{"title":"Franklin County Community Foundation announces local grants opportunity for teachers","content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Franklin County Community Foundation announces the availability of small grants to teachers in Franklin County from its Education Fund. The mini-grants program was established to encourage creativity in effective teaching throughout the Franklin County School System.<\/p>\r\n<p>All public school teachers and support personnel in grades pre-K through 12 are eligible to apply for grants between $100 and $350 for classroom projects or enrichment programs.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8220;This is an excellent opportunity for our teachers to get funding for their second-semester classroom projects,&#8221; said Dr. Diane Fleming, chair of the Education Grants Committee for the Franklin County Community Foundation Board of Advisors. &#8220;We are happy to provide financial support through this endowment fund.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Applications can be accessed at each school in Franklin County through the principal or curriculum resource teacher, or by&#160;<a href=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/franklin\/education-mini-grants\/Application_2017.doc\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/strong><span>&#160;<\/span><span>For assistance, contact Quinn Novels at the North Carolina Community Foundation at 919-256-6914 or&#160;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:qnovels@nccommunityfoundation.org\">qnovels@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a><span>.&#160;<\/span><strong>The deadline for submitting an application is Monday, January 23, 2016. Teachers will be notified by the end of February.<\/strong><\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The Franklin County Community Foundation announces the availability of small grants to teachers in Franklin County from its Education Fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/franklin-county-community-foundation-announces-local-grants-opportunity-for-teachers","publishedAt":1479827749,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"fc09901228de476e83df85723bc3ca8b","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":47766,"created":1479827749,"modified":1528717383,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Franklin County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northern-piedmont\/franklin-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247786,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"88e1071866ae458f9d196acb9f936174","parent":"a30c13830e0f4327a7b82e846b16cc47","node":20861,"created":1533159258,"modified":1536247786,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}