Monday, June 4, 2012

The Education Foundation of Martin County is pleased to announce it has received a $34,000 grant from the Hobe Sound Community Chest. The Education Foundation will use these funds for its literacy programming at Hobe Sound Elementary School, SeaWind Elementary School and Murray Middle School.

The grant also will benefit Career and Technical Education (CTE) and student achievement programming at South Fork High School. "We are so grateful for the Hobe Sound Community Chest’s renewed commitment to our educational enrichment programming," says Lisa Rhodes, Executive Director, Education Foundation of Martin County. "This generous grant is expected to impact 2,200 students and teachers in the Martin County School District," she adds.

For more information contact Lisa Rhodes, Executive Director, Education Foundation of Martin County at (772) 600-8062, or by e-mail at LRhodes@educationfoundationmc.org.

About the Education Foundation of Martin County
The Education Foundation of Martin County (EFMC) is the only not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), community investment organization comprised of business leaders, community volunteers, and school officials with the common goal of enriching and enhancing the quality of education for all students and educators in Martin County's public schools.  For more information, visit www.educationfoundationmc.org.

About the Hobe Sound Community Chest
The Mission of the Hobe Sound Community Chest is to raise funds for and to provide financial, advisory and volunteer support to those qualifying nonprofit social service agencies that contribute to the sustained improvement in the lives of needy people in the Hobe Sound community.  To learn more, please visit www.hobesoundcommunitychest.org.

Eric Wesel, Board Member, Hobe Sound Community Chest presents Executive Director Lisa Rhodes and Board President Russ Reaver of the Education Foundation of Martin County with a check for $34,000.