{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Macon County Community Foundation awards more than $13,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/macon-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-13000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Macon County Community Foundation recently announced $13,970 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$500 to the Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project, Inc., doing business as the Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic, for increasing access to dental care in Macon County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Counseling and Psychotherapy Center of Highlands for outpatient mental health care supplement<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,869 to the International Friendship Center for the Food Pantry of Highlands<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Macon County Humane Society, Inc, doing business as the Appalachian Animal Rescue Center for spay\/neuter assistance for low income residents<\/li>\r\n<li>$750 to the Macon Program for Progress for the \"Roll and Read\" program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Macon TRACS, Inc. for the TROT: Therapeutic Riding Over Trails program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to NAMI Appalachian South, NC for leadership training<\/li>\r\n<li>$800 to Resources, Education, Assistance, Counseling, and Housing of Macon County, Inc for the Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter Animal Support Initiative<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,551 to the Mountain Retreat &amp; Learning Center for the Pollinator Education Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence-Sexual Assault Alliance, Inc. for the Immigrant Outreach Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Union Academy for Operation RISE &bull; $500 to the Western North Carolina AIDS Project for WNCAP's Syringe Exchange Program of Franklin<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Nicole Sloop, board vice president, thanked the community for its support of the Macon 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>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Macon County Community Foundation recently announced $13,970 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1541605109,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"d65ea8825f11412a89bd1350fecb5023","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":56335,"created":1541605109,"modified":1541605109,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Macon County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/western\/macon-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536248072,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"e547a13011144c7c9e520f189ff432f5","parent":"44d83c871eb54eb6b26d40a5bc49cce9","node":20901,"created":1533158697,"modified":1536248072,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}