“This year, I will do what I can to keep from getting sick from an infection, and help others to do the same.” In 1952, the polio epidemic reached its peak in the U.S.; 60,000 children would be infected. Thousands would be paralyzed, and 3,000 would die. Images of “the iron lung,” a medieval-looking machine […]
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Fishermenâs Preservation, ambassador partnership get grants
Marthaâs Vineyard Foundation awards $25,000 and $13,367 to benefit programs.
The Marthaâs Vineyard Community Foundation, formerly known as the Permanent Endowment for Marthaâs Vineyard, has awarded $25,000 to the Marthaâs Vineyard Fishermenâs Preservation Trust to re-establish a commercially viable wholesale fish market in Menemsha, according to a press release.Â
âThis year has highlighted the need to be flexible and nimble in responding to emerging needs,â said Anne Williamson, board chair of MVCF, said in a press release. âClearly, maintaining a viable fishing industry in Menemsha speaks both to the history of that iconic fishing village as well as its future. If we want to maintain a robust fishing industry based out of our harbors, then itâs critical to support a wholesale outlet for their catch.â
Leah Palmer, the Martha’s Vineyard public schools English Language Learning coordinator, has spent the past decade building cross-cultural channels of communication on the Island.
But when the pandemic hit back in March, schools, town halls, libraries, shelters, transportation services and almost every other public institution on the Vineyard had to close its doors within the span of days. Those bridges, built over the course of a decade, quickly began to crumble.
“I was at home, just beside myself, around how I am going to effectively communicate with families right now about the crisis,” Ms. Palmer recalled. “And everyone was in the same boat. Like, what are we going to do?”