Quote by Melissa Warren Hudson
Twenty-one nonprofits benefitted from this year’s Cashier’s Community Fund grant cycle.
The Fund awarded grants totaling $168,880 to nonprofits serving the Cashiers community. These grants also received funding from the Lyn K. Holloway Memorial Fund. The Cashiers Community Fund, in partnership with The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC), so far has awarded grants totaling $2,352,280.
“This year, we are honored to award grants to 21 local organizations whose work strengthens our Cashiers community and uplifts causes that truly make a positive difference,” said Melissa Warren Hudson, advisory board chairperson. “We are grateful for our generous Cashiers Community Fund donors and encourage everyone in our community to continue investing in the people and causes that make our town such a wonderful place to live, work, and play.”
Following is a list of this year’s Cashiers Community Fund grant recipients:
• $2,000 to The Bascom for free, hands-on ceramics programming for older adults.
• $10,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western North Carolina for materials, recruitment, and training for a high school mentoring program.
• $12,500 to Blue Ridge Free Dental Clinic to purchase supplies to provide free dental services for low-income people.
• $10,000 to Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau to provide life skills programs to teens.
• $7,000 to Cashiers Valley Preschool to provide a play space for preschool-aged children.
• $9,470 to Center for Domestic Peace to provide operating support for intervention services.
• $10,000 to Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers to provide health services to youth.
• $5,000 to Counseling Center of Highlands to expand community awareness of mental health services.
• $8,000 to Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry to purchase food.
• $5,000 to Friends of Panthertown to sustain an outdoor recreational area.
• $11,910 to Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad to purchase two VP 8000 Tri-Band radios that will help coordinate emergency responses.
• $12,500 to Hampton School to support an early childcare program.
• $7,000 to Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust to provide youth environmental education and outreach programs.
• $10,000 to The International Friendship Center to support an English language learner program.
• $4,000 to JAM Blue Ridge to provide musical education activities for elementary and middle school students.
• $10,000 to Pisgah Legal Services to provide free civil legal assistance and advocacy to low-income survivors of domestic violence and child abuse.
• $10,000 to Summit Charter School for a college counseling position to help students with college enrollment.
• $8,000 to The Village Green to move an electrical service center prone to flooding.
• $10,000 to Vecinos Farmworker Health Program to provide bilingual primary and behavioral healthcare for uninsured, low-income adults.
• $2,500 to Vision Cashiers to expand and enhance the current Cashiers Greenway Ramble.
• $4,000 to Western Carolina University for a STEM education program for youth through the Highlands Biological Station.
- Staff Reports