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The Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2474 of Ocean City chose Jane and Nick Bartolomeo, and Thomas A. Pergola as the organization’s Citizens of the Year for 2022. Pictured, from left, are JoAnn Ward, vice president of the Ocean City Chapter of the Sons and Daughters of Italy; Vinnie Mollicone, president, Pergola, and the Bartolomeos.

Wor. County Arts Council to award grants totalling $19K

(Dec. 16, 2022) The Worcester County Arts Council will award $19,718 in the Community Arts Development Grants program for art projects and events to be presented by local nonprofit organizations during the six-month granting cycle beginning Jan. 1, 2023.

Grant projects are evaluated based on the quality of cultural excellence, community outreach and public impact, and financial/administrative merit.

In FY 2023, the Worcester County Arts Council awarded $43,158 to local non-profit organizations through this program which is funded and supported by the Maryland State Arts Council.

The following is a list of organizations and their projects that are being awarded a Community Arts Development Grant for the current granting period:

Art League of Ocean City: Lecture Series

Berlin Heritage Foundation: 2023 Events

Julia A. Purnell Museum: Paintings and Techniques of Ann S. Hope

Lower Shore Performing Arts Company: Musical Review of Broadway Love Songs

Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra: 2023 Spring Concerts

Ocean Pines Children’s Theater: Disney’s Moana, Jr. Musical

Pocomoke High School Drama Club: Into the Woods Musical

Pine Tones Chorus: Spring Concert and Sing Outs

Snow Hill Elementary School: Free Little Art Gallery

Town of Berlin/Berlin Main Street: Live Music at Farmers’ Market

Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art: Wildfowl Carving Competition & Art Festival Applications are currently accepted for art projects through the Mini-Grant program.

The Mini-Grant program is intended to provide funds (up to $500) for new projects facing an emergency need that emerge between grant periods and deserve immediate Arts Council support.

Visit www.worcestercountyartscouncil.org for more information.

The next deadline to receive grant applications for the Community Arts Development Grant Program for July 1 - Dec. 31, 2023, is April 15, 2023.

The Worcester County Arts Council is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, promote, and encourage visual, performing, and literary arts in Worcester County.

Sons and Daughters of Italy OC name Citizens of the Year

Continued from Page 29 Italy in America has been in existence in the U.S. since 1905.

The Ocean City lodge was started by Italian businessmen and women in May of 1980.

Its goals include increasing awareness of the Italian culture and contributions of Italian Americans to the progress of the United States, helping the community through charitable contributions, and promoting Americanism based on absolute loyalty to the Constitution.

Today, Ocean City Lodge 2474, with almost 200 members living in Worcester and Sussex counties, is active throughout the local area, donating to many charitable organizations.

The lodge also provides scholarships to Italian American high school students and helps support many young men and women who travel from Italy every summer to work in Ocean City and the surrounding resort areas.

CROSSWORD