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CMDE is pleased to announce that the Lillian Pitkin Schenck Fund has renewed its support of CMDE this year.  The grant will be used to support programming for children with disabilities and youth at-risk.

Check out CMDE's Family Class in African Dance on weekends! The class is free and open to any adult(s) and child(ren) or teen(s) who come together and dance as a family - however you define your family! Sundays 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Hackensack.

CMDE is continuing to partner with Bergen Community College. High school or college students enrolled in the College-Wide Dual Enrollment Program (CWDE) at Bergen Community College can receive credits for certain dance classes taken at CMDE. For more information, contact Dr. Dorothy Gleckner, EdD, Director, CWDE Program, at dgleckner@bergen.edu or 201-447-7454

CMDE gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: The National Endowment for the Arts; The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; Bergen County Department of Human Services; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundatio; Lillian Pitkin Schenck Fund; matching contributions from The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Merck, McGraw-Hill Companies, Pfizer, and Tisch.  These grants make many of our program possible and affordable.

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Renews Support

CMDE is pleased to announce that the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has once again renewed its support of CMDE with a grant of $10,000 for fiscal year 2010-2011. CMDE will use the Dodge Foundation grant to support accessible and affordable programming in the coming year.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Continues Funding with Citation of Excellence.

Last year, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA) renewed its General Operating Support of CMDE for three years. This funding is used to support all aspects of CMDE's programming. CMDE's FY11 award was once again accompanied by a prestigious "Citation of Excellence" from the Council. Citations are awarded to organizations, programs, or projects that "exhibit the highest standards of excellence in artistry, operations, governance, public benefit and fulfillment of areas of Council priority."

CMDE is awarded $25,000 grant from the NEA

This grant is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and funds arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.