{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Montgomery County Fund awards more than $31,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/montgomery-county-fund-awards-more-than-31000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Montgomery County Fund recently announced $31,092 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Michael Hayes, board president.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,400 to the Biscoe Police Department for the K9 Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Boy Scouts of America, Central NC Council for the Montgomery County ScoutReach<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to the Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas for the Montgomery County Childhood Cancer Safety Net<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to Communities In Schools of Montgomery County for student support services<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,622 to East Middle School for the Circle of Friends Book Club<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,570.14 to East Middle School for transforming from a library concept to learning commons at East Middle School<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Girl Scouts Hornet's Nest Council for the Girl Scout Leadership Experience<\/li>\r\n<li>$5,000 to the Montgomery County 4-H Program for the Montgomery County 4-H Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to the Montgomery County Partnership for Children for the Tree of Hope 2020<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the Montgomery County Schools - Central Office for the Back to School Block Party<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the NCCE Montgomery Center for Living Well in Montgomery<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Three Rivers Land Trust for Small Towns Big Outdoors - Connecting People to Land<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to West Montgomery High School for the Timberwolf Cafe<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Hayes 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; he 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":"<p>The board of advisors of the Montgomery County Fund recently announced $31,092 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund, according to Michael Hayes, board president.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","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":1594833638,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"d85f894809ac455a9b0733f344a1489c","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70334,"created":1594833638,"modified":1594833638,"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"}