2017 Recipients
2017 Grant Recipients
ARTS & CULTURE;
EASTERN SHORE REPERTORY THEATRE
Eastern Shore Repertory Theatre SHINES: Completion of ESRT’s Lighting and Sound Systems
Grant funding was used for the purchase of high-quality lighting and sound equipment, providing better quality than rental equipment, eliminating annual rental expenses, providing greater financial control, and increasing the number of performances and audience capacity.
EDUCATION: BALDWIN COUNTY EDUCATION COALITION
Opening Minds and Doors Through Child Literacy
This project provided professional development for over 240 teachers in three specific feeder pattern communities that serve a high number of impoverished students. It will potentially impact thousands of students in the Guided Reading Initiative for Baldwin County Schools by increasing scores and readability.
ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVATION & RECREATION:
BECKWITH CAMP AND CONFERENCE CENTER
Investing in Its Future and Envisioning
Environmentally Friendly and Energy Efficient Facilities
This grant provided for renovation of Wilson Hall, specifically the kitchen, dining hall, screen porch, and handicap parking area to enable serving 30,000+ meals a year more economically and efficiently; improvement of accessibility for the disabled, and further increasing the number of guests in the future.
FAMILY:
SOUTH BALDWIN LITERACY COUNCIL
Capital Improvement to the South Baldwin Literacy Council Facility
Funding would provide for a building addition consisting of four separate 12×12 rooms, greatly needed to accommodate growing demand in South Baldwin County for one-on-one literacy tutoring for adults and children.
HEALTH & WELLNESS:
BALDWIN COUNTY CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER (Care House)
Restoring Hope, Rebuilding Lives
Impact 100 Funds were used for a 3000 square foot building expansion which enabled current staff employees/volunteers to have much needed office space to hold private, confidential meetings; and provided a play/lounge area for children, a confidential waiting area, a multi-use teaching room, and additional parking.