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The Birdsall Impact Grant program seeks to assist county bar associations in the
furtherance of a charitable, educational or pro bono program or project or the enhancement
of an existing charitable, educational or pro bono program or project that succeeds
in making an immediate impact on the way a county bar operates in service to its
members, its court and its community.
If your county bar association is interested in applying for grants funds, please
complete the Birdsall County
Bar Impact Grant Application. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2011.
A five-person grant evaluation committee comprised of Foundation members appointed
by the Foundation president and the Conference of County Bar Leaders Executive Committee will evaluate submissions and select a recipient(s) to share in a grant(s) totaling
not more than $1,000. The successful applicant(s) will be notified in writing on
or before April 15, 2011 and the grants will be awarded during the
Annual Meeting of the Foundation Board of Directors and Members on May 5, 2011
in Hershey, PA in conjunction with the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar
Association.
The program is open to all bar associations, with consideration given to those with
limited means.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Pennsylvania Bar Foundation
Executive Director E. Marie Queen at 888-238-3036 or
info@pabarfoundation.org.
2010 Birdsall Impact Grants Awarded to Lackawanna and Montgomery Bar Associations
At its May 13 annual meeting of the Board of Directors and Members, the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Board of Directors unanimously voted to accept the recommendations of the 2010 Birdsall Grants Committee to bifurcate the 2010 Birdsall grant to allow the Foundation to support two commendable pro bono programs, one conducted by the Lackawanna Bar Association, the other by the Montgomery Bar Association. Each will receive a $500 grant.
The Lackawanna County Bar Association grant will help support the development and delivery of CLE programming to train Lackawanna County attorneys to provide pro bono representation to low-income homeowners facing mortgage foreclosure proceedings.
The Montgomery County Bar Association grant will be used towards the purchase of laptops and portable printers to support the Bar’s Wills for Heroes program, the pro bono program that brings together local first responders (police, firefighter, emergency medical technicians) with volunteer attorneys who prepare free wills and estate planning documents.
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