LANDFALL FOUNDATION AWARDS 37 GRANTS TOTALING $60,458

WILMINGTON, NC - The Landfall Foundation today presented checks to 37 agencies to fund projects in the greater Wilmington area totaling $60,458. In its fifth year of making grants, the Foundation was able to substantially exceed the $35,016 made in grants to 22 projects in 2000.

The charitable foundation was formed in 1996 to establish a community support effort specifically originating from the residents of Landfall. It allocates funds targeted to health and welfare activities, education, and the arts and gives priority to organizations with low administrative overhead and high volunteer participation.

Those funded and their projects are as follows:

Health and Welfare Activities--$22,739

1. Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity--Materials for the Habitat home being built through donations and volunteer efforts of Landfall residents--$1500
2. Domestic Violence Shelter and Services--Furnishings for an outdoor recreation/relaxation area for mothers and their children--$2000
3. Good Shepherd Ministries of Wilmington--Refrigerators for a transitional living facility for homeless veterans--$2000
4. Coastal Adult Day Care Center--Exercise equipment for therapeutic physical fitness for the frail elderly--$1500
5. New Hanover County Partnership for Children--Salary assistance for a bilingual child care provider and supplies for the Los Chiquitos program-- $1980
6. The Parenting Place of the Exchange Clubs--Additional free parenting education classes to help prevent child abuse--$1819
7. Wilmington Health Access for Teens--Medical examination equipment for new exam rooms--$1500
8. NAMI-Wilmington Alliance for the Mentally Ill--Furnishings for housing for mentally ill individuals--$1000
9. Carolina Canines for Service--TACK-9 program to help at-risk teens through participation in service dog training--$1500
10. Yahweh Center--Furnishings for treatment cottage in new Children's Village--$2000
11. The Child Advocacy Commission of the Lower Cape Fear--Safety training and equipment for low-income women starting home child care businesses--$1940
12. Friends of Tileston--Patient education materials appropriate for diverse patient population--$2000
13. East Coast Solutions?Repairs and renovations at Stepping Stone Manor--$2000.

Education--$19,869

1. Educational exhibits for the History Center--$1500
2. UNC-W Marine Quest--Scholarships for 250 underprivileged children to attend Coast Keepers program and purchase of a video microscope for their use--$2000
3. NC Aquarium Society--Funding of special brochure to Federal Point Historic Preservation Society?publicize reopening of the Aquarium at Fort Fisher--$2000
4. Wrightsville Beach School PTA?Girls on the Run program using physical activity and experiential learning to teach social and personal skills to girls in grades 3-5--$2000
5. Brunswick County Literacy Council--Dictionaries for literacy students--$200
6. Burgwin-Wright Museum House?Repair kitchen chimney for educational demonstrations--$1875
7. WHQR-FM Friends of Public Radio, Inc. (EARRS) - Purchase additional microphones for broadcasting to the hearing impaired --$1450
8. Airlie Gardens Foundation?Equipment for water quality project for students--$1954
9. Cape Fear Museum Associates?Community interests survey to support strategic planning process--$1420
10. Cape Fear Literacy Council?Pilot project for adults with learning disabilities--$2000
11. 1898 Foundation, Inc.?Historical research for text for1898 monument--$2000
12. Wrightsville Beach Museum of History?Development of oral history program--$920

Arts -- $17,850

1. St. John"s Museum of Art?Oral history video about Claude Howell, using his WHQR commentaries and his journals for Art in Schools program--$2000
2. Wilmington Concert Associates?Master class to be taught by Eugenia Zukerman, flutist, for area music students--$900
3. Wilmington Symphony Orchestra-?Holiday concerts showcasing local young talent--$2000
4. Big Dawg Productions?Production costs for the 2002 Festival of New Plays--$2000
5. Junior League of Wilmington?Pied Piper Theatre costs for artistic direction and production costs--$1000
6. Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear?Funding for monthly newsletter--$1950
7. DREAMS of Wilmington?Instructors and supplies for two writing/photography workshops for economically disadvantaged youth--$2000
8. Stageworks?Support for youth productions of Our Town--$1000
9. North Carolina School of the Arts?Scholarship for New Hanover County student--$1000
10. Thalian Association?Set construction and costumes for Children?s Theatre--$1000
11. Chamber Music Society of Wilmington?Concerts and performance opportunities for New Hanover County students--$1500
12. Wilmington Art Association?Art program for memory-impaired individuals--$1500