{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Avery Community Foundation awards $3,260 in local grants","url":"\/news\/avery-community-foundation-awards-3260-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Avery Community Foundation recently announced $3,260 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$500 to the Mountain Alliance for the Mountain Alliance Leadership Development and Afterschool Support Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$880 to Special Olympics Avery County for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$880 to Spirit Ride Inc. for the Help Us Never Say No program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to WAMY Community Action, Inc. for the Gardening Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Western Youth Network for the WYN Youth Mentoring Program Avery County<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Jamey Thompson, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Avery 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":"<p>The board of advisors of the Avery Community Foundation recently announced $3,260 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1541791067,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"ede8c139f91e492d95931ff1b26266b4","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":56405,"created":1541791067,"modified":1541791067,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Avery Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/avery-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247850,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"f929d8d678d9492c8bacabb9cb36ed2f","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20870,"created":1533158602,"modified":1536247850,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}