{"title":"Ashe County Community Foundation awards more than $4,400 in local grants","content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Ashe County Community Foundation announces more than $4,400 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Daniel Lee \"Dan\" Eldreth Memorial Endowment.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year&#8217;s nonprofit recipients include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$830 to Appalachian State University for Appalachian Senior Programs - foster grandparent and senior companion programs.<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Ashe County Arts Council for Migration, a puppetry residency for students in grades 4-6.<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Ashe County Public Library for Involving Books: Heroes of the Second World War.<\/li>\r\n<li>$750 to New River Conservancy, formerly National Committee for the New River, for New River cleanup.<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Ashe County.<\/li>\r\n<li>$830 to Wilkes Community College - Ashe Family Literacy for Ashe Family Literacy childcare and transportation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Linda Slade, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Ashe County Community Foundation. &#8220;These grants are important to our community and our quality of life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported Ashe County&#8217;s community fund.&#8221;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Ashe County Community Foundation announces more than $4,400 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Daniel Lee \"Dan\" Eldreth Memorial Endowment.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/ashe-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-4400-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1506015120,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"f7ba3923413544acafa70f4ff4cf8f65","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":48090,"created":1506015120,"modified":1506372667,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Ashe County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/ashe-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247847,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"c18c315e7bc64d1ba112744c73f7dba5","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20869,"created":1533158609,"modified":1536247847,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}