CHEER Receives $10,000 Donation from Fire and Ice Festival

**Shown left to right: Representatives of Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, Bethany Fenwick Chamber, CHEER COO Tom Reardon and CHEER’s Coastal Leisure Senior Center Director Yolanda Gallego.**

The recent Fire & Ice Festival — with its “In the First State” theme celebrating Delaware’s 250th anniversary — brought in more than $51,000 in charitable contributions for area organizations. Recipients of the proceeds of ticketed events, merchandise sales and donation-driven activities gathered at The Salted Rim restaurant in Millville on Thursday, Feb. 26, to recognize the donations.

The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored Fire & Ice for the ninth year, provided donations of varying amounts to 10 charitable organizations in the community. $20,000 was raised through the sale of 657 tickets for the Tasting Tour, to be split between Sussex County Habitat for Humanity and CHEER for its Meals on Wheels home-delivered meal program.