The Easton Village Homeowners Association and Elm Street Development are pleased to announce a grant of $4,500.00 to the Talbot Interfaith Shelter (TIF). This grant will help TIF to expand its services to a larger number of mid-shore residents, many of whom became homeless for the first time as a result of economic pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Elm Street Development established the Easton Village Charitable Fund in 2006 as a way to give back to the community,” Vice President Mike Burlbaugh explains. “From the beginning it’s been a joint venture of our company and the people who buy homes or lots in Easton Village.”
The Easton Village Charitable Fund is an endowed fund managed by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. A small percentage of price at the first-timesale of a lot or house funds the endowment, which currently exceeds $100,000.00. The fund also receives direct donations from individual Easton Village and Talbot County residents.
Ty Dickerson, acting president of the Easton Village HOA says: “We think this annual grant reflects the true spirit of Easton Village. We have always been a community of people who work together both for the benefit of our own neighborhood and Talbot County as a whole.”
To find out more about the Easton Village Charitable Fund, please contact Dorothy Whitcomb at [email protected].
Julie Lowe says
TIS is so grateful for this wonderful gift! These funds will do great things toward helping our neighbors struggling with the trauma of homelessness and poverty to get better footing and become more independent.
Many, many thanks to all contributors!!