In January, the Foundation received several beautification grant requests. Those applications have been carefully evaluated by our grants review committee and were presented to the Board at the March meeting. As soon as the recipients are notified, we'll post an update on our Home page.

Join us at Ice House Brewery & Kitchen, March 17, beginning at 6 PM. Our guest speaker will be Colonial Beach Town Manager, India Adams-Jacobs. This meetup is a great opportunity to meet Ms. Adams-Jacobs and welcome her to the community; and to learn, right from the source, more about the office and function of the Town Manager, and the workings of our Town staff.

Mark your calendars -- in April, we'll meetup at Peddler's Market on the 21st. Meetups are held the third Thursday of the month at various businesses around Town. Check out our Events page for the meetup locations and guest speakers we've already scheduled through June. As we schedule the rest of the year, we'll add them to our Events.

Foundation representative Tom Tilt has ornaments ready for those who reserved them, plus extras available on a first-come, first-served basis. Ornaments are $20 each, payable with cash or check only. Tom will be at Colonial Buzz on Friday, March 11, from 9 AM until 12 PM, and Julie's Coffee Shop in the Tides Inn on Saturday, March 12, from 9 AM until 12 PM.

You also can pick up ornaments at the Welcome to Colonial Beach Meetup on Thursday, March 17, after 6 PM, at the Ice House Brewery. The Foundation will have a booth at the Osprey Festival too!

Net proceeds from the sale of the ornaments will go into the Foundation's Community Crisis Fund to assist our local food pantries.

The Foundation is partnering with Ingleside Nurseries to offer discounts on Spring plants. We're still working out the details, so check our website every so often. We'll update our Home page as soon as we have more information.

We still do.

"Summer time's calling me..."

For our students & teachers.