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DEF awards perpetual grants
The Delmarva Education Foundation (DEF) has designated several local non-profit organizations as recipients of perpetual grants. The annual disbursements, distributed through the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES), represent a permanent funding source for a select group of non-profits whose operations are consistent with the DEF mission “to support college access and success, and career planning and preparation for residents of the tri-county area, with a special focus on the poor, vulnerable and marginalized.” Beneficiaries are: For scholarships • The Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Scholarship program • Wor-Wic Community College (for Continuing Education for Somerset County residents) • The Donald Harting MD MPH Memorial Scholarship for Medical Education For programs • Horizons Salisbury • Fruitland Community Center • Somerset County Library System • Joseph House Workshop (to provide life and job skills for men in recovery) • CFES’s Education Grant Pro-
gram for initiatives in partnership with schools For Endowment Building for Scholarships and Programs • The Charles & Gladys Goslee Youth Help Fund at CFES • The Salisbury Sunrise Rotary Scholarship Fund at CFES • The Marilyn J. Baker Scholarship Fund at CFES (for Continuing Education at Wor-Wic) According to Vernon Rivers, president of the DEF board, “We identified these blue-chip recipients because of their established reputations for helping students go further in their education and training.” Funds will be granted every year, in perpetuity, to provide the non-profits with dependable funding for enrichment activities, counseling, guest speakers, field trips, financial aid resources, teacher- and counselor-designed activities, and scholarships. An annual grant agreement will ensure the funds are spent for DEFmission-related purposes. Each recipient will receive between $1,000-2,000 in the first distribution, and grant amounts are expected to rise over time. The DEF Designated Fund at CFES is open for additional donations, which will further increase the size of the annual grants to all these beneficiaries.
DIAKONIA DONATION - Edward M. Thomas, president and CEO of The Bank of Delmarva, has announced a $500 donation to Diakonia, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping those in need. For more than 40 years Diakonia has been helping individuals and families in Worcester County and on the Lower Shore by providing shelter, food, clothing and the resources to rebuild their lives. Diakonia is the only comprehensive provider of emergency and transitional housing for men, women and families on the Lower Shore. The Bank of Delmarva’s employees contribute money to a Casual Day Fund in order to dress casually on Fridays throughout the year. The monies collected are then donated to various organizations in the communities they serve. Pictured from left: Anna O’Neill, communications coordinator for Diakonia, and Karen Turner, AVP/branch manager, The Bank of Delmarva.
Once this disbursement program is fully underway, DEF will dissolve as an organization, leaving care of the fund with CFES. Through 2016, DEF served as a convener of local education professionals to discuss current challenges; a consultant for students seeking to go to college and their parents; and a broker
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between those seeking scholarships and those with scholarships to give. DEF was particularly known for its free, online, searchable database of over 500 local scholarships for students in this area. For more information about the DEF Fund, contact CFES at 410-742-9911 or www://cfes.org.
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