{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Montgomery County Fund awards more than $28,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/montgomery-county-fund-awards-more-than-28000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p><img style=\"margin: 5px auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Montgomery-grant-awards.png\" alt=\"Sharon Matheny, president of the Montgomery County Fund, presents a grant check to Paul Chandley, director of the Trinity Music Academy, and Deloris Lassiter, president of the Trinity Music Academy board. Also pictured: Jim Matheny. The grant will fund scholarships for children's music lessons.\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>The board of advisors of the Montgomery County Fund recently announced $28,810 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$6,000 to Montgomery County 4-H for their programming<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Montgomery County Partnership for Children for Tree of Hope 2019<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Montgomery County Partnership for Children for THRIVE - Summer Reading Pals<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to East Middle School for Transforming from a library concept to learning commons at East Middle School<\/li>\r\n<li>$810 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Montgomery County<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Communities in Schools of Montgomery County for student support services<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Trinity Music Academy for Named Scholarship Program 2019<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Central NC Council, Boy Scouts of America for Montgomery County Scout Reach<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to Children&rsquo;s Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for Montgomery County Childhood Cancer Safety Net<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Sharon Matheny, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Montgomery County Fund. &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":"","media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Montgomery-grant-awards.png","title":"Montgomery grant awards","caption":"","size":"9755582"}],"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/7868d48393ef4e3bb7bca8cdf7bc2f20\/files\/Montgomery-grant-awards.png"},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1561405030,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"d9e3f16992074d239d57e30dda41a381","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":64288,"created":1561405030,"modified":1563371519,"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":{}}]}}