Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

In the spirit of the new year, when we often find ourselves thinking about our health and our eating habits, it seems only appropriate to spread the word that Slow Foods of Northern New Jersey, who was very helpful in identifying local foods vendors for the 12th Biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and the Morris County Historical Society are hosting “Local Harvest: Farms, Food and Family” on Saturday, January 17th at the Frelinghuysen Arboretum in Morristown.

Meet local farmers, buy fresh meat, poultry, eggs, bread and prepared foods from local food artisans. Learn about community supported agriculture and how you can buy a share in a local farm for an affordable price. There will be activities for kids such as butter making and learning how to plant a vegetable garden, as well as cooking demonstrations by area chefs for the whole family.

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Earlier this month, the Arts Council of the Morris Area unveiled a beautiful outdoor mural at Morristown’s Neighborhood House, as a part of the Council’s Mural Arts Project.

The Council selected artist Cesar Viveros-Herrera, who has created many large murals for Philadelphia’s widely-acclaimed Mural Arts Program, to complete a 35′ x 35′ installation on the Flagler Street side of Neighborhood House.

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In addition to the Foundation Center’s new “Focus on the Economic Crisis” section of their website, the Council on Foundations (CoF) has launched a new website, Economic Xchange, which is a forum for grantmakers and nonprofits to exchange ideas, share stories, and discuss how the current economy affects them as well as the field of philanthropy. While you’re there, check out CoF’s inaugural issue of Thought > Action > Impact, their “e-journal of philanthropic ideas.”

The Foundation Center has launched a new “Focus on the Economic Crisis” section on their website, which provides an array of interesting and useful articles, podcasts, blog posts and other tools for helping nonprofits and foundations navigate the challenging economy.

This interactive “Mapshot,” for example, gives an interesting snapshot of the most recent foundation giving and program related investments, state by state, related to the recession; click on the states to get specific information. You can sign up for their grant RSS feed here to get the most current data.

And for commentary on the philanthropic world, the Foundation Center’s blog, “Philantopic” is here.

The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation will be moving to our new LEED certified green office space in Morristown on December 11th and 12th. (Please note we anticipate that our email and phone service will be interrupted on the 11th; we hope to be fully operational - knock on wood - by the 12th).

Our phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same. Our new mailing address will be: 14 Maple Avenue, PO Box 1239, Morristown, NJ 07962-1239.

Thank you for your patience and support. We look forward to hosting you in our new space in 2009.