{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Alleghany County Community Foundation awards more than $13,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/alleghany-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-13000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Alleghany-reception.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Flowers (left) grants chair of the Alleghany Community Foundation presents a check to representatives of Communities in Schools of Northwest North Carolina to aid in the playground renovation at Sparta Elementary School.\" width=\"1670\" height=\"1356\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors of the Alleghany County Community Foundation recently announced $13,020 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Alleghany County Library for 2019-2020 Stretch Your Body and Your Mind<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Alleghany Partnership for Children for community events<\/li>\r\n<li>$582 to Piney Creek School for World Changers- Using the UN&rsquo;s Sustainable Development Goals to Make a Difference in the World<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,525 to Communities in Schools of Northwest North Carolina for Sparta School Playground<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Blue Ridge Developmental Day for programming<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC for Partner Agency Support-Solid Rock Food Closet<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Sparta Revitalization Committee for Sparta Streetscape Enhancement<\/li>\r\n<li>$913 to Appalachian State University for Appalachian Senior Programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Alleghany Arts Council for Blue Ridge Read 2019<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Alleghany Writers for critical and creative visual thinking<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Alleghany Wellness Center, Inc. for their operations<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Greg Bare, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Alleghany County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Alleghany-reception.jpg"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1562182492,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"2fe3687ad07d4a5b843d30a8b9065f0e","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":64122,"created":1562182492,"modified":1562182492,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Alleghany County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/alleghany-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247841,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"80d0c9fc6b854197b22ad0d77a4a95ee","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20868,"created":1533158623,"modified":1536247841,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}