The board of advisors of the Haywood County Community Foundation announces $3,590 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.

This year’s nonprofit recipients include:

• $1,000 to Blue Ridge Health for pediatric services for Haywood County
• $1,000 to Fines Creek Community Association for utilities
• $590 to KARE, Inc for a drain for water management
• $1,000 to the Community Kitchen for feeding the needy in Haywood County

Clay Dangerfield, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Haywood County Community Foundation. “This grant is important to our community and our quality of life,” he said. “Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported the Haywood County’s community fund.”