{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Robeson County Community Foundation awards more than $12,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/robeson-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-12000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Robeson County Community Foundation recently announced $12,080 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>$1,000 to Action Pathways Inc for feeding those in need - emergency food relief for Robeson County residents<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Communities In Schools of Robeson County for the BakPak Pals program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Lumberton Rescue and EMS Inc. for technological advancements of emergency care<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Robeson County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Robeson County Church and Community Center, Inc. for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Robeson County Partnership for Children, Inc. for Exploration Station operations funding<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Robeson County Public Library for the Summer Reading 2020 - Imagine Your Story program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Robeson County Cares Fund<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Office For Regional Initiatives for the 2021 Women's Empowerment Summit<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 UNC Pembroke Entrepreneurship\/Incubator Thomas Center for Entrepreneurship for the Young Entrepreneurs program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,080 to the United Way of Robeson County for the Kindergarten Readiness in Robeson County program<\/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>\r\n<p>For further information, contact NCCF Community Leadership Officer Natalie Jenkins Peel at (252) 562-9824 or npeel@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.<\/p>","excerpt":"","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":1597089234,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"5e50a2850deb4714aa9b8a4c05ba3f5b","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":70868,"created":1597089234,"modified":1597089234,"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"}