{"title":"Montgomery County Fund awards more than $26,000 in local grants","content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Montgomery County Fund announces more than $26,000 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>$1,200 to the Central NC Council, Boy Scouts of America for Montgomery County ScoutReach<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Children's Home Society of North Carolina for family recruitment<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,000 to Communities In Schools of Montgomery County for student support services<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,100 to East Middle School for Occupation Station<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,000 to Montgomery County 4-H<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Montgomery County Schools for Montgomery County DARE<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Montgomery County Schools for Under the Big Top - MCS and MCC Back to School Event<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,700 to the Montgomery County Schools Early College High School for Montgomery County Early College (MCEC) STEAM Ahead<\/li>\r\n<li>$900 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Montgomery County<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Randolph County Family Crisis Center for Montgomery County Family Crisis Center phone system<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,200 to the Wescare Center for Children for technology upgrade<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,950 to West Middle School for West Middle School Media Center Casual Reading Center<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to West Montgomery High School for \"We Are Job Ready\" (employment opportunities for disabled youth)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Brady Dickson, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Montgomery County Fund. &#8220;These grants are 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 Montgomery County&#8217;s community fund.&#8221;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Montgomery County Fund announces more than $26,000 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/montgomery-county-fund-awards-more-than-26000-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1496670889,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"6659055d72f642c588745731447343e9","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":47186,"created":1496670889,"modified":1496670889,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Montgomery County Fund","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/sandhills\/montgomery-county-fund","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247932,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"076b415c280c4d63b281827f0099b807","parent":"021b1dea68044a019fb4397afd32c23c","node":20883,"created":1533158982,"modified":1536247932,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}