{"id":120472,"date":"2016-01-01T03:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T03:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/01\/leaders-of-the-nonprofit-graham-windham-have\/"},"modified":"2016-01-01T03:37:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T03:37:51","slug":"leaders-of-the-nonprofit-graham-windham-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/01\/01\/leaders-of-the-nonprofit-graham-windham-have\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leaders of the nonprofit [Graham-Windham] have been stunned by a surge of donations due to the spotlight from \u201cHamilton,\u201d and delighted by a bond with the performers that keeps getting stronger.<\/p>\n

Two dozen members of the cast and crew wrote to the agency\u2019s children over the holidays to become pen pals. Phillipa Soo, a 25-year-old who plays Mrs. Hamilton, is recruiting fellow singers to give some of them lessons in acting, dancing and rap in what she calls \u201cThe Eliza Project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat better way to make a connection to her legacy?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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In 1902 the agency built the Graham School, now a residential-treatment center in Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County. Sitting high on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River, it has more than 300 students in kindergarten through 12th grade trying to overcome traumas, behavior issues and learning problems.<\/p>\n

Natalie, a 17-year-old from Brooklyn who asked to be identified by her first name, said living at the campus turned her life around. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for this place, I would be in the street, dead or in jail, or not finishing school and having babies,\u201d she said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want that for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s students who saw \u201cHamilton\u201d said hearing an allusion to their home from stage was a thrill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt special,\u201d said Dymond, a 13-year-old who loves writing poetry. Although she often skipped school back in Brooklyn, she said the musical motivated her to tackle Ron Chernow\u2019s biography, \u201cAlexander Hamilton,\u201d with a dictionary by her side.<\/p>\n

Dymond said that Mr. Hamilton\u2019s declaration in the show that \u201cI\u2019m not throwing away my shot\u201d spoke to her: \u201cHe was telling me not to give up, to keep moving forward, making my dreams come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u2018Hamilton\u2019 Cast Helps Children in Need<\/a> (WSJ)<\/p>\n

just read the whole article, okay<\/p>\n

(via thefederalistfreestyle<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leaders of the nonprofit [Graham-Windham] have been stunned by a surge of donations due to the spotlight from \u201cHamilton,\u201d and delighted by a bond with the performers that keeps getting stronger. Two dozen members of the cast and crew wrote to the agency\u2019s children over the holidays to become pen pals. Phillipa Soo, a 25-year-old … <\/p>\n

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