COTTON VALLEY TRAIL COMMITTEE

CVTC maintains and sustains the Cotton Valley Rail Trail, a 12-mile trail servicing the residents and visitors of Wolfeboro, Brookfield and Wakefield for the benefit of its many and varied outdoor users; and provides patrons a safe, accessible and enjoyable corridor for many recreational activities. The CVTC proposes to purchase and install HiRAIL pedestrian crossings (platforms) providin a safer, more accessible, and more durable surface for trail users. The project will serve as a pilot program, allowing CVTC to evaluate the performance, durability, maintenance requirements, and user benefits of the HiRAIL system under actual trail conditions.

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​KIND COOPERATIVE (Kids In NeeD)

This grassroots, volunteer-led initiative supports students and families throughout the GWRSD and the communities of Alton, Barnstead, Middleton, and Wakefield. KIND partners with school counselors, social workers, outreach coordinators, and family liaisons to identify needs that fall outside traditional school or community resources. Their mission is to help ensure that local children and families have the resources and support they need to thrive, regardless of their circumstances. Through trusted community partnerships, KIND provides timely, flexible, and confidential assistance where it is needed most. Funding from Festival of Trees will help them respond to the growing needs of local children and families. Rising costs for basic needs, including clothing, shoes, heating, school activities, and summer programs, are making it increasingly difficult for families to cover these expenses.

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WOLFEBORO AREA FARMER'S MARKET

This community farmers market connects local farmers, bakers and makers to their neighbors to support local small businesses and our local economy. They operate a weekly outdoor market mid-May through mid-October and a weekly indoor market mid-October to late December. WAFM plans to use Festival grant funds to support their SNAP Market Match program. An important part of the market mission is to support our food-insecure neighbors with access locally grown and produced foods. The market accepts SNAP/EBT from patrons to help ensure all of our neighbors eat local, nutritious foods. When a patron uses their SNAP/EBT card at the market, WAFM matches up to $30 to help stretch the patron's ability to shop local and feed their families. Not only does this help our SNAP/EBT patrons, this match also allows additional dollars to stay in our local economy by supporting the small business vendors at the market.

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WOLFEBORO AREA MEALS ON WHEELS

WAMOW’s primary goal is to provide a nutritious meal and social contact Monday through Friday to residents of Brookfield, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro who are unable to secure and prepare food because of illness, convalescence or incapacitation with a cognitive, physical, or psychological impairment. Recipients may be elderly, disabled, convalescing or experiencing malnutrition. Most participants are homebound. The service is available to people of all income levels and age groups, either on a temporary or long-term basis. WAMOW plans to use festival grant funding to provide interested participants additional weekend meals as well as a variety of non-perishable items during the winter months.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE BOAT MUSEUM

The NHBM preserves and celebrates New Hampshire's rich freshwater boating heritage through engaging exhibits, historic boats, hands-on educational programs. They plan to use Festival grant funding to purchase two sailboat dollies to support the Community Sailing Program (in partnership with Wolfeboro Parks and Recreation) to make it safer and easier for young sailors (65-70 children annually) to move their boats from storage racks to the water.

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