{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Swain County Community Foundation awards more than $11,900 in local grants","url":"\/news\/swain-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-11900-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Swain County Community Foundation recently announced $11,930 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Swain County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for the Star Pupils Swain County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Swain County Schools for the Imagination Library- Read to Succeed program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,430 to Fontana Regional Library for the Reading Rover Bookmobile 2018 program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Reach Out and Read for the Reach Out and Read- Swain County program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,500 to Bryson City Food Pantry for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for autism resource specialists in Swain County<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Ashley Butcher, board president, thanked the community for its support of the Swain County Community Foundation. &ldquo;We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Swain County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Swain County Community Foundation recently announced $11,930 in local grant awards from the community grantmaking fund.<\/p>","media":0,"custom":{"masthead":{"title":"","counties":"","affiliate_logo":"","sub_text":"","background_image":"","caption":""},"post_image":{"image":""},"latest_blog":{"post":""}},"inMenu":false,"visibleTo":"Everyone","publishedAt":1541605593,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"dfc4077ee8364697b75092fc5c199446","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":56341,"created":1541605594,"modified":1541605594,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Swain County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/western\/swain-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536248081,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"eee4af9cf7874533a8ea309486d21e17","parent":"44d83c871eb54eb6b26d40a5bc49cce9","node":20903,"created":1533158671,"modified":1536248081,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}