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New G.O.L.D. board elected

WORCESTER COUNTY–Worcester County G.O.L.D. (Giving Other Lives Dignity), Inc. announces the election of Nancy Fortney and Nancy Howard, both of Ocean City, and Amanda Kiesewetter of Snow Hill, to the Board of Directors.
Fortney brings to the organization more than four decades of experience with the Worcester County Board of Education, as a teacher and curriculum planner. She currently serves on the board of the Worcester County Commission for Women and the Art League of Ocean City, and works with the Strides for Breast Cancer Committee and the Lower Shore Red Cross Committee of Worcester County.
Howard was employed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and managed Ocean City’s beach replenishment program. She was elected to the Ocean City Council and served for 12 years. The Worcester County Department of Social Services advisory board, the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, the Worcester County Arts Council and the Ocean City Paramedics Foundation are just a few of the organizations that Howard serves as a board member.
Kiesewetter will contribute her expertise as a certified public accountant and certified financial planner to G.O.L.D.’s Board and Finance Committee. She is employed by Bergey and Company of Berlin.  She is a graduate of Salisbury University and serves as the treasurer of the Snow Hill Rotary Club.
The mission of Worcester County G.O.L.D. is to improve the quality of life of local citizens for whom traditional means of well-being support is not fully available.  A non-profit organization, G.O.L.D. promotes dignity by providing financial aid to families in crisis, vulnerable adults and children in foster care.  
Since its beginning in 1996, the organization has provided emergency financial assistance to thousands of Worcester County citizens, along with coordinating special projects to provide school supplies and holiday gifts and food to those in need.