Helping Hand: The New Jersey State Council on the Arts has awarded more than $30 million in grants to support approximately 900 arts organizations, projects and artists throughout the state – two in Southern Ocean County.

The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies received $53,830 in general program support for multidisciplinary projects.

“The grant is for funds expended in the procurement of arts-related programs,” LBIF Finance Manager Joanne Guglielmo explained.