{"title":"Craven County Community Foundation awards more than $120,000 in local grants","content":"<p><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_2924-process-s450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The board of advisors of the Craven County Community Foundation announces more than $120,000 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year&#8217;s nonprofit recipients include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Backpack Blessings for Holiday Blessings<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,000 to the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh for the Senior Pharmacy Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Children&#8217;s Home Society of North Carolina for family recruitment<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to the Coastal Women&#8217;s Shelter for support for operating costs and relocation assistance for victims of domestic violence<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_2965-process-s450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Craven Concerts for bringing the magic of live music to school children<\/li>\r\n<li>$9,060 to Craven County Partners in Education for Graphing Calculators &#8211; Hand Held Technology<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to the Craven Literacy Council for Standards for Success<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Craven Smart Start for summer kindergarten readiness kits<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to the Food Bank of Central &amp; Eastern North Carolina for feeding families in Craven County<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to the MERCI Clinic for health care access<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_3023-process-s450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the New Bern Civic Theatre for phase I of interior renovation of the Athens Renaissance Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the New Bern-Craven County YMCA for summer day camp scholarships<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the New Bern High School Booster Club for the New Bern High School Wall Ball<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,500 to New Bern Police Department Citizen Volunteers, Inc. for the New Bern Police Department 2017 Youth Outreach Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to the North Carolina Symphony Society for Ensembles in the Schools for Craven County elementary students<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Craven<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the Public Radio East Foundation for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_3011-process-s450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Reach Out and Read for the Craven County &#8211; Reach Out and Read early literacy initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,500 to Religious Community Services for BEE: Build, Engage, Empower &#8211; Building New Bern&#8217;s Safe Haven through Faith, Hope and Love<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,500 to Religious Community Services for the Perishable and Prepared Food Recovery Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern, Inc. for the Reviving Lives Ministries 12-Step Residential Recovery Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Craven County<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to True Justice International for human trafficking awareness and education for Craven County youth<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Tryon Palace Foundation for Recognizing Mother Nature: Botanical Identification at Tryon Palace<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Tyler Harris, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Craven County Community Foundation. &#8220;These grants are important to our community and our quality of life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported Craven County&#8217;s community fund.&#8221;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Craven County Community Foundation announces more than $120,000 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/craven-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-120000-in-local-grants-craven-county-community-foundation-2017-08-30","publishedAt":1504124557,"media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_2924.jpg","title":"IMG 2924","caption":"","size":"12410970"},{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_2965.jpg","title":"IMG 2965","caption":"","size":"15055956"},{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_3023.jpg","title":"IMG 3023","caption":"","size":"15171715"},{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/craven\/IMG_3011.jpg","title":"IMG 3011","caption":"","size":"15812221"}],"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"40072a25b7f242e9816e26c725a945f6","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":46728,"created":1504124557,"modified":1528717402,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Craven County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/coastal-plain-south\/craven-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247586,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"1497dcd99a144d8886a89c5e52eae555","parent":"6d8da39b7f044616bf6c68e1dc59af1e","node":20847,"created":1533158470,"modified":1536247586,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}