BRUNSWICK – The Alfred M. Senter Fund, a private charitable trust authorized to make grants to any public charity providing a service in Maine, is seeking grant applications.

Applications for this calendar year should be submitted to the fund committee, by mail, with an original and six copies, and be received by Oct. 31, 2007.

Forms may be obtained by contacting the Senter Place Management Office in Brunswick by phone at 725-6610, fax at 725-6612, or e-mail at [email protected].

The Fund was established by Alfred Senter, former owner of Senter’s Department Store and the Greenery Restaurant on Maine Street in Brunswick.

The property is now known as Senter Place and is occupied by various business.

Senter’s wish was that public charities benefiting from this fund be involved in promoting the cultural, educational, environmental well being and general health and welfare of the inhabitants of the towns of Brunswick, Durham, Lisbon, Harpswell, Topsham, West Bath and the city of Bath here in Maine.

The Fund especially seeks to support charities for which small grants will make a significant difference.

Grants focusing on annual operating budgets or adding to the endowment of other non-profit organizations are not typically awarded. Public charities should meet the requirements of the trust documents.

In 2006, a total of $155,450 in grants was awarded to 33 charitable organizations selected from 52 applications.