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Thank you to all those involved in awarding me the Community Foundation's Wicomico Scholarship. I understand receiving this scholarship is an honor and I will do my best to prove worthy of it.
-- Kayla K. Pennerman, Scholarship Recipient
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-- Kayla K. Pennerman, Scholarship Recipient
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Community Needs Grant Deadline Announced
December 23, 2010
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
announces that it is offering grant opportunities through its Community Needs Grant
Program and local nonprofit organizations are urged to apply. The deadline for application submissions is
February 1, 2011 with grants being awarded in April 2011.
These competitive grants are
awarded to benefit organizations serving Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester
Counties at least twice each year. Grants
are awarded to a wide range of nonprofit organizations that benefit health and
human services, education, arts and culture, community affairs, environmental
conservation and historic preservation.
The Community Needs Grant
Program provides program support to local nonprofits with individual grant
amounts likely to range from $500 to $5,000.
Guidelines and application forms
are available on the Foundation’s website at: www.cfes.org. Copies of grant guidelines and forms are also
available upon request by calling 410-742-9911, or by writing to the Community
Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Inc., 1324 Belmont Avenue, Salisbury MD 21804.
The mission of the Community
Foundation of the Eastern Shore is to strengthen the community by building
charitable funds, maximizing benefits to donors, making effective grants and
providing leadership to address community needs.
