{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Edgecombe Charitable Foundation awards more than $40,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/edgecombe-charitable-foundation-awards-more-than-40000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Edgecombe Charitable Foundation recently announced $40,310 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Mary Ferebee Howard Endowment Fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,250 to the Association for Learning Disabled and Handicapped for tutoring in Edgecombe County for exceptional students<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Buck Leonard Association for Sports &amp; Human Enrichment, Inc. for the New Freedom Children's Distance Reading &amp; Enrichment Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the Hill Family Farm Education Center for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,440 to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,870 to Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina for granting wishes for children with life-threatening medical conditions in Edgecombe County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Meals On Wheels of Tarboro NC for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$10,000 to Michael's Angels Girls Club for the Lego STEM &amp; Robotics Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to My Sister's House for domestic violence support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for general operating expenses for funding families from Edgecombe County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,250 to the Special Olympics North Carolina for the Edgecombe County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Tarboro Community Outreach for food redistribution<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Teach For America - Eastern North Carolina for supporting educational leaders and the students of Edgecombe County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Truth Foundational Ministries CDC Inc (TFM) for the food pantry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Mary Jane Jenkins, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Edgecombe Charitable 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 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 Edgecombe Charitable Foundation recently announced $40,310 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Mary Ferebee Howard Endowment 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":1604884846,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"7cd8c4ad574a439e9a8340800c2f41ab","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":72464,"created":1604884846,"modified":1604884846,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Edgecombe Charitable Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/coastal-plain-north\/edgecombe-charitable-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247519,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"f9a53e58b851423cbc7e6743918fa74d","parent":"127f00c6fc4e491a876a7b30f532e304","node":20839,"created":1533158947,"modified":1536247519,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}