{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Unifour Foundation Endowment awards more than $220,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/unifour-foundation-endowment-awards-more-than-220000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of the Unifour Foundation Endowment recently announced $220,080 in local grant awards.<\/p>\r\n<p>Grants totaling $112,830 were made to the following organizations to support COVID-19 relief and health and human services:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>957 Mobile Caf&eacute; for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>American Red Cross - Blue Ridge Piedmont Chapter for disaster relief in the Unifour counties<\/li>\r\n<li>Caldwell Senior Center, Inc. for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba County Council on Aging for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>Children's Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. for family recruitment<\/li>\r\n<li>Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry for general operating support<\/li>\r\n<li>Habitat for Humanity - Catawba Valley, Inc. for the Ridgeview project<\/li>\r\n<li>Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc. for adjusting to COVID-19<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Soup Kitchen for nourishing our community<\/li>\r\n<li>Salvation Army Boys &amp; Girls Club of Hickory for the Shelter of Hope Homeless Shelter Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC for Alexander County capacity building<\/li>\r\n<li>South Caldwell Christian Ministries for the Safe at Home program<\/li>\r\n<li>The Corner Table for program supplies<\/li>\r\n<li>Women's Resource Center, Inc. for the Pantry with a Purpose program<\/li>\r\n<li>YMCA of Catawba Valley for emergency childcare as result of COVID-19<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Grants totaling $68,000 were made to the following organizations to support substance use and mental health:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Catawba Valley Behavioral Healthcare for the L.E.A.D. Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program<\/li>\r\n<li>Family Care Center of Catawba Valley, Inc. for the Keeping Them Safe program<\/li>\r\n<li>Safe Harbor of NC, Inc. for transformation through transition<\/li>\r\n<li>TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from the Unifour region<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Grants totaling $20,750 were made to the following organizations to support arts, recreation and economic development:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Foothills Conservancy of NC for new public recreation lands in Burke and Catawba counties<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Community Theatre for keeping downtown Hickory alive and vibrant<\/li>\r\n<li>Hiddenite Center for the Lucas Mansion third floor gutter addition<\/li>\r\n<li>Western Piedmont Symphony, Inc. for the Support the Symphony! Program<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Grants totaling $18,500 were made to the following organizations to support education and early childhood development:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Catawba County Hispanic Ministry, Inc., &ldquo;Centro Latino&rdquo; for the Abriendo Puertas: Opening Doors for Latino Students program<\/li>\r\n<li>Catawba Science Center for the Portal To Science program<\/li>\r\n<li>Hickory Museum of Art for the Suffrage program<\/li>\r\n<li>Outreach Center for the W.O.W. (Wishes, Opportunties, and Wonders) program<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Jamie Treadaway, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Unifour 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 members of our community that have supported our work.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n<p>For further information, contact NCCF Donor Engagement Officer Jeanne Dairaghi at (828) 618-6060 or <a href=\"mailto:jdairaghi@nccommunityfoundation.org\">jdairaghi@nccommunityfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/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":1598577086,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"4894276b9aa74777a2abcf6599bbb242","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":71196,"created":1598577087,"modified":1598577087,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Catawba Valley Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/catawba-valley-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247855,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"71406746b51e4e0a938ec99d5ff438ea","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20871,"created":1533158557,"modified":1536247855,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}