{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Ashe County Community Foundation awards more than $5,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/ashe-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-5000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p><img style=\"margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ashe-grant-awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"744\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board advisors of the Ashe County Community Foundation recently announced $5,390 in local grant awards from its community advancement fund and the Daniel Lee &ldquo;Dan&rdquo; Eldreth Memorial Endowment.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$500 to Ashe Assisted Living &amp; Memory Care for Rest &amp; Renewal Retreats<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Ashe County<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Wilkes Community College- Ashe Family Literacy for Ashe Family Literacy Childcare<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Ashe County Partnership for Children for Planting the Seeds to Read<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Ashe County Arts Council for African-American Heroes<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 Communities in Schools of Northwest North Carolina for books for teachers at ACMS<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC for weekend backpacks for seniors<\/li>\r\n<li>$890 to Appalachian State University for Appalachian Senior Programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Appalachian State University for support for Ashe County families<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Ashe County Public Library for Ashe County Veteran History Project<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Christina Wagoner, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Ashe County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,&rdquo; she 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":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ashe-grant-awards.jpg","title":"Ashe grant awards","caption":"","size":"225375"}],"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Ashe-grant-awards.jpg"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1560267120,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"1b96815f5802430ba18e5027e58b8079","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":64277,"created":1560267120,"modified":1563291195,"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":{}}]}}