From sponsoring musical workshops at the North Carolina Jazz Festival to purchasing iPads for the Hill School of Wilmington, the Landfall Foundation provides artistic, educational and health-centered organizations all over Wilmington with the tools they need to flourish.
The Wilmington City Council recognized the Landfall Foundation’s 20th anniversary, and celebrated its accomplishments at a Tuesday, Sept. 15 meeting.
“The Landfall Foundation has awarded more than $3 million to 225 nonprofit organizations over the past 20 years,” Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo said. “In 2014 alone, approximately 185,000 Wilmington area residents benefited from those grants. In 2015, almost $400,000 will be dispersed through grants and scholarships.”
Saffo also recognized the people who donate their time to the foundation.
“The Landfall Foundation is staffed and managed by an unpaid group of volunteers,” he said. “It raises its funds through individual contributions and special events to which the public is invited. I commend the Landfall Foundation for the significant contribution it has made to enhance the quality of life in the greater Wilmington community.”
Landfall Foundation president Bill Hamlet also expressed his enthusiasm for bettering Wilmington.
“It is an honor and pleasure to represent the residents of our community of Landfall,” he said. “Landfall does feel like it’s part of the Wilmington community, and each year we have greater and greater inputs and contributions that allow us to increase our support of nonprofits.”
Of the $280,000 the Landfall Foundation distributed in 2014, $70,800 were allocated for art projects, including the Cucalorus Film Foundation’s outreach program, the Dance Cooperative’s Emerging Choreographers’ Showcase and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra’s Music for Youth program.
The foundation gave $94,642 to various educational programs, such as the New Hanover County Arboretum’s therapeutic Ability Garden, Masonboro.org’s Island Explorers program for elementary school students, and Williston School’s Parent Teacher Association.
The foundation also donated $144,588 to health and welfare projects, including a generator for Mercy Homeless Shelter, Inc., and gifts to the Pender Alliance for Teen Health and South Brunswick Interchurch Council’s food pantry.
The Landfall Foundation hosts public fundraisers throughout the year, such as the Legends of Tennis tournament, scheduled to take place Sept. 18-19. This year’s event will feature James Blake, a veteran of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, along with Rennae Stubbs, Jimmy Arias, Bobby Reynolds, Luke Jensen and Mikael Pernfors.
The two-day tournament will include singles and doubles matches between the former pros, a clinic for kids, a sponsored clinic and a Grand Slam party.
Legends of Landfall will also benefit the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Seahawk Club, which helps fund the university’s athletic scholarships.
To learn more about the Landfall Foundation, visit http://landfallfoundation.org/
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