The board granted:
- $560 to ECHO Ministry Inc. for education and tutoring programs
- $5,000 to Solus Christus for general operating support
- $1,000 to the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina for the Yadkin Family YMCA Diabetes Prevention program
At the grant awards reception, the Pauline “Polly” Wood and Dr. William Wood Sr. Endowment granted a $500 humanitarian award scholarship. The Hubert Lewis Phillips and Pearl Shermer Phillips Scholarship Fund awarded scholarships to three students seeking degrees in nursing. The Jonathan Jackson Cancer Survivors Scholarship also announced awards to local students. Darrell McCormick, CVCF board member, recognized two students who received scholarships from the R.P. Buchanan Scholarship Endowment.
Dorothy Carter of the Ed and Dorothy Carter Foundation presented a grant of $2,750 to Boonville Elementary School for exceptional children equipment storage.
Also recognized at the reception were representatives from the Brandon Family Memorial Fund, John and Donna Willingham Advised Fund, Marion G. Welborn and Jewell W. Welborn Endowment, Meme McKensie Brown “Fight Like a Girl” Fund and the Yadkin Christian Ministries Endowment.
Fagerli thanked the community for its support of the Yadkin 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 Yadkin County Community Foundation and our work to inspire philanthropy across our community.”
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About the Yadkin County Community Foundation
The Yadkin 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. The YCCF 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 Yadkin County. Whatever your means or charitable goals, the YCCF makes it easy to become a philanthropist. The YCCF was founded in 1998 and is an affiliate foundation of the North Carolina Community Foundation. In addition to Fagerli, board members include: Hope Hardy (secretary), Bonnie Lasky (grants chair), Gertrude Adams, Andy Anderson, Dorothy Carter, Mark Diachenko, Wayne Dixon, Lisa Drum, Chris Funk, Todd Martin, Darrell McCormick, Robin Nance, Walter Smith and Barbara Todd.
Tax-deductible contributions, made payable to the Yadkin 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
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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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