{"title":"Robeson County Community Foundation awards more than $10,000 in local grants","content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation announces more than $10,000 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>$1,500 to Arrested Potential Inc. for the After-School Tutorial and Parental Skills Enhancement Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Boys &amp; Girls Club of Lumberton North Carolina for homework educational assistance<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to CIS of Robeson County for BakPak Pals<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Girls Scouts &#8211; North Carolina Coastal Pines for the Robeson County for the Girl Scout Leadership Experience<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Pembroke Housing Authority for Healthy Aging in Creative Arts<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Robeson<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Reach Out and Read for Reach Out and Read Robeson County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Robeson County Partnership for Children Inc. for the Exploration Station Scholarship Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Office for Regional Initiatives for the College Bound: SAT Summer Institute<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Kenny Biggs, board vice president, thanked the community for its support of the Robeson County Community Foundation. &#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 Robeson County&#8217;s community fund.&#8221;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation announces more than $10,000 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/robeson-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-10000-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1506015941,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"ef430d08607548659fd90c70067d1e3c","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":46008,"created":1506015941,"modified":1506015941,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Robeson County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/southeastern\/robeson-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536248006,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"c6a196428eb84589bdfd1096b6dc7d38","parent":"94055cb567834e6086e95b65a88d3147","node":20893,"created":1533158786,"modified":1536248006,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}