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Photo submitted Attendees enjoy a previous year’s edition of the annual Run For It event, one of the premier fundraisers that allows the Tucker Community Foundation to provide funds to local nonprofits .
PARSONS — More than $96,000 has been awarded to a total of 47 nonprofit organizations by the Tucker Community Foundation through its annual grant program.
“Each year it is exciting to distribute the grants from people who help people in the communities of the region”, Mike Moore, executive director of the Tucker Community Foundation, said. “We create opportunities for the everyday donor to give ‘more’ as a group than they could achieve and fund on their own. This is the raison d’être of our community foundation.
The awards were made possible through resources from the Foundation’s designated and unrestricted endowment funds, agency funds and donor-advised funds, a Tucker Community Foundation press release said. Grants support arts and culture, education, emergency relief, community and economic development, services for seniors, recreation and youth.
The following nonprofit organizations are the 2022 recipients:
American Red Cross – Disaster Response
Appalachian Expeditions – Curriculum and Field Guide and Staff Training
Aurora Middle School – Igniting the Love of Reading
Blackwater Ministerial Association – Pantry
CASA of Monongalia and Preston Counties – Court Appointed Special Advocates Program
Catholic Charities of West Virginia – Emergency Utility Assistance
City of Belington – City Park Facilities
Town of Thomas – Parks and Recreation – Picnic Table Project
Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – Developing the Arts Program
Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – Audio and Video Design Material
Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – Elevated Tunnel Materials
Davis Volunteer Fire Department – Hurst Tools
Davis Volunteer Fire Department – Handheld GPS
George Ward Elementary School – Jump Rope Ninjas: Heart Health
George Ward Elementary – Totally Gnarly Challenge 1980
George Ward Elementary – Safety First Playground Project and Pavilion
Hospice Care Corporation DBA WV Caring – WV Caring Patient Support Fund
Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Center – Hovatter Zoo Experience
Kump Education Center – Targeted Tutoring
Monongalia and Preston Counties Literacy Volunteers – Learning Materials for Adult Learners
Mountain Hospice Inc. – Camp Good Grief
Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative Inc. – Fire Rated Metal Entry Doors
New Vision Renewable Energy – Chestnut Ridge Epicenter Field of Dreams
WV North Central Community Action Association. Inc. – TCEFF 2022 Program
Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association – Equipping Youth for Summer Camp and Life Beyond
Parsons Ministerial Association – North Central Community Action
Philippi Public Library – Philippi Public Library LED Lighting Upgrade
Preston County Victims Advocate – Preston County Victims Advocate
Awareness project
Randolph County Community Arts Board – Concert Sound Reinforcement Project
Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation – New Stories for an Ancient Battlefield
St. George Academy Preservation Society – Roof Project, St. George Academy
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church – Save the Great Green Church
The Hinkle House Pantry – Extra Food
Tucker Community Foundation – Composition of the musical piece ‘Canaan Valley Suite’
Tucker County Family Resource Network – Back Pack Buddies
Tucker County Family Resource Network – Training Parents as Teachers
Tucker County Schools – Physical Education Equipment
Tucker County Schools – Create an Art Curriculum
Tucker County Schools – Esports Lab Development
Tucker County Schools – Greenhouse Aquaponics System
Tucker County Schools – Special Education Supplies
Tucker County Schools – Replacement of old chemicals in the Chemistry Department.
Tucker County Schools – Volleyball Team Equipment Needs
Tucker County Schools – Gifted Classroom Upgrades
Tucker County Schools – Motion Break Equipment
Tucker County Senior Center, Inc. – Mt. Top Nutrition Site Longevity and Expansion
Tucker Valley Elementary/Middle School – Baseball and Softball for the PE Class
The Tucker Community Foundations Grant Program is open to any nonprofit or public 501(c)(3) charitable agency in any of the eight counties served by the foundation, Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker in West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. Grants can support specific projects or general operations for programs that positively impact their communities. The next grant cycle will begin on October 1.
The Tucker Community Foundation operates 140 endowment funds providing scholarships and annual grants to nonprofit organizations and charitable causes in the eight counties it serves. To learn more about creating an endowment or supporting an existing endowment, call 304-478-2930 or visit www.tuckerfoundation.net
