Eleven non-profits from the New Boston area will be honored at the annual WM Neighborhood Recognition Grants Awards Presentation Dinner at 6:30 p.m. February 8 at Maria’s Tex-Mex. The New Boston Landfill Neighborhood Committee will award $10,000 in grant funds to non-profit projects which provide a service to the community or enhance the local environment. The 2023 honorees include 3 Bostons Museum, Bowie County Soil and Water Conservation District, Community Kitchen, Magnolia Cemetery Association, New Boston Education Foundation, Nick’s Mission Backpack Program, Pulaski Cemetery Association, Runnin’ WJ Therapeutic Riding Center, Telford Prison Ministries, United Fund of New Boston, and West Bowie County Rotary Club. Since the Neighborhood Recognition Grants Awards were established in 2002, WM New Boston Landfill has provided $220,000 in funding for the committee to award to local non-profits. The grants are available to any non-profit group that enhances the local environment or provides services in the community. Services involving clean-ups and beautification efforts in New Boston and Bowie County are given preference.