{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Robeson County Community Foundation awards more than $11,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/robeson-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-11000-in-local-grants-2","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation recently announced $11,740 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>$1,250 to UNC Pembroke Entrepreneurship\/Incubator-Thomas Center for Entrepreneurship for young entrepreneurs<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Girl Scouts &ndash; North Carolina Coastal Pines for Robeson County Girl Scout Leadership Experience<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Robeson County Partnership for Children, Inc. for Exploration Station Summer STEAM Camp<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,290 to Robeson County Humane Society to purchase a commercial washer<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Pembroke Housing Authority for Healthy Aging in Creative Arts<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for Robeson County Cares Fund<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to the University of North Carolina at Pembroke-Office for Regional Initiatives for the 2020 Women&rsquo;s Empowerment Summit<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,200 to Arrested Potential, Inc. for general program support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to CIS of Robeson County for BakPak Pals<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Red Springs Art Council for Third Saturday at the Farmers Market<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Kenny Biggs, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Robeson County Community Foundation. &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>","excerpt":"","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1562599960,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"fdaa93c986ce4094a0152689b6fd7c30","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":64137,"created":1562599961,"modified":1562599961,"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"}