Impact 100 Baldwin County Announces Grants

Five area nonprofits have received grants from Impact 100 Baldwin County, the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce announced. Each of the following agencies will receive $90,000:

• The Historic Blakeley Foundation to help restore, preserve, reconstruct and rehabilitate the Blakeley town site, surrounding sites of the Battle of Fort Blakeley, nearby Indian mounds and early roadways in the immediate vicinity
• The South Baldwin Literacy Council to facilitate free educational services to youth and adults in South Baldwin County, including general educational development tutoring, English-as-a-second-language classes and youth programs
• Daphne Search and Rescue to purchase a 28-ft. boat built to find and save persons lost or in distress in the waterways of more than 300 mi.2 in Baldwin County
• Mary’s Shelter to purchase a box truck and fund work on its capital improvement project of constructing a metal building to use as a retail thrift store to further its mission to help provide family-style living to homeless adult pregnant women
• The Alabama Free Clinic to purchase supplies for blood glucose monitoring and fund a comprehensive education program to further its mission of providing free medical care and health education programs for adults without health insurance