{"title":"Jackson County Community Foundation awards $9,370 in local grants","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/jackson\/Jackson_County_Grantees_2017-process-s450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The board of advisors of the Jackson County Community Foundation announces $9,370 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year&#8217;s nonprofit recipients include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Blue Ridge Health for pediatric services for Jackson County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc., known as the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic, for the dental hygiene program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Equinox Ranch to replace the gutters, as a part of the roof replacement, done by volunteers<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,370 to Fontana Regional Library for Reading Rover Bookmobile - 2017<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Hospice House Foundation of WNC for general operating support for Jackson County<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Jackson County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to The Community Table<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to United Christian Ministries of Jackson County to serve Jackson County residents by providing food<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div>Ken Torok, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Jackson County Community Foundation. &#8220;This grant is important to our community and our quality of life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported the Jackson County&#8217;s community fund.&#8221;<\/div>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Jackson County Community Foundation announces $9,370 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/jackson-county-community-foundation-awards-9370-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1511193767,"media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/jackson\/Jackson_County_Grantees_2017.jpg","title":"Jackson County Grantees 2017","caption":"","size":"2702616"}],"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"f45914c112a54c36971ad55d0fe11c23","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":48344,"created":1511193767,"modified":1528717385,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Jackson County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/western\/jackson-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536248068,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"c5be02af68634eb8b37ce3a8dfab0143","parent":"44d83c871eb54eb6b26d40a5bc49cce9","node":20900,"created":1533158726,"modified":1536248068,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}