{"title":"Craven County Community Foundation awards more than $177,000 in local grants","content":"<p><img style=\"margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Craven-County-Community-Foundation-awards-more-than--177-000-in-local-grants---Photo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Craven County Community Foundation board members and representatives of local nonprofit organizations receiving grant awards pose for a photo following the annual CCCF grant awards ceremony at Tryon Palace.\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors of the Craven County Community Foundation recently announced $177,020 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund and local component funds: the Richard Chapman Cleve Fund, Nelson Family Memorial Endowment Fund, Harry and Virginia Killian Charitable Endowment and Brian Fisher Endowment, at a grant awards ceremony hosted at Tryon Palace.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for 2018 Camp Royall program scholarships<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Backpack Blessings Inc. for the &ldquo;Holiday Blessings&rdquo; program<\/li>\r\n<li>$15,000 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for the Formula for Impact program<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,020 to the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh for the Senior Pharmacy Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Craven Arts Council for the Technology Quest program<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the Craven Community College Foundation for the Work Ready Scholarship program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Craven Concerts Inc. for the Bring the Magic of Live Music to School Children outreach program<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,500 to Craven County Partners in Education for the &ldquo;Say It Loud!&rdquo;-A 21st Century Auditorium program<\/li>\r\n<li>$12,000 to Craven County Partners in Education for the Graphing Calculators for HHS- Hand Held Technology program<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to the Craven Literacy Council for the Using Literacy to Better a Person&rsquo;s Life program<\/li>\r\n<li>$12,000 to the Eastern Carolina YMCA for the 2018 Twin Rivers YMCA Summer Camp need-based scholarship program<\/li>\r\n<li>$15,000 to MERCI Clinic Inc. for the primary care program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Neuromuscular Disease Support Organization for the 2nd Annual NMDSO Education and Outreach Summit<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Neuse Pamlico Sound Women&rsquo;s Coalition for the Camp Hope Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the New Bern Civic Theatre for the Athens Renaissance: Accessibility for All Patrons of the Theatre program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to New Bern Police Department Citizen Volunteers Inc. for the New Bern Police Department 2018 Youth Outreach program<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,500 to the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust for the Neuse River Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to the North Carolina Symphony Inc. for the Ensembles in the Schools for Craven County Elementary Students program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Craven County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to Promise Place for the Trauma Focused Therapy Mental Health program<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the Public Radio East Foundation for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,500 to Reach Out and Read for the ROAR Craven County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to Religious Community Services for the Perishable and Prepared Food Recovery program<\/li>\r\n<li>$7,500 to Reviving Lives Ministries of New Bern Inc. for the 12 Step Addiction Recovery program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for the Craven County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$6,000 to Township Seven EMS Inc. for the Patient and Crew safety program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,500 to 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 the WillForce: Educating and Creating Awareness of Human Trafficking in Craven County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to Public Media NC (UNC-TV) for the sponsorship of the PMNC Cares Summit<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Craven-County-Community-Foundation-awards-more-than--177-000-in-local-grants---Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jennifer Tolle Whiteside (left), NCCF CEO and president, and Kim Ball, NCCF regional director, pose for a photo at the annual CCCF grant awards ceremony at Tryon Palace.\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Tyler Harris, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Craven County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so important to our community,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Craven County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Craven County Community Foundation recently announced $177,020 in local grant awards at a grant awards ceremony hosted at Tryon Palace.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/craven-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-177000-in-local-grants-craven-county-community-foundation-2018-08-28","publishedAt":1535492062,"media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Craven-County-Community-Foundation-awards-more-than--177-000-in-local-grants---Photo-2.jpg","title":"Craven County Community Foundation awards more than 177 000 in local grants Photo 2","caption":"","size":"9365536"},{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Craven-County-Community-Foundation-awards-more-than--177-000-in-local-grants---Photo-1.jpg","title":"Craven County Community Foundation awards more than 177 000 in local grants Photo 1","caption":"","size":"12707959"}],"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"798abe0e7124425c968e6769625fe092","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":46688,"created":1535492062,"modified":1535492062,"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"}