SHARE Grants Committee
Grants Committee Board (GCB)
- Michelle Bilger - Chairman
- Zachary Bilger - Treasurer
- Lea Shopf - Secretary
- Ginny Reid - SHARE the Funds Coordinator
The SHARE Grants Committee is always looking for new members to assist with outreach, grant coordination, and planning. If you have an interest in learning more or would like to attend a meeting, please contact our Grants Committee Board at grants@sharefest.org
Voting Membership is obtained by attending at least two committee meetings prior to the Award Evaluation Session
2025 Committee Meetings
- January 26th - GCB Only (2025 planning)
- February 23rd; 1pm - Project Grant Award Evaluation
- March 22nd; 12pm - Project Grant Award Preparation (held prior to Member's Meeting)
- April 27th; 1pm - General Meeting
2024 Project Grant Awards
| Project Title | Award Amount | Project Description |
| AT Museum | $500.00 | Mural |
| Bosler Memorial Library | $550.00 | Library Garden for education |
| Conestoga Elementary | $1,000.00 | Supplies for stream study for presentation |
| D. Boyer - Eagle Scout Project | $500.00 | Repair/replace welcome sign at Tytoona Cave |
| Friends of Wildwood | $600.00 | Art in the Wild Program - did not request specific amount |
| Harrisburg Inspiring Connections Outdoors (HICO) | $1,200.00 | Camping trip to Pine Grove Furnace for students |
| Heritage Creek Farm Camp | $1,000.00 | Agroforestry project - trees and shrubs |
| Lebanon Valley Arts | $450.00 | Mosaic collage at park with recycled/ found materials |
| Lebanon Valley Conservancy | $500.00 | Mini-camp for education and working with clay |
| Little Buffalo Festival | $700.00 | Performer fees, workshop/ demos presenters, youth art area supplies |
| Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper | $500.00 | Water quality monitoring and cleanup program |
| Penn Manor High School | $1,637.35 | Enviroscape Watershed Model for students |
| Perry County Council for the Arts | $500.00 | Instructor cost for Nature Art camp and administration costs |
| St. Patrick School | $250.00 | Student mural project about water - supplies |
| Tenafly Nature Center | $500.00 | Removal of invasive plant species - contract Hudson Valley Forestry |
| The New Cumberland Collective | $500.00 | Earth & Arts Festival programming/ demostrations/ art fees/ supplies/ music |
| Tri County Conewago Creek | $500.00 | Conewago Earth Day |
| Upper Adams Intermediate School | $1,000.00 | Field trip to King's Gap Environmental Center |
| Veg Out LLC | $0.00 | Marketing for Farmer's Market at their farm |
| Watershed Alliance of York | $1,000.00 | Street 2 Creek storm drain project |
| Wisdom Season Parenting | $400.00 | Folkmanis hand puppets for teaching about wild animals |
| Totals | $13,787.35 |