GREENSBORO − The Greensboro Association’s (GA) Grants Committee has distributed $47,000 to local organizations and non-profits in the greater Greensboro community through a combination of its annual grants program and community relief grants.
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This year’s grants were awarded to organizations supporting educational initiatives for all ages from preschool at Four Seasons of Learning and Craftsbury Saplings to placed-based education programming at OSSU with the Center for an Agricultural Economy. Grants also support pre-college summer programming for area high schoolers at Sterling College; provide food access through SNAP funding at local farmers markets, food purchasing for food pantries and food share boxes, and seeding the Greensboro Community Meal program.
Grants also support the Greensboro Free Library, Greensboro Fire Department, Greensboro Historical Society, Hardwick Rescue and AWARE; programming at the Craftsbury Community Care Center, Greensboro Nursing Home and for Northeast Kingdom Public Journalism to publish local news in The Hardwick Gazette. Grants include Circus Smirkus programming in partnership with local entities, the annual Greensboro Bend Block Party and provided support for Pollinator Friendly Greensboro in establishing a series of pollinator gardens in collaboration with the Greensboro Conservation Commission at the Lamoille Valley Rail Trailhead in Greensboro Bend.
In addition, monies from the GA Community Relief Fund were used to support the purchase of two automated external defibrillators (AED) that have been placed at Smiths Store and Willey’s Store. In partnership with the Pleasants Fund another AED was purchased and placed at the Greensboro United Church of Christ.
The Greensboro Association, whose mission is to advance initiatives that connect and enhance the greater Greensboro community, protect the lakes and environment and support a vibrant local economy, raises money each year through its membership for area organizations, non-profits and community-groups that are working on projects that directly impact the greater Greensboro community.
“Supporting and strengthening our local community is at the heart of what the Greensboro Association is all about,” said Naomi Ranz-Schleifer, president of the GA. “We continue to see the immense impact that working with local organizations and other volunteer groups to support food security, education, environmental protection, health and social services, and arts and cultural programming has on creating a vibrant and more resilient community that benefits us all. Our grants program not only provides project grants and operational support, but we look to seed initiatives, provide matching funding, and find creative ways to leverage local resources to support our greater Greensboro community. This year the GA even hosted a grant writing workshop for local leaders and grantees,” she added.
For a complete list of this year’s grant recipients and more information on the Greensboro Association’s grant program, visit the Greensboro Association website, greensboroassociation.org.
