In addition to the many hours spent on club projects, the following cash donations were made during the April 2023 – March 2024 year by the Calvert Garden Club to support community organizations.

Theme/Focus: Designing landscapes for beauty and Conservation

Organization	Purpose	Amount Awarded
Christmas in April	Christmas in April Calvert County Inc. is a non-profit organization that, in partnership with the community, repairs and improves houses and other physical structures to ensure that low-income persons live in warmth, safety, and independence.	$300
Marine Museum Solomons Island	The Calvert Marine Museum is a public, non-profit, educational, regionally oriented museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, and interpretation of the culture and natural history of Southern Maryland. The museum is dedicated to the presentation of three themes: regional paleontology, estuarine life of the tidal Patuxent River and adjacent Chesapeake Bay, and maritime history of these waters. This grant is intended for planting a Native Garden to benefit wildlife.	$750
Project Echo	Project Echo provides shelter for the homeless and chronically homeless. This grant is to be used to plant ground cover on the hill adjacent to the Parking lot to assist with erosion control.	$1000
Project Linus	Project Linus knits and supplies blankets for needy children.	$125
Calvert Animal Welfare League(CAWL)	CAWL is an all volunteer, no-kill shelter in Prince Frederick. This donation will be used for food and medication.	$100
Huntingtown United Methodist Church – Empty Tummies Program	This program provides food for hungry babies and children	$125
Natural Disaster Fund	FGCMD request	$60
Penny Pines	FGCMD request	$68
TOTAL		$2528

You may check past contributions by visiting the Archived page for Support to Community Organizations