2019 Grant Awardees:
The St. Margaret's Vestry has unanimously accepted the recommendations of the St. Margaret’s Grants Committee for 2019 grants.
Kenya Connect, Elkridge MD—$9,700 for extending the library program “The Village that Reads!” in rural Wamunyu, Kenya to 10 additional schools (increasing from the current 55 schools), adding 1,200 books to the existing 6,000 volume library and allowing 1,500 students and teachers to enroll in the program.
Charlie’s Place at St. Margaret’s Church, Washington DC—$7,600 supporting the breakfast program for homeless, and formerly homeless, incorporating health care, art therapy, bible study, and other programs for more than 450 people annually.
Siempre Unidos, Honduras—$10,200 funding for HIV education and testing for 2,000 more people and treatment for 80 newly identified patients.
Green-Valley—Sahuarita Samatarians, Arizona—$7,500 towards purchase of a replacement van for delivering humanitarian assistance to migrants in the ArizonaSonora borderlands.
Acts 4 Youth, Baltimore—$5,000 for the “Foundations” in-school resource program addressing healthy relationships, character, and emotional development of at risk 4th – 8th grade Baltimore City students.
Center of Help, Annapolis—$12,000 to hire a STEM teacher for middle and high school students in the after-school tutoring and enrichment program.
Strong City Baltimore, The Club at Collington Square—$10,000 to the inner city “Scholars” middle-school tutoring/mentoring program where 112 students safely study and get a hot meal 7 days a week.
Civic Works/ Real Food Farm, Baltimore—$2,000 for urban and educational farming that provides locally grown food, job training, nutritional education, and sustainable community-focused agriculture in low-income communities.
El Ayudante Missions, Honduras—$7,500 to refurbish donated computers for the use of the students in the EA Scholars Lab serving schools in 12 impoverished rural communities.
Annapolis Immigration Justice Network—$7,500 to the Legal Assistance Fund for immigrant families.
Connect Rwanda, Annapolis MD—$7,000 for technology and teacher training, including a teacher exchange program with teachers in Anne Arundel County, MD and the APACOPE comprehensive school (1,300 students) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Carpenter’s Shelter, Alexandria, VA—$5,000 for the immediate needs of approximately 650 homeless people a year with residential, day and winter shelter, education and employment services, health and mental health services and transition support for sustainable independence.
The St. Margaret's Vestry has unanimously accepted the recommendations of the St. Margaret’s Grants Committee for 2019 grants.
Kenya Connect, Elkridge MD—$9,700 for extending the library program “The Village that Reads!” in rural Wamunyu, Kenya to 10 additional schools (increasing from the current 55 schools), adding 1,200 books to the existing 6,000 volume library and allowing 1,500 students and teachers to enroll in the program.
Charlie’s Place at St. Margaret’s Church, Washington DC—$7,600 supporting the breakfast program for homeless, and formerly homeless, incorporating health care, art therapy, bible study, and other programs for more than 450 people annually.
Siempre Unidos, Honduras—$10,200 funding for HIV education and testing for 2,000 more people and treatment for 80 newly identified patients.
Green-Valley—Sahuarita Samatarians, Arizona—$7,500 towards purchase of a replacement van for delivering humanitarian assistance to migrants in the ArizonaSonora borderlands.
Acts 4 Youth, Baltimore—$5,000 for the “Foundations” in-school resource program addressing healthy relationships, character, and emotional development of at risk 4th – 8th grade Baltimore City students.
Center of Help, Annapolis—$12,000 to hire a STEM teacher for middle and high school students in the after-school tutoring and enrichment program.
Strong City Baltimore, The Club at Collington Square—$10,000 to the inner city “Scholars” middle-school tutoring/mentoring program where 112 students safely study and get a hot meal 7 days a week.
Civic Works/ Real Food Farm, Baltimore—$2,000 for urban and educational farming that provides locally grown food, job training, nutritional education, and sustainable community-focused agriculture in low-income communities.
El Ayudante Missions, Honduras—$7,500 to refurbish donated computers for the use of the students in the EA Scholars Lab serving schools in 12 impoverished rural communities.
Annapolis Immigration Justice Network—$7,500 to the Legal Assistance Fund for immigrant families.
Connect Rwanda, Annapolis MD—$7,000 for technology and teacher training, including a teacher exchange program with teachers in Anne Arundel County, MD and the APACOPE comprehensive school (1,300 students) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Carpenter’s Shelter, Alexandria, VA—$5,000 for the immediate needs of approximately 650 homeless people a year with residential, day and winter shelter, education and employment services, health and mental health services and transition support for sustainable independence.