{"id":136,"date":"2022-12-20T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faomulti.wpenginepowered.com\/vinton\/?p=136"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:47:00","slug":"vinton-county-community-fund-awards-inaugural-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appalachianohio.org\/vinton\/2022\/12\/20\/vinton-county-community-fund-awards-inaugural-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinton County Community Fund awards inaugural grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>$10,000 in funding to benefit county residents, communities<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McARTHUR, Ohio \u2013 The Vinton County Community Fund (VCCF), launched in August 2022, has awarded its first grant awards, allocating $10,000 to advance projects and programs serving individuals throughout Vinton County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese grants are only the first of many investments we look forward to making in the lives and livelihood of Vinton County,\u201d said Bruce Knox, VCCF committee member. \u201cWe are grateful to the residents and friends of Vinton County whose generosity has made possible what we are able to do today and what we dream of doing in the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier this year, VCCF, in partnership with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio and FAO\u2019s I\u2019m a Child of Appalachia\u00ae Fund, invited nonprofit and public organizations to apply for grants for projects and programs benefiting Vinton County residents. Preference was given to efforts that increase quality of life, create access to opportunities or implement a solution to a local need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five grants were awarded during the 2022 funding cycle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Easterseals Central and Southeast Ohio to sustain and grow the enrollment of Vinton County children in Dolly Parton\u2019s Imagination Library of Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Hocking Athens Perry Community Action to support the St. Francis Food Pantry and provide services to food prescription patients in Vinton County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 United Way of Vinton County to help fund marketing materials, incentives and events for the Vinton County Cares initiative, which is building and implementing a framework for volunteerism in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Village of McArthur and the McArthur Park Board to help extend a sidewalk and make the restrooms at Wyman Park more accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Vinton County Soil and Water Conservation District to purchase equipment that will allow for the expansion of the National Archery in the Schools Program locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donations to the Vinton County Community Fund help fund these annual grants that meet communities\u2019 greatest needs and most promising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">opportunities. Thanks to a partnership with FAO\u2019s I\u2019m a Child of Appalachia\u00ae Fund, dollar-for-dollar matches are currently available for gifts to VCCF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the Vinton County Community Fund and how to support its work, visit www.AppalachianOhio.org\/Vinton or contact FAO at info@ffao.org or 740.753.1111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>$10,000 in funding to benefit county residents, communities McARTHUR, Ohio \u2013 The Vinton County Community Fund (VCCF), launched in August 2022, has awarded its first grant awards, allocating $10,000 to advance projects and programs serving individuals throughout Vinton County. \u201cThese grants are only the first of many investments we look forward to making in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"10,11,12,51,53,56","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,3],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grants","category-impact-news","category-vinton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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