CECI receives grant funds from CFI
The Children’s Education Center of the Islands (CECI) announced a $20,000 grant from the Charitable Foundation of the Islands (CFI). The funding will serve as the official “seed money” to launch CECI’s Developmental Capital Campaign, a project dedicated to constructing a new, hurricane-resilient school building on its five-acre campus. Following Hurricane Ian, which resulted in the loss of the school’s primary facility, CECI has been operating with limited enrollment out of the restored Thompson Hall. The grant marks the first major step in its “50 Years and Growing” initiative to expand its capacity.