Cape Fear Garden Club holds annual grant disbursement event
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — More than 20 non-profits and schools received grants as part of the Cape Fear Garden Club’s annual grant disbursement event.
More than $77,000 worth of grants were given out to organizations like the Burgwin-Wright House, the Good Shepherd Center and the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society.
Additionally, standing grants were paid to Audubon North Carolina for Battery Island, along with scholarships for one UNCW student and two students at Cape Fear Community College.
Sandy Cyphers is the garden club’s disbursement chair.
She said it meant a lot to the club to give back to the organizations that support them.
“Well, I think it warms our heart and gives us that really good feeling that we are doing something that we are giving back to the community and making an impact on beautification and on scholarships,” Cyphers said.
To date, more than $1.3 million have been returned to New Hanover County.
The full list of grant recipients are:
- Burgwin-Wright House/National Society of Colonial Dames
- Cameron Art Museum
- Cape Fear Clinic, Inc.
- Community Enrichment Initiatives, Inc-Avery Garden, Castle St
- Domestic Violence Shelter and Services, Inc.
- Eden Village of Wilmington
- Edwin A Alderman Elementary School
- Friends School of Wilmington
- Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW)
- Good Shepherd Center
- Grace United Methodist Church
- Island Montessori School
- Lower Cape Fear Historical Society/Latimer House
- North Carolina Coastal Federation
- NC Coastal Land Trust
- Parks Conservancy of NHCo-Lake at Smith Creek
- Pine Valley Elementary School
- Rise Up Community Farm
- Winter Park Elementary School
- North Carolina Audubon Society-Battery Island
- University of NC-Wilmington-Scholarship
- Cape Fear Community College-Scholarship
- Cape Fear Garden Club, Inc
