Category: Community
Scholarship Awarded
The Peg and Orley Bourland Educational Assistance Fund scholarship was awarded through Glade Valley Community Services and The Community Foundation of Frederick to Will Johnston who is enrolled in FCC’s HVAC program. The scholarship is available to students in Walkersville and the Walkersville feeder school area. The scholarship’s purpose is to provide need-based funds for post-secondary education in trade or technical fields to help underwrite the costs associated with tuition, fees, testing, trade tools and supplies. Applications for 2017 will be available from The Community Foundation in spring, 2017.
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Holiday Toy Shoppe Update
Glade Valley Community Services Holiday Toy Shoppe is gearing up again this year to help provide a wonderful Christmas to many less fortunate children in our community. Last year the Holiday Toy Shoppe provided new clothes, toys and books to 148 children and gift cards and books to 61 teens. This program is supported by the generosity of the churches, schools, businesses and individuals in our community. All the gifts the children and teens receive and the door prizes the parents receive are donated. The families do go through a…
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Executive Gardner Supports More Tools in the Small Business Toolbox
Executive Jan Gardner today announced her support for a Small Business Real Property Tax Credit that will be introduced to the County Council later this month by Council Vice President MC Keegan-Ayer. The tax credit program is designed to encourage and support small businesses that expand their space and create new jobs in Frederick County. The tax credit will be available to businesses with 50 or fewer employees. In order to qualify, small businesses must add or lease at least 2,500 square feet of new or expanded space and they…
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Walkersville High School Fundraisers in November
WHS Drama Boosters will be sponsoring an Ice Skating Party and Roy Rogers Night 11/12/16. The charge is $10 per skater from 2:00 – 5:00 pm and then you can enjoy a nice meal from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at Roy Rogers. Both events will benefit the Drama Booster program. WHS Indoor Track Teams will be selling Joe Corbi’s pizza kits from 11/21/16 – 12/2/16. Delivery date will be approximately 12/21/16. Contact information is Jennifer.Cassels@fcps.org or Richard.Casillas-Kim@fcps.org WHS Varsity Cheerleaders will be selling Shultz’s subs, pizza and sandwiches from 10/31/16…
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