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Charitable Projects Annual Report

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Charitable Projects Annual Report

Carol Provan and Sandy Holmes

The final distribution of the 2018-2019 Charitable Projects Fund of $13,435 supported 12 northeast Ohio projects, highlighting numerous club interests: beekeeping, community beautification, food gardening education, reduction of invasive species, to name a few.

 Recipients were:

  • Our largest grant to Stonebrook Montessori School –Environmental education

  • Boys and Girls Clubs – Young Beekeepers Program

  • Cleveland Metroparks – Bee and Native Plant Garden

  • Doan Brook/Friends of the Lower Lakes – Removing invasives; restoring native plants

  • Dunham Tavern Museum – Summer Camp: Greenspace Knowledge and Healthy Eating

  • Hopewell – Therapeutic Gardening

  • Metro Catholic School – Experiential Learning garden/Healthy Eating Club

  • Moreland on the Move – Community connection through beautification

  • Morgan Conservatory – New beds for growing paper-making plants

  • Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – Demonstration gardens at restored trail

  • Ruffing Montessori School – Outdoor learning environment and production garden

  • Urban Community School – Student-developed Ohio prairie ecosystem

Our committee found it gratifying to learn of the inspiring efforts, across the entire area, to recognize the joy and power of life amid growing greenery.

In addition, $1,375 was forwarded to the CGA for support of the Katharine M. Grosscup Scholarship.

Our committee: Anne Ginn, Kate Stenson, Cheri Pace, Nancy Zambie, Sarah Dimling, Mary Bruce Rae-Grant, Cynthia Druckenbrod, Anne Higerd, Helen Schreiber, and Suzanne Taigen gave careful consideration to the merits of each proposal, choosing to offer encouragement and a portion of requested funds to these 12 organizations from the 22 who applied for funding. If you have an interest in serving on this committee, please contact us.

Thank you to the 105 members, 75% of the membership, who made a contribution in response to this year’s solicitation. (Click here to see the complete donor list)