{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Avery Community Foundation awards more than $3,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/avery-community-foundation-awards-more-than-3000-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\/Avery-grant-awards.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured (left) is Ellis Ayers, ACF board member, presenting a grant award to Jennifer Simpson, executive director of the Blue Ridge Partnership for Children.\" width=\"1624\" height=\"1222\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors of the Avery Community Foundation recently announced $3,460 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>$900 to the Blue Ridge Partnership for Children for building early literacy skills<\/li>\r\n<li>$686 to the Children's Hope Alliance for the Supporting Success program, helping residential youth succeed<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Mountain Alliance for the Mountain Alliance&rsquo;s Avery County Teen Leadership Development and After-school Support Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$687 to Spirit Ride Inc. for scholarship funding<\/li>\r\n<li>$687 to the YMCA of Avery County for the Chapman Teen Center<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Jamey Thompson, board president, thanked the community for its continued 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":"","media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Avery-grant-awards.jpg","title":"Avery grant awards","caption":"","size":"585278"}],"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Avery-grant-awards.jpg"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1574195696,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"e533f89d4b3640b6bb1ea446e22a181f","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":66056,"created":1574195697,"modified":1574195697,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"NCCF News","url":"\/categories\/nccf-news","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1536248733,"source":null,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"1b78a2294942490a941757f68891b9dd","parent":"9fd09d3a1e4f4302a38c86e00a22828b","node":20907,"created":1536248733,"modified":1536248733,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}},{"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"}