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Officials break ground for IRC construction
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Amid cheers and applause, officials on August 9 launched the final steps toward making a permanent home for a day center for Greensboro’s homeless residents.
Run planned to benefit Backpack Program
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A run will take place on Saturday, August 28, to benefit The Backpack Program of Guilford County.
A fund to benefit the program is administered by The Community Foundation. The Backpack Program of Guilford County provides nutritious weekend meals to area school children at risk of hunger.
The Children's Fun Run will kick off at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 5K Run/Walk/Push at 9 a.m. The event will take place in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Greensboro and is hosted by Friends of Kirkwood Inc.
Future Fund seeks applications for 2010 grants
The Future Fund, an affiliate of The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, is accepting applications for grants that fit this year’s grantmaking theme: Supporting Educational Programs for Children and Youth.
Scholarship administered by The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro names Northern Guilford High School student its 2010
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Robert Reid Drake, 2010 graduate of Northern Guilford High School, has received the John Carlton Myatt Writing Scholarship.
Summertime Kids Fund supports programs, summer opportunities for children
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Henry and Shirley Frye Summertime Kids Fund at The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro supports youth programs and summer opportunities for children in greater Greensboro. The fund was established by the Fryes to provide scholarships for children to participate in summer enrichment programs.
GuideStar Warns That Grantees and Nonprofit Clients May Be in Danger of Losing Tax-Exempt Status
Washington, D.C., and Williamsburg, Va.— GuideStar, the leading source of nonprofit information, encourages grantmakers and businesses that work with exempt organizations to remind their grantees and clients that the first legally mandated revocations of tax-exempt status are imminent.
Erwin Montessori teacher receives Rosalyn Tanner Orr Mentor of the Year Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Elizabeth Carruthers, a first- and second-grade teacher at Erwin Montessori School, has been named this year’s winner of the Rosalyn Tanner Orr Mentor of the Year Award.
Local mother establishes fund to support hungry children
A Greensboro woman has helped launch Greensboro’s first BackPack program, which provides area school-age children who are at risk of hunger with backpacks of nutritious foods to take home on the weekends.
Parker Wood White says the birth of her daughter, Avery, shown left, inspired her mission to assist children and our community.
White is a 1997 graduate of Page High School, who worked in Washington for U.S. senators before returning to her hometown in 2008.
Greensboro Grasshoppers pledge up to $50,000 to become challenge sponsor of Future Fund
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball team has pledged up to $50,000 in matching funds to become this year’s challenge sponsor of the Future Fund.
Sandra Day O'Connor helps honor Bonnie McElveen-Hunter at Annual Luncheon
The Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, discussed her long friendship with Greensboro philanthropist Bonnie McElveen-Hunter and presented her with The Community Foundation’s highest award at the Foundation’s Annual Luncheon on March 8.
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