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The 2002 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards

Applications for the 2002 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards are now available for download or in hard-copy upon request.

For the past sixteen years, the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards program, administered by WHY and underwritten in part by a grant from the Harry Chapin Foundation, has distributed cash grants ($5,000 maximum amount) to grassroots organizations judged outstanding for their innovative and creative approaches to fighting domestic hunger and poverty by empowering people and building self-reliance. This competitive awards program honor those organizations that go beyond charity and that help people improve their own lives and the communities in which they live.

The application deadline for this year's awards cycle is August 1, 2002.

Download the application now:
The 2002 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards application is available for download in three different formats.

Click here to download a copy of the 2002 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards application in PDF format. ***To view or download a PDF version of this document you must first download a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is free.

The application is also available as a Win Zipped Word document.

For Mac Users, the application is available as a StuffIt file.

To have a hard-copy version of the application faxed or mailed to you:
Please email your mailing address or fax number to HCSRA@worldhungeryear.org, or call Julianne Rana at (212) 629-8850.

The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards are funded in part by the Harry Chapin Foundation.