DCSF doles out $31,000 in grants

Another $31,000 in grants were announced Monday at the annual Donor Appreciation Celebration by the Demopolis City Schools Foundation.

The spring round of grants brings to a total for the 2017-2018 term to $69,000, said executive director Amanda Barnes.

The event, held in the Coplin Building, also recognized major donors with plaques and certificates and announced two more named endowments. The Endowment Fund now totals more than $1.2 million. Income from the fund is used to supplement the grants.

The named endowments were for Elizabeth B. Lawrence, giving by the John C. Webb III and Marie Suttle Webb Foundation, and from the estate of the late Susan Ulmer Wallace.

Barnes said the amount of grants awarded and the strength of the endowment rivals such schools systems as Mountain Brook.

The grants are as follows:

Westside Elementary — Andrea Johnson, $1,000 to supplement the school’s collection of community helper books and e-books.

Demopolis High School — Rachel White, $7,000 for 30 Chromebooks for the high school English Department; Dale Acker, $6,000 to purchase welding machines for the welding program at the high school; Charles Jones, $6,000 for a power threader to train the pipe threading process, and Meggin Mayben, $4,000 for a set of 10 Google Expedition virtual reality headsets for use in the high school history department.

Demopolis Middle School — Javalynn Henderson, $4,000 for a set of 10 Google Expedition virtual reality headsets for use in the middle school history department, and Adam Brown, $3,446.32 for new and improved stands for the middle school band and its first concert bass drum.

Major donors recognized by the DCSF are:

Executive: Georgia-Pacific, Parr’s and WestRock.

Patron: Alabama Power Co. – Greene Co. Steam Plant, CEMEX Southeast LLC, Foster Farms, Jackson/Newell Foundation, Karen and Olen Kerby, Marengo Insurance, Louise Webb and Steve Marzen,

Donna and Kris Mullins/ State Farm Companies, Cindy and Claud Neilson, Rotary Club of Demopolis, Mellie and John Warner, John Cox Webb IV and Vickie and Dan Wilson.

Partner: Amanda and John David Barnes, Sarah Chandler and Luke Hallmark, Kayte and Thomas Melton, Mary and Freddie Rutledge, The Perfect Touch and Perfect Touch Home.

Continued Endowment Support comes from Betsy and Bill Coplin, Kathryn and William Cunningham, Demopolis High School Class of 1967, Bill Horton and Judilyn Brooks, Sarah Chandler Hallmark, Angela Northcutt Holifield, Nancy and John Northcutt, JR Rivas, Robertson Banking Company and Martha and Joe Turner.