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Just what does a duck see when peering down from the sky at a decoy floating on the water? Sometimes it sees, to its detriment, a friend to nestle down with. Other times it perceives the shoddy workmanship; the chipping paint, overlarge eyes or lilt of tail far removed from the likes of its brethren. The duck in this case keeps right on flying.
And then, perhaps just once in many, many decades, there is a vision floating out there on the water. A vision of a decoy so perfect and unique that the wild duck reaches deep into its feathers and pulls out $22,425.
Our Island Club, the consumer savings program that also raises money for local organizations, has distributed its annual donations, more than $43,000.
Included in the distribution are scholarships to the Vineyard Nursing Association, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School vocational programs and the Permanent Endowment Fund. It also donated $1,500 to support the SafeRides program. A complete list of the 180+ organizations is posted on the Web site ourislandclub.com.
On Saturday afternoon while many Islanders were outside enjoying the warm air on a bright spring day, nine people sat inside the West Tisbury fire station and talked about storm clouds and how they could help national forecasters better predict the weather and possibly help save lives and property. It was a training session for the National Weather Service SKYWARN program.
The Vineyard Nursing Association has received a $2,800 grant from Our Island Club for its professional education program. Currently, funds from that program are helping Samantha Cron, LPN, become a registered nurse.
Designs on Saving
Aaron Teves, a student at Tisbury School, was the national first place winner in the T-shirt design contest held in April, sponsored by Save For America and schoolsavings.com. Martha’s Vineyard Savings Bank was the local sponsor.
Students who participated in the School Savings program contest were required to submit a T-shirt design that included the words, “I’m Saving”
Aaron won with his design “I’m $aving for the Road Ahead.”
It’s a cold and rainy spring day on the Island as AmeriCorps National Community Civilian Corps (NCCC) team Raven One breaks for lunch around a table at the Farm Institute in Katama. Dressed in cargo pants, black work boots and gray sweatshirts bearing the AmeriCorps logo, these nine young corps members have been on the Island for about two weeks working on projects to support a variety of local nonprofit organizations.