The Lyme Foundation's recent grants will:

• help the Lyme School build an energy efficient refrigerator to store locally-grown and bulk-purchased food.
• buy communication equipment for Lyme's emergency services.
• rebuild the wheelchair entrance ramp at the Lyme Congregational Church.
• celebrate Lyme's 250th anniversary.
• buy an electronic "your speed is" sign to help slow traffic through town.
• assist needy school children in many ways--from paying for school lunches to buying a bike helmet.

The full list of grants is below:

2010
Lyme Fast Squad /Communication Equipment
Lyme 250 Birthday Celebration
Lyme Recreation Committee / Beach work
Lyme Congregational Church / Wheelchair ramp renovation
Lyme School / Farm to School Project
Lyme Boy Scouts
Lyme School Principal's Fund / Needy students

2009
Town of Lyme / defibrillator for Chase Beach & Library
West Central Services / Paddle Power '08
Lyme Historians / publication
Lyme Congregational Church / parish nurse program
West Central Services / Paddle Power '09
Dan Ludwig / Sawyer / bridge repair on trails
Lyme Town Offices / backup generator

2008
West Central Services / Paddle Power '07
Lyme Firefighters FAST squad / defibrillator
Lyme Congregational Church / elevator
Custom Courts / court resurfacing
Berway Farm Project / special drive
Recreation Committee / baseball field repair
Lyme School / interactive white board
Pearl Dimick Fund / support for granting
Lyme Congregational Church / parish nurse program

2007
West Central Behavioral Health / Paddle Power '06
Habitat for Humanity / Lyme House
Lyme Congregational Church / parish nurse program
Lyme Firefighters Assn. / 3 projects
Lyme Nursery School / shade project
Habitat for Humanity / Lyme House

2006
Lyme Nursery School / building assistance
U.V. Substance Abuse / Willow Grove project
Ava Gallery / elevator
Lyme Drama Club / lights and sound system
Parish Nurse Program / start up assistance
Town of Lyme / loan for new town offices exploration
Lyme Historians / Nichols remembrance event

2005
Friends of Lyme Library / oral history CD
Lyme BEAT / printing costs
Town of Lyme / garage project
Lyme Nursery School / building costs
First Baptist Church of Lyme / repairs
Lyme Congregational Church / repairs
WISE / youth outreach program
Upper Valley Trails Alliance / training & maint. of trails

2003
Lyme Fire Dept. / fire hydrant project
Lyme School / town generator project
Lyme School / school fund transferred to the school
U.V. Substance Abuse Foundation / Lyme patients
Lyme Historians / computer equipment
WISE / teaching of domestic abuse issues in Lyme School
Northern Stage / theater experiences for Lyme students
U.V. Land Trust / natural resource inventory

2002
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovations
Lyme Firefighters assn. / breathing apparatus
Lyme Police Department / computer equipment
Upper Valley Land Trust / first cutting & trail projects
WISE / Youth Outreach Program
West Central Services / general support
Lyme School / Daubenspeck bequest / stage curtains

2001
Lyme FAST Squad / defibrillation machine
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovations
Lyme Conservation Commission / wildlife program
Lyme Web Site Development
COVER / vol. group helping residents with home repair
WISE / health relationships & domestic abuse issues
Upper Valley Substance Abuse Fdn. / general support
Audubon / Wellborn Project

2000
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovations
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovation elevator
Lyme Pinnacle Snowmobile Club / sled dog competition
Friends of Lyme Library / oral history project - loan
Vital Communities / Lyme Quest history project

1999
Friends of Lyme Library / oral history project
Thetford Academy / math program
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovation
Lyme Fire Department / truck refit
Lyme Gazette / loan for Lyme phone book
Upper Valley Land Trust / first cutting
Lyme Firefighters Assn / FAST squad equipment
U.V. Substance Abuse Fdn. / refurbish drop in center
Lyme Vestry / foundation repair

1998
Lyme Historians / Academy Building renovation
Lyme Athletic Fund / soccer goals
Lyme Conservation Commission / wetlands research

1997
Upper Valley Land Trust / conserve E. Thetford Rd Land
Lyme Baptist Church / handicap access & fire safety

1996
Upper Valley Land Trust / Grant Brook preserve
Lyme School / part time tech. coordinator
Lyme School / public vision testing equipment
Lyme Congregational Church / preservation of church building

1995
U.V. Land Trust / first cutting
Lyme FAST Squad / communications equipment
Riverfest '95 / connecticut river festival
Lyme Athletic Fund / special donation
Lyme Historians / Yankee brass band concert

1994
Lyme School / new building - special drive
Riverfest '95 / Connecticut River Festival
Lyme Gazette / opinion survey
Lyme School / Lyme Space matching grant
Lyme School / facilities comm. Communications

1993
Lyme School / writing center
Lyme School / LymeSpace playground match
Town of Lyme Selectmen/ cemetery land purchase
Lyme School / facilities comm. Communications

1992
Lyme School / Porter Cemetary fence project
Friends of Trout Pond / purchase land for town
Lyme Community Housing

1991
Lyme Historians / calendar of historic Lyme
Lyme Historians /Academy Building bell tower
Lyme School / telescope for community

1990
Lyme Housing Trust (loan)
Basketball and tennis courts match
Lyme School Study / special newsletter
Lyme Congregational Church / kitchen & restroom
First Baptist Church of Lyme / kitchen & restroom

1989
Lyme Recycling / start up costs
Basketball and Tennis courts / court construction