Cancer support center, animal rescue in Central Jersey win Gannett Foundation grants
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Two local nonprofit organizations received grants from A Community Thrives, a USA TODAY NETWORK program.
Bedminster-based Cancer Support Community Central, or CSCCNJ, and Milltown-based Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society have been awarded $9,000 and $6,000 grants, respectively.
The merit-based grants are designed to support general operating expenses.
Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society, a nonprofit that puts a positive light on animal rescue efforts, will use the funds to make community involvement and outreach tenets of the organization a formal program in 2021, said Assistant Executive Director Jim LaCanna.
Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society receives Community Thrives grant
Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society receives Community Thrives grant
MILLTOWN – Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society is a grant recipient of A Community Thrives, a grant-making and crowd-funding program from the USA Today Network and a part of the Gannett Foundation.
Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society will receive a $6,000 local operating grant through A Community Thrives, which supports non-profit organizations with projects focused on community building and has helped to contribute more than $12 million since 2017, according to a statement provided by the rescue society.
“We are proud of the work Karma Cat + Zen Dog Rescue Society has done to enhance their local community. At Gannett, we take pride in supporting the organizations that make a positive impact in their communities. Through A Community Thrives, we lend financial support to that purpose as well as rally the whole community to champion a good and