The grants are all in the amount of $500, which is the maximum in the Mini-Grant Program. Each organization must match the awards dollar-for-dollar to fully fund their project or event. The award recipients for 2005 are as follows:
Friends of St. Clements Island and Piney Point Museums will receive $500 to help fund the development and printing of a self-guided interpretive brochure for the Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and park. Estimated time of completion would be April 2006.
United Committee for Afro-American Contributions, will receive $500 to repair and reposition the three interpretive panels and one site identification sign at the Drayden African American Schoolhouse and also to replace text panel inserts for three interpretive signs. Estimated completion would be in March 2006.
Chesapeake Bay Floating Theatre will receive $500 to update a 1992 informational video about the James Adams Floating Theatre. The video will be shown at the Indian Head Center for the Arts and will be used for education and fund-raising. Source of matching funds will be private donors. The project should be completed within a few months of receiving the funds.
Chesapeake Bay Field Lab, will receive $500 to assist in the production of a 4-minute video to be titled, A Skipjack’s Transformation, combining clips of the Dee of St. Mary’s. New and historic footage will be used along with clips of the opening day of oyster season from Charles Kuralt’s “Sunday Morning” program. The video will be shown at fund-raisers and will be used to leverage other funding to preserve the Dee.
Bayside History Museum will receive $500 to support the purchase of a display case to house the new materials acquired through a legacy.
Father Grace of St. Anthony’s Church left the museum items, artifacts and pictures from “Ewald’s”, an estate he represented. It is hoped to review the new exhibit at the Museum’s annual block party on October 22, 2005.
