{"title":"Swain County United Gift Fund awards more than $35,000 in local grants","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle; margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/swain\/Swain_United_Gift_Fund-process-s450x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/>The Swain County United Gift Fund, a committee of the Swain County Community Foundation, announces more than $35,000 in local grant awards.<\/p>\r\n<p>The fund raised more than $35,000 through UGF&#8217;s annual campaign and granted it to the following local nonprofit organizations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Big Brothers\/Big Sisters of WNC for a one-on-one mentoring program in the Swain County Branch Office;<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,000 to the Bryson City Food Pantry to stock the food pantry with food and purchase fresh milk and bread;<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to Children's Hope Alliance to support Hawthorne Heights, homeless teen shelter in Bryson City;<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Community Services of Swain County for behavioral therapist for elementary schools;<\/li>\r\n<li>$800 to Friends of the Bryson City Cemetery to repair to sunken gravestones;<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to the Julia Hunt Scholarship; &#8226; $2,000 to Marianna Black Library for general operating support;<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Medicforce to train 20 HS students on Advanced CPR;<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,000 to Mountain Mediation Services to provide mediation services in Swain County, targeting 8th graders;<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to PAWS for general operating support;<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to Restoration House WNC for general operating support;<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Smoky Mountain Community Theatre for general operating support;<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,501 to Swain County Caring Corner to underwrite costs of medical supplies and medications and\/or to buy needed medical equipment;<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,250 to the Swain County Community Foundation to be invested for future grantmaking;<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Swain County Public Schools Foundation to support mini-grants to Swain County teachers;<\/li>\r\n<li>$4,800 to Swain Qualla\/SAFE for general operating support;<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Sweet Thoughts Alzheimer's Support for utilities and insurance.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Charles Killebrew and Julia Hunt served as this year&#8217;s honorary co-chairs. Toby Allman, UGF&#8217;s president, thanked the community for its support of the Swain County United Gift Fund. &#8220;These grants are important to our community and our quality of life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It is such a privilege for us and the rest of the committee members to be able to award these grants each year.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>In addition to Allman, committee members include: Christine Colcord, Donna Ennis, Mark Hanna, Betty Hyatt, Debbie Mills, Kathy Proctor and Ann Marie Wright.<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The Swain County United Gift Fund, a committee of the Swain County Community Foundation, announces more than $35,000 in local grant awards.<\/p>","url":"\/news\/swain-county-united-gift-fund-awards-more-than-35000-in-local-grants","publishedAt":1522849762,"media":[{"type":"image","url":"https:\/\/nmcdn.io\/e186d21f8c7946a19faed23c3da2f0da\/295b4aa3caf147538b0a606012c2aae2\/files\/swain\/Swain_United_Gift_Fund.jpg","title":"Swain United Gift Fund","caption":"","size":"2155619"}],"enableComments":false,"inMenu":false,"meta":null,"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","id":"ad97a8e679a242848bb25e235d800aa3","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":48220,"created":1522849763,"modified":1528717377,"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"}