{"title":"Robeson County Community Foundation awards more than $11,000 in local grants","content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation announces $11,340 in local awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board will grant:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,250 to UNC Pembroke Thomas Center for Entrepreneurship for the Jumpstart Your Business Idea program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines for the Robeson County Girl Scout Leadership Experience program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Robeson County Partnership for Children Inc. for the Exploration Station Scholarship Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,300 to the Robeson County Humane Society for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Redhill Community Recovery Center for the Seeding Redhill Recovery program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the American Heart Association for the CPR In Schools: Training the Next Generation of Lifesavers program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Robeson County Cares Fund program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Red Springs Arts Council for the Third Saturday Arts at the Farmer&rsquo;s Market program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Lumberton Christian Care Center for the Feeding the Hungry in Robeson County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$790 to Lumberton Rescue and EMS Inc. for a CPR compression device<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Kenny Biggs, RCCF board president, thanked the community for its support of the Robeson County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so important to our community,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Robeson County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation announces $11,340 in local awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/robeson-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-11000-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1532361269,"media":0,"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"5c4bd193ab76465a87e77fca1a2d75ee","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":45978,"created":1532361269,"modified":1532361269,"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"}