{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Columbus County Community Foundation awards more than $7,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/columbus-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-7000-in-local-grants-3","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Columbus County Community Foundation recently announced $7,670. 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>$1,000 to the Columbus Baptist Association for the toy store<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,020 to the Columbus County Arts Council for COVID-19 general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$650 to the Columbus County DREAM Center, Inc. for NETworX for Hope Columbus County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Friends of the NC Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville for Saturday Science<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Living Hope Pregnancy Support Services for prenatal vitamins for expectant mothers<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare for capacity building and program enhancements for Lower Cape Fear LifeCare&rsquo;s Begin the Conversation, an advance care planning education program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Columbus County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Special Olympics North Carolina - Columbus County<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Becky High, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Columbus 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>\r\n<p>For further information, contact NCCF 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 Columbus County Community Foundation recently announced $7,670. in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/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":1594921859,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"198659c5c13a43b88cfc59e9c9e36cdb","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70374,"created":1594921860,"modified":1594921860,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Columbus County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/columbus-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247984,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"55801e3a3ba74a0d867ad69c9d100cd6","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20888,"created":1533158897,"modified":1536247984,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}