities.org.
