Cherokee County Grant Awards
Cherokee County Community Foundation
2020 Total Grants: $30,000
$5,000 to Cherokee County Meals On Wheels to provide nutritious meals, services, and personal contact to those that are the most vulnerable.
$5,000 to Broad River Baptist Church to provide school age children in Blacksburg who are in need of food when school is out of session.
$3,000 to Junior Achievement of Central South Carolina to fund workforce programs in Cherokee County during the 2020-2021 school year.
$5,000 to The Jerusalem Project to provide home repair needs (wheelchair ramps, porch repair, painting and roofing) to those in need.
$5,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Upstate to provide youth development programs in order to decrease high school dropout rates.
$1,000 to Cherokee County Alliance of Visual Artists for a summer camp to supplement arts awareness for children in schools have little or no art curriculum in their budgets.
$2,000 to Upstate Workforce Futures Corporation to provide consistent and reliable transportation to adults for their advancement in education.
$2,500 to Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas to fund treatment travel, lodging, meals and essential homecare for children with cancer.
$1,000 to SILAS Steps to build a new website to raise funds for a playground in Cherokee County.
$500 to Palmetto Council, BSA to provide a weekly scouting program and summer camp that serves over 500 youth.