The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, NC

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August 4, 2010

Edgecombe Foundation awards grants

Eleven ‘quality of life’ grants totaling $38,760; emphasis on arts

For The Daily Southerner

TARBORO — The board of directors of the Edgecombe Charitable Foundation announces 2010 awards from its community fund, and the Mary Ferebee Howard Endowment totaling $38,760.

Board President Tommy Anderson thanked the community for support of the Edgecombe Charitable Foundation and said:

“These grants are important to our community and our quality of life. Critical programs would not be possible without the generosity of many individuals and organizations that have supported The Edgecombe Charitable Foundation.”

This year’s nonprofit recipients of the Mary Ferebee Howard Endowment Awards totaling $37,610 include:

• Buck Leonard Association for Sports and Human Enrichment: $1,531 for its uniform project;

• Calvary Episcopal Churchyard: $2,500 for maintenance and repair of the brick walkways in the historical churchyard;

• Children’s Home Society of North Carolina: $3,000 for support of the “Lifeline Fund” providing support for foster, adoptive and family preservation clients in Edgecombe County;

• Conetoe Family Life Center: $5,000 for the Community Garden Project;

• Edgecombe County Extension Service:  $5,000 for the “Green Thumbs on Wheels” program, a traveling outdoor classroom that will be available to program in schools, learning centers, local festivals and community events;

• Edgecombe County Cultural Arts Council: $2,079 towards The Happening on the Common;

;• Edgecombe County Public Schools Fine Arts Program: $10,000 towards support of the program, including repair and replacement of instruments;

• My Sister’s House: $3,500 for support of Edgecombe County outreach services;

• and St. Luke Total Community Outreach Ministries: $5,000 for the “Nobody told Me” program, a program that offers character education and positive behavior support to improve negative behavior among third-eighth graders in the school system.

This year’s recipient of the Edgecombe Charitable Foundation awards are:

• Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina:  $250 for the “Teen Court” program;

•  and Tarboro Community Outreach: $900 in support of the Food Pantry.

 "The addition of the Mary Ferebee Howard Endowment Fund has meant great things to the Edgecombe County area," Anderson said. " Ms. Howard, a longtime educator and resident of Tarboro, has made a lasting gift to the community that will carry on her philanthropic wishes for the area that she loved."

In addition to Anderson, The Edgecombe Charitable Foundation board members are W.G. Clark, Jerome Creech, Mahlon Deloatch, Meade Bridgers, Mary Jane Jenkins, James Marrow,  Brent Nash, Joe Pitt and Joe Spiers.

 Funds are available for nonprofit organizations that serve general charitable needs in Edgecombe County.  Proposals are sought in support of arts and humanities, education, environment, health, human services, youth development, economic development and recession recovery.

The Edgecombe Charitable Foundation is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF).  The community fund was established to help support local charitable needs through annual grants.

The North Carolina Community Foundation is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and was created 21 years ago to build capacity through philanthropy.

The NCCF sustains nearly 1,000 endowment funds established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations and scholarships.

The NCCF partners with 60 affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance in 66 counties across the state with an emphasis on rural and underserved areas across the state.

 For more information, visit www.nccommunityfoundation.org



 

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