$10,000 in funding to support nonprofit and public projects, programs
LOGAN, Ohio – The Hocking County Community Fund (HCCF) has awarded 10 grants, totaling $10,000, to advance projects and programs serving individuals throughout Hocking County.
“We are honored to bestow this funding on behalf of every partner and supporter who shares our love for Hocking County and has invested in our mission to fuel the present and future success of the people and communities we serve,” said Bailey Simons, HCCF committee president. “These grants will support the five areas crucial to generating and sustaining transformative change – from arts and culture and community and economic development to education, environmental stewardship, and health and human services.”
Earlier this year, HCCF, in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio and FAO’s I’m a Child of Appalachia® Fund, invited nonprofit and public organizations to apply for grants for projects and programs benefiting Hocking County residents. Preference was given to efforts that increase quality of life, create access to opportunities or implement a solution to a local need.
Ten grants were awarded during the 2022 funding cycle:
· Easterseals Central and Southeast Ohio to help enroll additional Hocking County children in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio.
· Hocking Athens Perry Community Action (HAPCAP) to establish pollinator gardens and a certified monarch butterfly waystation on HAPCAP property.
· Hocking County Board of Developmental Disabilities to help stock the Hocking County Diaper and Formula Bank.
· Hocking Hills Children’s Museum to assist with final construction costs.
· Hocking Hills Inspire Shelter to help provide feminine hygiene products for clients, community members in need, Logan High School’s Chieftain Closets and Logan-Hocking Middle School.
· LifeWise Academy for character education materials.
· Logan Theater received two grants to help equip event space and to support opportunities in movement and dance offered through the Community Arts Center.
· Project SAFE at Logan-Hocking Schools to help stock its food and clothing pantry.
· Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center to support its driver’s education program, which assists 16- to 21-year-olds who want and need to work but who lack access to reliable transportation.
Donations to the Hocking County Community Fund help fund these annual grants that meet communities’ greatest needs and most promising opportunities. Thanks to a partnership with FAO’s I’m a Child of Appalachia® Fund, dollar-for-dollar matches are currently available for gifts to the HCCF.
To learn more about the Hocking County Community Fund and how to support its work, visit www.AppalachianOhio.org/Hocking or contact FAO at info@ffao.org or 740.753.1111.