{"title":"Lenoir County Community Foundation awards $8,000 in local grants","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Reverend-Chris-Jenkins-and-board-members-explain-to-the-group-all-the-good-work-that-the-nonprofit-Hope-Restoriations-are-doing-for-the-city-of-Kinston.jpg\" alt=\"Reverend Chris Jenkins and board members explain to the group all the good work that the nonprofit Hope Restorations is doing for the City of Kinston.\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors of the Lenoir County Community Foundation announces $8,000 in local awards from the community grantmaking fund.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board will grant:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,800 to Hope Restorations Inc. for the Rebuilding Greenmead program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines for the Lenoir County Girl Scout Leadership Experience program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,200 to the CSS Neuse Gunboat Association for the Children&rsquo;s Play Space program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for the Formula for Impact- Lenoir County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for the 2018 Camp Royall scholarships program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to North Carolina Symphony Society Inc. for the Music Education Concert for Lenoir County Elementary Students program<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Frances Theodorakis, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Lenoir County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so important to our community,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Lenoir County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/Amber-Stopp-representing-the-Girl-Scouts--shares-the-program-and-project-for-the-upcoming-school-year-for-Girl-Scouts-in-Lenoir-County.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Stopp representing the Girl Scouts, shares the program and project for the upcoming school year for Girl Scouts of Lenoir County\" width=\"711\" height=\"531\" \/><\/p>","excerpt":"","url":"\/news\/lenoir-county-community-foundation-awards-8000-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1532528452,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"89ce5ceea50446ee960b8931728fe8ff","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":46442,"created":1532528452,"modified":1532528471,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Lenoir County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/coastal-plain-south\/lenoir-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247603,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"f9703489b0bb4bea80a617c45ff7e8ad","parent":"6d8da39b7f044616bf6c68e1dc59af1e","node":20850,"created":1533158461,"modified":1536247603,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}