Watauga County Community Foundation awards more than $23,000 in local grants

The board of advisors of the Watauga County Community Foundation recently announced $23,500 in local grant awards from the Armfield and Rachel Rivers Coffey Memorial Fund and its community grantmaking fund.

This year the board granted:

• $2,500 to the Foscoe Grandfather Community Center for continuing the work of the Foscoe Community Center and Park
• $12,000 to the Hunger and Health Coalition for COVID-19 food assistance support
• $1,000 to the Mountain Alliance for the Mountain Alliance’s School’s Out Academic Enrichment Program in Watauga County
• $3,000 to OASIS, Inc. for the emergency shelter program
• $2,000 to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC for cold storage capacity building at the Hospitality House
• $3,000 to The Children’s Playhouse for program support

Stephen Poulos, board president, thanked the community for its continued support of the Watauga County Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,” he said. “We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.”

For further information, contact NCCF Community Leadership Officer Colby Martin at (828) 358-0030 or cmartin@nccommunityfoundation.org.