Foundation awards Johnston County grants

The Johnston County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the N.C. Community Foundation, has awarded $51,970 in grants to groups supporting the local community.

The board of advisers granted:

• $750 to Activate Selma for a pocket park.

• $2,500 to the American Red Cross for disaster services.

• $2,000 to the Autism Society of North Carolina for autism resource specialists in Johnston County.

• $1,500 to the Ava Gardner Museum for the Ava Gardner Festival.

• $1,000 to Equity Before Birth for birth equity for Johnston County parents.

• $2,000 to Girl Scouts of the N.C. Coastal Pines for Girl Scout leadership training in Johnston County.

• $2,000 to Habitat for Humanity for the Stone Creek Habitat community in Johnston County.

• $2,500 to Harbor for Safe Space.

• $1,000 to Hinnant Dreams & Promises for its Promised Reader K-8 literacy program.

• $2,500 to the Johnston County Animal Protection League for the JoCo Pets spay/neuter program.

• $4,850 to the Johnston County Arts Council for Artists-in-the-Schools.

• $3,900 to Johnston County Youth Services for general operating support.

• $1,500 to Made4Me for the Making Abilities Possible project

• $1,000 to Make-A-Wish Eastern North Carolina to improve health outcomes for children with critical illnesses in Johnston County.

• $2,500 to the Me Fine Foundation to support children in medical crisis and their families.

• $5,000 to My Kid’s Club for Summer Surge: Elevating Minds at My Kid’s Club Camp.

• $1,000 to the N.C. Reading Service for general operating support.

• $500 to the N.C. Symphony for music discovery for Johnston County preschoolers.

• $1,000 to the Johnston County Partnership for Children for its diaper closet.

• $2,500 to Prevent Blindness North Carolina for Star Pupils Johnston County.

• $2,220 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Triangle for the Johnston County Cares Fund.

• $2,500 to Special Olympics North Carolina for Johnston County Special Olympics.

• $1,250 to Transitions LifeCare for the Transitions Kids Bereavement Grief Education in Schools initiative.

• $1,000 to TROSA, the Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, for recovery services for people from Johnston County.

• $3,500 to the With Love From Jesus food pantry.

“These organizations perform a wide variety of critical services in our county,” said Don Boyette, president of the Johnston County Community Foundation advisory board. “Supporting them is an investment in our collective future.”

Each year, the foundation’s volunteer advisory board uses dollars from its endowment funds to make grants to eligible local organizations, including nonprofits, local governments, schools and churches.

Other advisory board members are LaShawndra White, Lorine Davis, Emery Ashley, Wanda Blow, Gwen Canady, Rick Childrey, Michelle Pace-Davis, Margaret W. DiNubila, Nancy Faber, Bill Galloway, Oliver Johnson, Suefan Johnson, Robin Little, Laurie Larson Partlo and Betsy G. Whittington.

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