Keep Golden Isles Beautiful has been awarded a national $10,000 “Martin Luther King Jr Corridor and Neighborhood Building Project” grant by Keep America Beautiful, Diageo and LOWES. The local grant project provides Manna House with new outdoor benches, plants for existing flower beds and a custom built tiny library, while the Golden Isles Veterans’ Village will be outfitted with new outdoor picnic tables, outdoor benches, a custom built and installed blessing box and landscaping plants. The Manna House project should be complete now thanks to volunteer assistance from St. Simons Presbyterian Church volunteers. The Golden Isles Veterans’ Village installation will take place during the first quarter of 2021.
Said Keep Golden Isles Beautiful executive director Lea King-Badyna, “Community partnerships are key to making great things happen in the Golden Isles, and KGIB continuously searches for innovative community betterment projects and partnership opportunities.” kgib.org
Keep Golden Isles Beautiful Grant Award
From left, Lea King-Badyna, Keep Golden Isles Beautiful; Margaret Jacobs, Golden Isles Veterans’ Village; Preston Kirkendall, Manna House; Starling Sutton, Golden Isles Veterans’ Village.
