NCCF Awards Over $136,000 to Nicholas County Organizations in Grants

The Board of Directors of Nicholas County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that over $136,000 are awarded to 31 organizations serving Nicholas County in the 2019 Awards Day. The Nicholas Community Foundation exists to encourage local giving and the development of permanently endowed funds to stimulate stronger, more vibrant communities throughout Nicholas County, now and forever. These awards are made possible in part, from the Nicholas County Community Foundation’s Seelinger Family Foundation Fund and the Fund for Nicholas County along with the following NCCF Funds: Tallamy Family Fund, Antoline Family Fund, Perilli Family Fund, Bruce and Pam Ferguson Fund, Betty and Bruce Sigler Fund, Stephen and Martha Davis Family Fund, William and Patricia Bright Fund, Stephen and Joy Ferguson Fund, Bright Employees Fund, SRMC Fund, Food Pantry Fund, Perilli Legacy Fund, WVFRF Child Development Center-Faltis Fund, WVFRF Patty-William/Jenny Bright Fund, Friends R Fun Fund, Summersville Public Library Fund and James and Lucille Ferguson Fund . The grant application process takes place yearly with applications available in June, due in September and awards being announced in November. Organizations who received funding this year are: Bread of Life Food Pantry, Brown Oaks, Camden Family Health, Craigsville Public Library, Dille Food Pantry, Elk Conservation District, Faltis Shelter, First Baptist Church of Richwood, Gauley River Elementary School, Glade Creek Elementary School, High Rocks Education Corporation, Love Works, Nicholas County Fair, Nicholas County High School Band Boosters, Nicholas County Old Main Foundation, Nicholas County Veteran’s Memorial Park, Panther Creek Elementary School, Richwood Public Library, Richwood Volunteer Fire Department, Sheltered Workshop of Nicholas County, Inc., SOZO Recovery House, Inc., Summersville Christmas Store, Summersville Elementary School, Summersville Middle School, Summersville Public Library, Summersville Youth Athletics, West Virginia University Foundation Children’s Medicine, Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department, Young Life-Nicholas County Chapter. To learn more about giving with the Nicholas County Community Foundation or the grant process please contact our Executive Director, Tamara Mullins, at 872-0202 or [email protected]