{"tinyMCE_dummy":"","title":"Wilkes Community Foundation awards more than $6,500 in local grants","url":"\/news\/wilkes-community-foundation-awards-more-than-6500-in-local-grants","meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":999,"content":"<p>The board of advisors of the Wilkes Community Foundation recently announced $6,530 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>$1,305 to Appalachian State University for Appalachian Senior Programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to Project Lazarus for Lazarus Recovery Services programs<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for autism resource specialists in Wilkes County<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,725 to the Wilkes Community Partnership for Children for the flu shot program<\/li>\r\n<li>$500 to the Yadkin River Greenway for the Mulberry Fields to Memorial Park Yadkin River Connector Project<\/li>\r\n<li>$1,000 to the Mediation and Restorative Justice Center for Restorative Justice Awareness programs in Wilkes County<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Michael Cooper, Jr., board president, thanked the community for its support of the Wilkes 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 the Wilkes Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.&rdquo;<\/p>","excerpt":"<p>The board of advisors of the Wilkes Community Foundation recently announced $6,530 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":1539805964,"orderChildrenBy":"ordinal","enableComments":false,"id":"8f8d4f73e2124a72948ba38229695aa9","parent":"31bc018cb0694068b20999237c54f462","node":55682,"created":1539805964,"modified":1539805964,"fresh":1,"type":"post","children":{},"relations":{"category":[{"title":"Wilkes Community Foundation","source":null,"url":"\/categories\/communities\/northwestern\/wilkes-community-foundation","content":"","inMenu":false,"publishedAt":1536247870,"meta":{"title":"","description":"","excludeFromSitemap":"No"},"ordinal":0,"orderChildrenBy":"","permission":"write","tinyMCE_dummy":"","excerpt":"","media":"0","visibleTo":"Everyone","id":"67e79799bcc54e9995b0105b5532f622","parent":"91ed602f33d34403bcb61439858c5ea1","node":20874,"created":1533158524,"modified":1536247870,"fresh":1,"type":"f9a6b2b005cb46ed8778f11c37e4d3a5","children":{}}]},"permission":"read"}