{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Community Foundation for Randolph County awards $2,500 local COVID grant","url":"\/news\/community-foundation-for-randolph-county-awards-2500-local-covid-grant","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Community Foundation for Randolph County 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 Christian United Outreach Center of Randolph County to support utility assistance for Randolph County residents, in response to COVID-19.<\/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>Becky Greer, board president of the Community Foundation for Randolph County, 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 Dawn Neighbors at (910) 292-4437 or <a href=\"mailto:dneighbors@nccommunityfoundation.org\">dneighbors@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Community Foundation for Randolph County 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":1605232325,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"76cada0e17d94a98b76acf4561e76e70","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":72530,"created":1605232326,"modified":1605232326,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Community Foundation for Randolph County","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/sandhills\/community-foundation-for-randolph-county","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247913,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"98d532772fca40b886dd97256699ca6e","parent":"021b1dea68044a019fb4397afd32c23c","node":20879,"created":1533158964,"modified":1536247913,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}