Realtors award $7,750 to local charities

Lower Eastern Shore, Md. – The Coastal Association of Realtors (Coastal) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $7,750 in grants to local charities through the Coastal Realtors Foundation during its latest round of funding. Since 2018, Coastal Realtors Foundation has given close to $70,000 to local charities in Wicomico, Worcester, and Somerset counties.

The following 13 organizations received grants in the Coastal Realtors

Foundation’s latest round of funding, the most we have ever funded at one time:

• Asbury Child Development Center

• Atlantic General Hospital JAG

• Brooke Mulford Foundation

• Coastal Hospice

• Crisfield Smith Island Cultural Alliance

• Habitat for Humanity of Worcester County

• Rackliffe House Trust

• Smith Island United

• The Cricket Center

• Unstoppable Joy Co.

• Wicomico Child Advocacy Center

• Wicomico Grows Kindness

• Worcester County Humane Society

The Coastal Realtors Foundation is a charitable fund held by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. The association raises money for the fund through an annual charity golf tournament as well as other efforts throughout the year. The fund is accessible to members of Coastal through an application process administered by the association and reviewed by a committee of members. Grant recipients must be 501(c)3 organizations and must be located in Somerset, Wicomico, or Worcester counties.

“We are starting our 5th year as a charitable foundation and we are very honored and excited to continue to

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