{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Watauga County Community Foundation awards more than $21,000 in local grants","url":"\/news\/watauga-county-community-foundation-awards-more-than-21000-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Watauga County Community Foundation recently announced $21,275 in local grant awards from its community grantmaking fund and the Armfield and Rachel Rivers Coffey Memorial Fund.<\/p>\r\n<p>This year the board granted:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>$1,250 to Spirit Ride, Inc. for scholarship funding<\/li>\r\n<li>$2,500 to Children&rsquo;s Council of Watauga County, Inc. for the Family Literacy Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$3,000 to the Back 2 School Festival for the event<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture for their effort to increase equitable access to healthy local food<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to Appalachian Regional Library for their 2019 Good Neighbor Project: Stories of Hope and Recovery<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to the Hospitality House of the Boone area for the Hospitality House Garden Revitalization Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,500 to Mountain Alliance for the School&rsquo;s Out Afterschool Academic Support Program<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Children&rsquo;s Playhouse for program support<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,025 to the Watauga County Habitat for Humanity for Financial Literacy for Homeowners<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Foscoe Grandfather Community Center for an upgraded playground area<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Watauga County Arts Council for a space for the ARTS at ArtSpace<\/li>\r\n<li>$6,000 to the Hunger and Health Coalition for a fresh market and free pharmacy<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Stephen Poulos, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Watauga 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":1560267337,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"permission":"read","id":"8d28b9a4f4b94261b710bc6d11fe7d17","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":62897,"created":1560267337,"modified":1560267339,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Watauga County Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/watauga-county-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247865,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"75f42edfab504b45a7eebc7ec751a700","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20873,"created":1533158534,"modified":1536247866,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]}}