Christmas in St. Michaels’ financial chairman, Linda Seemans, recently presented checks to the St. Michaels-area non-profit organizations selected as beneficiaries of the December 2015 fund-raising event.
She presented checks to representatives of the following organizations: Character Counts, Christ Episcopal Church – St. Michaels, Claiborne Association, Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels, Critchlow Adkins Children’s Centers – St. Michaels Site, Drew Landis Memorial Fireworks Fund, Inc., Good Samaritan Fund of Talbot County, Imagination Library of Talbot County, Miles River Yacht Club Foundation–Sink or Swim, Mt. Olivet Cemetery – St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Phillips Wharf Environmental Center, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, St. Luke’s School, St. Michaels After School Help (SMASH), St. Michaels Community Food Pantry, St. Michaels High School After Prom, St. Michaels Little League, Talbot Interfaith Shelter, Tilghman Area Youth Association and Union United Methodist Church
Barbara Rose, Christmas in St. Michaels 2015 and 2016 event chair, said, “This is the largest number of organizations to which we have provided funds in a single year since the founding of Christmas in St. Michaels in 1987. It seems that the need for funding of non-profits that provide services and support to Bay Hundred children and families has grown over the years. We are extremely grateful for the tremendous amount of hard work by volunteers and support from the business community that have made it possible to continue to raise funds through our Christmas in St. Michaels event.”
Seemans announced that the December 2015 event’s net profit was $71,000. She said, “We’re very grateful that the community continues to participate in Christmas in St. Michaels activities each year so that we can help these worthy organizations in the Bay Hundred area.”
Christmas in St. Michaels will take place this year on December 9, 10 and 11, 2016.
PIctured at the recent check presentation ceremony are representatives of the 2015 beneficiary organizations and members of the Christmas in St. Michaels leadership team (CISM):Front row: Betty Seymour, Nancy Young (CISM), Barbara Rose (CISM), Linda Seemans (CISM) and Julie Lowe. Second row: Beth Eckle, Vastine Holliday, Amy Walstrum, Leslie Steen, Marlene Thomas, Elaine Bednarz (CISM), Bill Ball and Rabbi Peter Hyman. Third row: Bonnie Booth, Don Parks, Kelley Cox, Susanna Scallion, Ed Turner, Debra Brookhouser, Pat Martin (CISM), Maggie Jarboe, Kris George, Susan Lusby,Mary Gregoria, Ted Cutler and Blair Selby. Photo by James Proctor.
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