{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Johnston County Community Foundation awards more than $42,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/johnston-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-42000-in-local-grants-2","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Johnston County Community Foundation recently announced $42,300 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, Lorraine Cooper Johnston County Community Foundation Endowment and Cara Lee Powell Priest Endowment for Johnston County.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for ASNC&rsquo;s urgent needs in Johnston County<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,000 to the Carolina Youth Theatre for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for the Johnston County childhood cancer safety net<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Harbor, Inc for the Safe Space program<\/li>\r\n<li>$800 to Harvesting Hope North Carolina for gardening and nutrition class for low income families<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Johnston County Animal Protection League, Inc. for the JoCo Pets Spay\/Neuter program continuation<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Johnston County Arts Council for the Artists-in-the-Schools program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Johnston County Industries, Inc. for repairing impacts of social isolation from COVID-19 for people with disabilities and disadvantages<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Johnston County Public Schools for the Central Park South &ndash; Phase Two program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Johnston County Youth Services, Inc. for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Kenly Area Ministries, Inc. for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina for wish granting in Johnston County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Me Fine Foundation for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Partnership for Children of Johnston County for the diaper closet<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Johnston County Cares Fund<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern NC for general operations for funding Johnston County families<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for general operating support in Johnston County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Tobacco Farm Life Museum for operations support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Johnston County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to With Love From Jesus Ministries for the food pantry<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to YMCA of the Triangle - Johnston County YMCA for summer day camp<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Nancy Faber, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Johnston County Community 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":"","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":1594834005,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"fbbcb19497cc46e08eae9f829d2e0c3c","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70337,"created":1594834005,"modified":1594834005,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Johnston County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northern-piedmont\/johnston-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247796,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"fa8beaf2e5c048b0a40e3bd91785533f","parent":"a30c13830e0f4327a7b82e846b16cc47","node":20863,"created":1533159200,"modified":1536247796,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}