{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Brunswick County Community Foundation awards $2,500 local COVID grant","url":"\/news\/brunswick-county-community-foundation-awards-2500-local-covid-grant","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Brunswick County Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,500 local grant to assist people and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<p>The grant was awarded to the Brunswick Family Assistance Agency, Inc. (BFA) to support COVID-19 related needs, particularly utility expenses.<\/p>\r\n<p>The grant funding comes from North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives, the electricity and energy services providers to 2.5 million rural North Carolinians, and CoBank, a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America, in support of communities, people and families who are unemployed or under-employed and impacted by COVID-19 in rural, electric cooperative-served counties.<\/p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;As the power provider for rural North Carolina, we&rsquo;re proud to partner with community foundations and CoBank to help our communities as they respond to and recover from the impacts of COVID-19,&rdquo; said Lark James, chief financial officer for North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives. &ldquo;The state&rsquo;s electric cooperatives were founded on a mission of local service, and we&rsquo;re pleased that we can provide assistance during this time of heightened need.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>Barbara Patten, board president of the Brunswick County Community Foundation, thanked North Carolina&rsquo;s Electric Cooperatives and CoBank for their support. &ldquo;We are proud to support this nonprofit program that is so vital to our community,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the generous businesses that are supporting our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>For further information, contact North Carolina Community Foundation Community Leadership Officer Natalie Jenkins Peel at (252) 562-9824 or <a href=\"mailto:npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org\">npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Brunswick County Community Foundation recently awarded a $2,500 local grant to assist people and families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","media":0,"custom":{"social_sharing":{"share_image":""},"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1604955381,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"47f9095c121240e799b159234b043324","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":72505,"created":1604955381,"modified":1604955381,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Brunswick County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/brunswick-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247981,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"797600ea2deb4927a15a4008403c28fe","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20887,"created":1533158899,"modified":1536247981,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}