Heritage Museums & Gardens and the Cape Cod Five Charitable Foundation Trust award scholarships to local schools

Published on Thursday, January 26, 2012

Scholarship to fund admission, travel expenses and programs for local students

Do you remember your first museum visit? Many of us experienced a museum for the first time while on a school field trip. Unfortunately, fewer children today are able to participate in field trips as financial pressures force schools to eliminate them.

Heritage Museums & Gardens and The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust are pleased to announce the continuation of a scholarship program established to expose more students across Cape Cod to museum learning experiences by eliminating the burden of field trip funding for schools. Classrooms across Cape Cod were invited this fall to apply for the opportunity to visit Heritage to participate in one of many educational experiences on a range of topics. Each interactive program is accompanied by information and activities designed to help connect the museum program to classroom curriculum.

“We are so proud to be able to offer this scholarship to students all across the Cape, and to have a partner like the Cape Cod Five Charitable Foundation Trust onboard to help present the cultural and life experiences that trips to Heritage can teach our youth is truly something special,” said Heritage Museums & Gardens Executive Director, Ellen Spear.

The Cape Cod Five recognizes the value of meaningful educational experiences at museums and the impact that these experiences have on young people. The Scholarship, established by a generous grant from the Bank’s Charitable Foundation Trust, will underwrite museum admission, program fees and round-trip transportation costs for five Cape Cod schools. The school groups will visit Heritage Museums & Gardens between April and June of this coming 2012 season.

On the establishment of this scholarship, David B. Willard, Secretary of the Foundation, said, “What better way for students to understand the relevance and relationship of history to the present than to transport them to one of the premier destinations on all of Cape Cod, Heritage Museums & Gardens?”

The scholarship selection committee is pleased to announce that the 2011-2012 scholarship recipients are:

• Barnstable West-Barnstable Elementary
• The WAVE program at Dennis-Yarmouth High School
• Barnstable Early Learning Center
• Latham Centers in Brewster
• The Sandwich Community School for Early Learning

This is the third round of scholarships offered by Heritage and The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust since the program’s inception in the spring of 2010.


About Heritage Museums & Gardens
Founded in 1969, Heritage Museums & Gardens celebrates American culture and inspires people of all ages to explore, discover and learn together by sharing excellence in horticulture, garden design, and the exhibition of great collections. Located on 100 acres of gardens and nature trails in historic Sandwich, Heritage is the largest public garden in southern New England. Hidden Hollow, a new family-friendly area, is a place for exploration of the natural world and learning about environmental stewardship. Heritage offers three gallery buildings featuring permanent exhibits of world-class classic automobiles, American folk art, historical artifacts, a working vintage carousel, and special traveling exhibitions. For more information on Heritage Museums & Gardens, please visit www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.

About The Cape Cod Five Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust was founded in 1998, and is committed to serving the needs of the Cape and Island community. This private Foundation is funded by its namesake bank. Foundation Trustees are members of the Cape Cod Five family of Trustees, Corporators and Officers. For more information on The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust, and Cape Cod Five Bank, please visit www.capecodfive.com.