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In
2006, Rosie the Riveter Trust accomplished the following:
- Contributed $
48,221.99 to support Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front
National Historical Park.
- Secured a $2 million
matching grant from the California Cultural and Historical
Endowment (CCHE) the Maritime Child Care Center and facilitated
an additional $5.5 million in commitments from the West
Contra Costa Unified School District and the City of Richmond
to fully fund the project.
- Executed a 30-year
lease with Contra Costa County for the Maritime Child Care
Center for $1 per year.
- Distributed $33,492
for community outreach activities including park tours
for community leaders and funding a part-time community
outreach position.
- Debuted a webstore
(http://www.rosiehomefrontstore.com)
- Manned a booth
at the 2006 National League of Cities Congress of Cities
in Reno and at Richmond’s Juneteenth Festival.
- Participated in
the National Trust for Historic Preservation Partners for
Preservation Bay Area Initiative and secured a $5,000 grant
for the Maritime Child Care Center.
- Entered into an
MOU between the East Bay Center for Performing Arts and
the Rosie the Riveter Trust for 10-lessons, standard-based
curriculum focused on the themes of World War II Home Front.
- Presented a “3-Minute
Success Story” on the moving of the Whirley Crane
at the 2006 California Preservation Conference in Sacramento.
- Worked with the
City of Richmond to install directional signage from
Interstate 580 to Rosie the Riveter WW II Home Front
National Historical Park
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