Nonprofit Awards Paint Branch High $2,500 in Mini Grants
Various programs received $500 grants that will go towards supplies or fundraising.
Things like Algebra textbooks seem like high school necessities. But a shed to store plant soil? After-school snacks? Money to print a newspaper? The Paint Branch High School Educational Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the Burtonsville school, recently awarded $2,500 in "mini grants" to support just those kinds of curriculum extras that may not be part of the school's budget, according to a release from the school. Five programs received $500 that will go towards supplies or the general needs of the program. The grant recipients are: 1. Building a garden shed and planting green: The $500 will be used materials to build a shed to store soil and tools. Horticulture students will create a plan to ready themselves for the Green School …
