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Tribune & Georgian
Wednesday, June 12,2013
Local charities awarded grant monies
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Local charities were awarded grants from the Communities of Coastal Georgia Foundation
for a variety of uses including training, educational tools and technology upgrades.
Ten local charities in the
Glynn, McIntosh and Cam
den service areas have been
awarded grants from the
Communities of Coastal
Georgia Foundation
through its 2013 competi
tive grant cycle.
The grants were awarded
to the following charities.
The Camden Community
Crisis Center received a
$4,000 grant for board de
velopment and training.
The Camden County
CASA program received a
$5,000 grant for educational
tools: workshops, books and
DVDs.
CASA Glynn, Inc. re
ceived a $7,000 grant for
technology upgrade, com
puters/server.
The Glynn Community
Crisis Center Inc. received a
$3,000 grant for a consult
ant to address programmatic
state/federal shifts.
The Golden Isles Arts &
Humanities Association
(GIAHA) received a
$5,000 grant for The Big
Read 2014.
Grace House of
Brunswick Inc. received a
grant for $4,000 for website
upgrade and redesign, train
ing and counseling.
The Remedy Project re
ceived a grant for $3,836 for
infrastructure expansion.
Southeast Youth Develop
ment Academies received a
grant for $4,250 for the Be
yond the Horizon Literacy
program implementation
and books.
STAR Foundation Inc. re
ceived a challenge match
2/1 up to $10,000 for 30
classroom computers (par
tial funding).
YMCA of Coastal Geor
gia - McIntosh County re
ceived a grant for $3,875 for
a Pryme Tyme Mobile
Computer Lab.
This year, the foundation
increased its request limit to
$20,000. Forty initial re
quests were made and 20
were asked to submit full
proposals. The total re
quests exceeded $125,000.
“We had $50,000 to give
away so the completion was
steep,” said Lee Owen, ex
ecutive director.
Grant requests were lim
ited by community founda
tion guidelines to those that
helped build the agency’s in
frastructure and increased
its capacity to serve —
things like strategic plan
ning, certification, consult
ants and computer hardware
and software — or programs
that focused on education
and literacy.
The Communities of
Coastal Georgia Founda
tion is one of more than 750
community foundations in
the United $tates. With a
mission to increase the qual
ity of life in coastal Georgia
by attracting named funds
and making philanthropic
grants to the area’s non
profit charities and schools,
this 8-year-old public char
ity has already granted more
than $3.3 million through
funds held by donors at the
community foundation as
well as the foundation’s own
community impact fund
from which the above grants
were made.
For more information as
well as guidelines on its
grant making, visit
www.coastalgeorgiafounda-
tion.org.
Coastal Georgia foundation identifies new leader
At the recent meeting of
its board of directors, the
Communities of Coastal
Georgia Foundation voted
to hire Dr. Valerie Hepburn
as executive director when
Lee Owen retires in July of
2014.
The action follows the
unanimous recommendation
of the foundation’s executive
committee.
Lee Hiers Owen, who cur
rently serves as executive di
rector, had notified the
foundation of her plans to
retire in 2014. Hepburn,
who is stepping down as
president of the College of
Coastal Georgia on June 30,
will fulfill a prior commit
ment to a year of research
and policy work with the
University $ystem of Geor
gia and then join the Com
munity Foundation in mid
2014.
Rees $umerford, chairman
of the foundation, indicated
that he and the executive
committee approached Hep
burn once Owen announced
her planned retirement. He
and the board expect a seam
less transition and continued
strong growth and engage
ment for the foundation.
“Lee has done a terrific job
and we are pleased that she
will continue to serve for the
coming year,” said $umer-
ford. “Valerie and Lee have
worked closely on a number
of education and community
initiatives. We are delighted
to be able to have identified a
new leader of Valerie’s cal
iber and capabilities. We be
lieve that the foundation will
continue to expand its rele
vance and its reach across the
region.”
Of the new role, Hepburn
reflects, “Working with the
Communities of Coastal
Georgia Foundation pro
vides the opportunity to sup
port philanthropy and
innovation which improve
the economy and quality of
life in our tri-county region.
The position allows me to
build on my knowledge and
recent experiences to con
tinue the positive, impactful
work of this young commu
nity foundation. We love
coastal Georgia, and there
remains important work yet
to be done.”
The Communities of
Coastal Georgia Foundation
was established in 2005 with
the goal of working with
local philanthropists - ordi
nary citizens with extraordi
nary vision, connecting them
with local nonprofits to im
prove the quality of life
across Camden, Glynn and
McIntosh counties.
The foundation carries the
National $tandards certifica
tion from the Council on
Foundations in Washington,
D.C., demonstrating adher
ence to the highest standards
of operational efficiency and
stewardship. Though still
young, the community foun
dation has grown signifi
cantly in philanthropic
assets, currently totaling
more than $9 million, and
anticipates a strong trajec
tory for the future.
Upcoming Events
Monday, June 17
The Camden County
NAACP branch No. 5177
will hold a meeting from 7 to
9 p.m. Monday, June 17, at
the Camden County Annex
located behind the county
public library on Gross
Road. For more informa
tion, call president Eddie
Rhone at (912) 322-6434 or
Marjorie Timmons at (912)
673-7858.
Thursday, June 20
Single Again, a newly-
formed support group, will
meet at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs
day, June 20, in the upstairs
area of The Green Room Si
cilian Restaurant, located in
front of Osprey Cove. Every
one interested in having din
ner should arrive by 5:30
p.m. to place and pay for
their meal, which will be
served to them upstairs. The
meetings, held on every first
and third Thursday, will
begin at 6 p.m. The goal is
to encourage and support
each other while creating a
social network. There is
hope after divorce, death of
a spouse or the end of a
long-term relationship. At
tendees are encouraged to
exchange ideas and work
on creating a new and pos
itive lifestyle. For the menu
and address, visit www.on-
thegreenroom.com/.
Saturday, June 22
The Camden County Re
publican Party's Grits 'n'
Bits breakfast will be held at
9 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at
the Fraternal Order of Ea
gles Lodge. The lodge is lo
cated at 101 Industrial Dr. in
St. Marys. The guest
speaker will be state Rep.
Ellis Black, State House
District 174. The cost for the
breakfast will be $7 for
adults and $5 for students.
The public is invited to at
tend. For more information
or to make reservations, call
James Stacy at (912) 882-
7551.
Wednesday, June 26
The monthly meeting of
the Board of Registrars,
normally held on the third
Thursday of every month,
has been rescheduled for
the month of June and will
be held at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 26, in the
red conference room, 200
E. Fourth St., Woodbine.
Email upcoming events to the editor at
editorl @tds.net, fax to (912) 882-6519 or mail to
206 Osborne St., St. Marys, Ga. 31558. For more
information call (912) 882-4927.
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Mainor will be featured artist for June
Submitted photo
Fabric art by Julie Mainor will be the featured during the
month of June at OldeTowne Gallery in St. Marys.
Julie Mainor may not be a
Georgia native, but she is
very close, having been born
right across the river from
$t. Marys in the Crandall
area of Fernandina Beach,
Fla.
Her coastal heritage goes
back generations and she
has acquired an appreciation
for all things connected with
the seacoast and nearby
woodlands.
Olde Towne Gallery in $t.
Marys is hosting Mainor
and her unique art through
the month of June. $he is
displaying wall quilts based
on tree and wildlife designs
as well as coastal themes in
corporating watercolors and
acrylic paints on the fabric.
Mainor’s introduction to
fabric arts began while
learning traditional quilting
with her mother in the
1990’s. $he quickly realized
that the constraints of the
traditional style did not
allow her enough freedom
to create so she began ex
perimenting with mixing
mediums and designing her
own patterns. $he also de
veloped a free-motion quilt
ing style, which
incorporates collage pat
terns.
$he said she so enjoyed
the new techniques that she
decided to teach classes in
this art form. Now Mainor
has ventured further into
the fine art world by adding
painting to her traditionally
based quilting palette.
Mainor’s fabric art, as well
as the work of many other
area artists, can be seen at
Olde Towne Gallery, open
daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
next to Cedar Oak Cafe, lo
cated at 304 Osborne $t. in
downtown $t. Marys.
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