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May102016

WEF Tournament a Gets Thousands for Schools

The Wilkes Education Foundation’s (WEF) 26th Annual Hugh Martin Memorial Golf Tournament was held Thursday, May 5, 2016, and generated in excess of $20,000 toward mini-grants and scholarships awarded to Wilkes County Schools’ students and teachers.  Since 1990, the Hugh Martin Memorial Golf Tournament has provided $400,000 in awards to Wilkes County Schools in the form of mini-grants to teachers for special projects that are not funded through the state or county. WEF has provided additional scholarships and mini-grants and has awarded over $428,000 to Wilkes County students since its beginning.  The tournament was established in memory of Hugh Martin who died in April 1990. Hugh was an avid golfer and had been a teacher at Mulberry Elementary and Wilkes Central before becoming a state and federal probation officer. The Wilkes Education Foundation is a private, non-profit, IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt endowment corporation dedicated to promoting excellence in education in the Wilkes County Schools. For information about making a donation to the WEF, contact Jody Hamby, 309 9th St, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659. For more information, see www.wilkeseducationfoundation.org.

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