Please select one of the areas below to learn more about the 2008 FACES Grant recipients:

• Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
• Montgomery County, Maryland
• Sussex County, Delaware

Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia

• American Conservation Film Festival
  To further develop the Traveling film festival, thereby expanding ACF's outreach and education to new areas.
• Boys & Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle - Morgan County Unit
  To help fund the Power Hour Program which provides homework help and one on one tutoring.
• CASA of the Eastern Panhandle
  To enhance volunteer recruitment and outreach to find and train five new volunteers.
• Charles Town Health Right, Inc.
  To help purchase needed medical and support supplies in order to meet daily medical needs.
• Friends in Action of the Eastern Panhandle
  To provide general operating support to further the mission of reducing poverty in the Panhandle one family at a time.
• Good Shepherd Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers (GSIVC)
  To provide the technology to ensure that employees working off-site or at night have the resources available to do their jobs in case of emergency.
• Heritage Craft Center of the Eastern Panhandle
  To fund the Summer Fun: Exploring the Handcrafts of Our Ancestors program.
• Morgan Arts Council, Inc.
  To support the continued development of Ice House Community Arts School.
• Opequon Creek Project Team
  To plant a riparian buffer in the Opequon Creek that will help preserve wildlife habitats, reduce erosion and protect water quality.
• Potomac Valley Audubon Society
  To help prepare Eidolon Nature Preserve for community use.
• Shenandoah Valley Medical System, Inc.
  To begin a playgroup and baby pantry for the community of Paw Paw.
• Shenandoah Women's Center, Inc.
  To provide funding for the ride along program which trains volunteers to ride with police when they respond to domestic violence or sexualt assault calls.

 Montgomery County, Maryland

• A Wider Circle
  To support the Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program, which collects donated furniture and distributes it to families in need.
• Arts for the Aging
  To provide 10 months of weekly programming at the nonprofit Rockville Nursing Home in 2009, which enables cognitively and physically impaired seniors to engage in regular creative workshops.
• Big Learning
  To fund Knowledge Builder, a cutting-edge research-based after-school academic enrichment program, to at-risk children, and pilot test evaluation methods and teacher support materials.
• Books, Bear, & Bonnets
  To create and deliver 100 gift boxes to individuals fighting cancer.
• CourageCollages
  To enable fifteen cancer patients and survivors to attend a two day, one night retreat reflect on their cancer journey, tap into their creative resources, and envision their futures.
• Greencastle Elementary School
  To support the Student Opera Company, where students build their own opera company by taking on the roles of their adult opera company counterparts to create, produce and perform an original opera.
• Interages
  To fund Intergenerational Bridges, an after-school mentoring program that pairs senior adults and at risk immigrant children in English for Speakers of Other Languages programs to build relationships that facilitate their growth and learning.
• Kids Enjoy Exercise Now, Greater DC
  To support KEEN Sports and Club for Teens, which provides exercise, socialization, opportunities for friendship, and trips into the community for teens with disabilities.
• Montgomery County Association for Hearing Impaired Children
  To provide properly-fitted loaner hearing aids to young children who have been recently diagnosed with a hearing loss and provide educational services to families.
• Olney Community Band
  To support the 2009 Concert Series and help present affordable concerts to diverse crowds. 
• Silver Spring Interfaith Housing Coalition
  To provide a childcare stipend to single mothers participating in job training to fill the gap during the 30-45 day lag period in which they would be without childcare while awaiting childcare vouchers and services.
• Through the Kitchen Door International
  To conduct healthy food demonstrations at 5 or more community health fairs in Montgomery County during 2009, teaching techniques that help prevent obesity and diabetes.

Sussex County, Delaware

• Catholic Charities
  To maintain and sustain a brown bag food cooperative program and emergency pantry to distribute food to needy residents of Sussex County.
• Clear Space Productions
  To subsidize the cost of 720 student matinee tickets to enable students to attend Clear Space's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
• Frankford Elementary School
  To fund the PAL Mentoring Program, which supports children's needs in the areas of language arts and mathematics, while creating lasting relationships between community volunteer mentors and students.
• La Esperanza
  To support the prenatal  care support service which provides pregnant Hispanic women and their children access to quality health care, education, and assistance.
• Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra Society
  To supplement artists fees and technical support for concerts in Ocean View. 
• Sussex Central High School
  To install a piano lab in the Sussex Central High School music department. 
• Sussex County Habitat for Humanity
  To purchase a forklift for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, which would provide a means of moving heavy bulky donated items in a safe manner. 
• Sussex Technical Adult Division
  To support the Even Start Family Literacy Program, which helps improve the literacy skills of low income and low literate families.
• Trinity Foundation
  To fund the Delaware Youth Leadership Academy, which is designed to enhance the leadership, communication, and social skills of boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 16.
• West Side New Beginnings Children & Youth Program
  To support the 2008 Summer West Rehoboth Children and Youth Program, which provides structure for promoting literacy and expanding experiences.