PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release
Fiske Family Foundation Gifts $25,000 to Six Wolfeboro-Area Public and Non-Profit Organizations to Support Education and Recreation
Wolfeboro, N.H. – August 18, 2020 – Today, the Fiske Family Foundation announced a series of gifts totaling $25,029.60 to support public education and recreation for six Wolfeboro-area public and non-profit organizations. The recipients are: The Nicolas J. Pernokas Recreation Park (The Nick), the New Hampshire Department of Transportation Sponsor-A-Highway program, the Wolfeboro Nursery School, The Children’s Center, Cornerstone Christian Academy, and End 68-Hours of Hunger. The Wolfeboro-area gifts are the most recent in a series of donations given by the Fiske Family Foundation since the global pandemic began in March, bringing the Foundation’s total gifted amount to $85,029.60 this year.
The $25,029.60 will be distributed to the local organizations with additional donations under consideration. Gifts of $3,500, $2,500, and $2,500 were given to Wolfeboro Nursery School, The Children’s Center, and Cornerstone Christian Academy respectively to support early childhood education and development. The NHDOT Sponsor-A-Highway program received $10,779.60 to help maintain two stretches of Highway 28 and 109, from the Wolfeboro/Alton Town Line to the Wolfeboro/Tuftonboro Town Line, for two years. The Nick received $3,250, of which $2,500 will be used for a new on-site office. And, a donation of $2,500 was provided to the Wolfeboro chapter of End 68 Hours of Hunger to help address food insecurity among school-age children in the community.
“Courtney and I are honored and grateful for the opportunity to support the organizations that already support education and recreation for all,” said John Fiske, Founder, Fiske Family Foundation. “The current public health crisis has strained communities across the country, and we cannot think of a better time to support Wolfeboro children and families.”
Since March this year, the Fiske Family Foundation has provided more than $85,000 in philanthropic donations to public and non-profit organizations in Wolfeboro and in San Diego, California. The Foundation’s first donation was in March 2020 for $50,000 and designated to support the Poway Unified School District Foundation in its efforts to address the immediate and unforeseen nutrition and distance learning needs for local students and their families amid school shutdowns. In April, the Foundation donated $10,000 to the North County Food Bank, a chapter of the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank, to provide 50,000 meals to families and individuals in the community.
About Fiske Family Foundation: John and Courtney Fiske share a passion for access to education and recreation as great equalizers of opportunity for all regardless of background. For John and Courtney, supporting education and recreation for all means supporting healthy communities, including vulnerable and disadvantaged members of those communities.
Media Contact:
Kelli Luneborg-Stern, Fiske Family Foundation, kelli@trifectapublicstrategies.com, (214) 616 -1703