Awards
CCBC Receives Over $200,000 from the Kathy & Jerry Wood Foundation for Career & Occupational Training
The Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation recently awarded the Community College of Baltimore County’s (CCBC) Division of Continuing Education and Economic Development (CEED) a grant of $230,568 for scholarship support in career and occupational training.
Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation Awards Grants to Village of Hope in 2012 and 2014
Village of Hope is an afterschool program located at Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school works closely with students and their families to provide a safe and warm environment, giving them positive and healthy alternatives to gangs, drugs and destructive behavior. More...
Howard Community College Receives Scholarship Grants
The Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation has awarded Howard Community College 50% scholarships for one student from each of the county's 12 high schools. More...
Sisters Academy of Baltimore Receives Three Grants
The Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation has awarded three grants of $50,000 each to the Sisters Academy of Baltimore, a Catholic, community-centered middle school that educates girls from families of limited economic means, particularly those in southwest Baltimore. More...
Canine Companions for Independence Facility Teams Funded by Wood Foundation Grant
The Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation of Annapolis, Maryland, has made a $50,000 donation to assist in providing follow-up services to recipients of Canine Companions for Independence facility teams working with children with disabilities in schools across the region, including 13 states from Maine to Virginia. More...
Westlawn Receives Largest Scholarship Grant in its 80-Year History
The Kathy & Jerry Wood Foundation Provide Generous Scholarship Support
The Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology is pleased to announce the most substantial grant and scholarship program in its 80-year history. According to the Westlawn’s Director, Dave Gerr, for qualifying students, the Kathy and Jerry Wood Scholarship Fund could reduce tuition rates for qualifying students to levels not seen since the early1980s. More...
Wood Foundation Provides Grant to Establish Del Easton Alternative School in Williston, North Dakota
Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, provided a check today for $137,000 to Del Easton Alternative School. The alternative high school will offer an optional setting and programming for students to earn a high school diploma instead of being in a traditional high school program, thereby reducing the number of dropouts. More...
Wood Foundation Helps Support New Health Sciences Institute at Anne Arundel Medical Center
Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, will contribute $500,000 over five years to the development of the Health Sciences Institute at Anne Arundel Medical Center. The Institute will serve as a virtual classroom to provide real-time instruction and seminars by remotely linking scientists and specialists with resident and student physicians and nurses. More...
Wood Foundation Establishes Scholarship Fund at The Summit School
Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, today provided a check for $127,447 to The Summit School scholarship fund. The Summit School teaches bright children in grades 1-8 who have dyslexia or other learning differences. More...
Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation awards $100,000 gift to Gibson Island Country School
This gift, presented by Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, will be used during the 2008-2009 school year to establish a needs-based scholarship fund for deserving students. More...
Wood Foundation Awards Grant to St. John’s College
Sallie Hamrick, trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, today announced a grant of $50,000.00 to St. John’s College in Annapolis. The grant will help support the Friends of St. John’s Jeff Bishop Memorial Scholarship Fund for Maryland Students. More...
Wood Foundation Supports Boys and Girls Clubs
Reginald Broddie of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County recently accepted a check for $100,000 from the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation. The check represents a grant from the Foundation to support the work of the Clubs. More...
Wood Foundation Establishes Scholarships at Prince George’s Community College
Brenda Mitchell, Executive Director of the Prince George’s Community College Foundation, recently accepted a check for $95,200 from Sallie Hamrick, President and Trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, to establish the Kathy and Jerry Wood Fund at the Community College. More...
Wood Foundation Donates $52,000 to Community College
A foundation set up by the late founders of the Annapolis boat shows has awarded its first grant as part of a mission to give young people a chance to attend college. More...
Wood Foundation Establishes Veterinary Scholarship at University of Pennsylvania
Speaking today from her Eastport office, Sallie Hamrick, Trustee of the Kathy and Jerry Wood Foundation, announced the award of $196,450 to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. More...