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The recipients of more than
$20,000 in Spring grants from the Sussex Area Community Foundation are,
back row, left to right: Ottie Forgrave, Southfield United Church Hall;
Eric Nelson, Sussex Seniors Centre; David
Alexander, Sussex Health Centre; Andrew Ness, Belleisle Community Pool;
SACF chairman Richard Sullivan. Front row: Ann West, Kiwanis Nursing
Home; Sally Richards, Learning Partnership; Tanya Warren, John Howard
Society; Joyce Sparks, Sussex Corner Elementary School; Theresa Teakles,
Fundy Civic Centre. The Sussex Area Community Foundation has invested
more than $142,000 in grants and scholarships in the greater Sussex
region since 2004.
The
Fundy Civic Centre added $5,000 to its more than $700,000 in community
donations for the regional recreation facility. Construction of the
$4.6-million project is expected to start next year.
A
$5,000 grant brings a new ultrasound machine closer to reality at the Sussex
Health Centre. Fundraising committee member David Alexander said nearly
4,000 area residents, including expectant mothers and seniors, will benefit
from this diagnostic technology locally instead of traveling to Saint John
or Moncton. The committee is one-third of the way to its $300,000 goal.
Visitors and residents will soon enjoy new furniture in the lounge area of
the Kiwanis Nursing Home, purchased in part with a $1,200 SACF grant. The
new seating replaces 30-year-old furniture, making a welcome gathering spot
in an otherwise underused portion of the centre.
The new
wheelchair-accessible covered entrance to the Sussex Seniors Centre is
$1,000 closer to completion. The new funds will help landscape around the
extension, said centre chairman Eric Nelson.
Southfield United Church Hall has $1,000 to help install a new emergency
exit in its basement. This safety improvement to the popular 1861 venue is a
welcome addition to the popular meeting place.
The
Belleisle Community Pool Association received $1,500 to help install
ventilation equipment for the ongoing renovations to the indoor recreation
venue.
A
$1,000 SACF donation helped the John Howard Society bring professional boxer
George Chuvalo to Sussex in May. The personal account of losing his three
sons and wife to drug abuse was a vivid reminder of the havoc drugs wreak.
This
idea of early intervention is carried further in the Second Step and Steps
to Respect Program at Sussex Corner Elementary School. The $1,320 grant
helps promote anti-bullying efforts among children in the classroom and on
the playground.
Up to
660 Kings County families will get a boost to their children’s education
during the 2008 school year. The $3,500 SACF funds will pay for Welcome to
Kindergarten program materials in School District 6. Books and learning
tools help beginning students with reading and numeracy skills prior to
starting school.
The day
following the grants presentation, five Sussex High School graduates
received Forbes Family scholarships during the June 19 graduation ceremony
The Sussex Area Community Foundation
works with community donors to make charitable donations go farther. Both
one-time bequests and on-going gifts are invested with the interest and
dividends disbursed to support causes important to the donors. Chairman
Richard Sullivan announced the family of Earl J. Cunningham has entrusted
SACF to manage a family fund in their name to issue annual scholarships to
SRHS graduates. Their generosity is one example of how the Foundation works
for the betterment of our community.
Twice a
year, SACF presents grants, scholarships and bursaries to organizations to
assist with immediate and long-term goals. To learn more about the work of
the SACF, please visit the foundation’s web site at
www.sacfi.org.
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