Grant Review 2015
The Historical Society - $2,000
The Chebeague Historical Society requested $2000 towards their 2016 exhibit, Island Architecture. Preparation for the exhibit will bring in Chebeague’s school children to research their own houses and neighborhoods. The Society asked for $2,000 toward their $9,000 exhibit budget, and our Board members gladly provided it.
The Island Trust - $2,200
The Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust has been concerned about damage to delicate dune grass from kayakers’ storing their boats at the edge of the wetlands at Rose’s Point beach. The Boatyard and The Sailing School collaborated with the Land Trust last summer to utilize the Sailing School’s sailboat storage stand to solve this problem. This temporarily did so, as kayakers neatly stored their boats in the stand off the grass. The Land Trust applied for a grant of $2,200 for a kayak stand that will remain open to boaters for the full season, not just the few weeks of the sailing school. Our Board members funded the request in full.
The REcreation Center - $15,000
Chebeague’s hundreds of users of the Chebeague Recreation Center’s heated fresh water pool were happy to find this summer that the pool had a new water filtration system, producing consistently clean, clear water for their swimming enjoyment. This winter the Rec will be resurfacing the entire pool. As if these needed repairs weren’t costly enough, new ceiling lights are badly needed in the gym, and they are expensive. Recompense awarded The Recreation Center the sum of $15,000 to fund a portion of the cost of these necessary projects.
The Chebeague Island School - $770
The Chebeague Island School requested funding for a trip to the Biodiversity of Maine River Point Conservation Area to learn more about bird migration and tagging and for a trip to the Maine Wildlife Park to study habitat and nature. Our young citizen scientists and their able leader, Beverly Johnson, won enthusiastic approval. This trip has already occurred, and received rave reviews from the children.