This year the board will grant:
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$1,250 to UNC Pembroke Thomas Center for Entrepreneurship for the Jumpstart Your Business Idea program
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$1,000 to the Girl Scouts of North Carolina Coastal Pines for the Robeson County Girl Scout Leadership Experience program
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$1,000 to the Robeson County Partnership for Children Inc. for the Exploration Station Scholarship Project
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$1,300 to the Robeson County Humane Society for general operating support
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$1,000 to the Redhill Community Recovery Center for the Seeding Redhill Recovery program
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$1,000 to the American Heart Association for the CPR In Schools: Training the Next Generation of Lifesavers program
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$1,500 to the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill for the Robeson County Cares Fund program
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$1,000 to the Red Springs Arts Council for the Third Saturday Arts at the Farmer’s Market program
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$1,500 to the Lumberton Christian Care Center for the Feeding the Hungry in Robeson County program
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$790 to Lumberton Rescue and EMS Inc. for a CPR compression device
Biggs thanked the community for its support of the Robeson County Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so important to our community,” he said. “We are grateful to the many generous individuals and organizations that have supported the Robeson County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.”
For further information, contact NCCF Regional Director Anne Sorhagen at 910-202-6727 or asorhagen@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.
About the Robeson County Community Foundation
The Robeson County Community Foundation is a growing family of philanthropic funds, resource for area nonprofits, source of grants for worthy local causes and partner for donors. RCCF is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets through the creation of permanent endowments, makes grants and leverages leadership – all for the benefit of Robeson County. Whatever your means or charitable goals, the RCCF makes it easy to become a philanthropist. RCCF was founded in 2005 and is an affiliate foundation of the North Carolina Community Foundation. In addition to Biggs, board members include: Ken Windley (vice president), Marcus Bryant (treasurer), Sylvia Pate (secretary), Alfred Bryant, John Carter, Sara Hayes, Bruce W. Higgins Sr., Abraham Marshall, Bryan Maynor, Mike McGehee and Sandra Oliver.
Tax-deductible contributions, made payable to the Robeson County Community Foundation, can be mailed to the North Carolina Community Foundation, 3737 Glenwood Ave. Suite 460, Raleigh, NC 27612. Contributions can also be made online at nccommunityfoundation.org.
About the North Carolina Community Foundation
The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has administered more than $130 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With nearly $247 million in assets, NCCF sustains 1,200 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The NCCF partners with a network of affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance across the state. An important component of NCCF’s mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels.
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