GivingHeartsGeneric2Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center has been the recipient of recent charitable donations.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Arts Center Director, Cyndi Wish said, that on February 11, 2016, during Giving Hearts Day, individuals went on line to impactgiveback.org and the results was a total with the matching dollars, of $8,000.

She also pointed out that the Jamestown Arts Center was awarded a Jamestown Community Foundation grant of $5,000.

Cyndi added that those dollars will go to the Arts Center for scholarships for its Arts After School Program, that serves students in grades 3-6, including some homeschooled students.

Children who enroll are transported by a bus service from their schools to The Arts Center where they are given a healthy snack and receive arts education by a professional artist.

Also on out show, Cyndi said that reservations are being taken for the Annual Gala, to be held on February 27, 2016, at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown.

Call the Arts Center at 701-251-2496 as tickets are $100 each are by reservation only.

In addition to the dinner catered by Sabir’s 2 in Jamestown there will be entertainment, and live and silent auctions.

Auction items include a trip to Boston and Cape Cod, a Fargo/Moorhead Red Hawks baseball suite, and much more.

She said the Hansen Arts Park will see continuing work this spring and summer.