The board of advisors of the Franklin County Community Foundation announces mini-grant awards from its education fund, according to Diane Fleming, mini-grants education chair.

This year’s recipients included:

• Bunn Elementary for Getting our Wiggles Out, At Their Fingertips and We Love Math!

• Cedar Creek Middle for Science Coming Alive and A Taste of History

• Cross Creek Charter for Stand Up For Music

• Franklinton Elementary for Seuss Sock Puppet Stories

• Laurel Mill Elementary for Aliens Have Kidnapped Our Principal

Fleming thanked the community for support of the Franklin County Community Foundation. “These grants are important to our local schools and community as a whole,” she said. “This is an excellent opportunity for our teachers to get funding for their classroom projects.”

For further information, contact NCCF Regional Associate Katie Crumpler at 919-256-6914 or kcrumpler@nccommunityfoundation.org or visit the NCCF website at nccommunityfoundation.org.

About the Franklin Community Foundation

The Franklin County Community Foundation is an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation. Tax-deductible contributions can be made to the Franklin County Community Fund or Education Fund, both of which are administered by the NCCF. Contributions should be made payable to the Franklin County Community Foundation and specified to the community fund or education fund. All can be mailed to the North Carolina Community Foundation, 4601 Six Forks Road, Suite 524, Raleigh, NC 27609. Contributions can also be made online at nccommunityfoundation.org.

About the North Carolina Community Foundation

The NCCF is the single statewide community foundation serving North Carolina and has made $101 million in grants since its inception in 1988. With more than $237 million in assets, NCCF sustains 1,200 endowments established to provide long-term support of a broad range of community needs, nonprofit organizations, institutions and scholarships. The NCCF partners with 60 affiliate foundations to provide local resource allocation and community assistance in 67 counties across the state. An important component of NCCF’s mission is to ensure that rural philanthropy has a voice at local, regional and national levels.

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Media contact

Katie Crumpler, NCCF Regional Associate

919-256-6914, kcrumpler@nccommunityfoundation.org