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PARKERSBURG The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation has awarded $43,990 to local agencies from COVID-19 emergency funding.
Residents, businesses, foundations and organizations have donated more than $361,000 to the foundation’s Safety Net Fund and Hunger Fund. Since March, the foundation has awarded $302,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations to address COVID-19 related needs, including $43,990 in new grants in its sixth round of pandemic response.
Several of the recent grants were awarded through partnership with the Sisters Health Foundation, as noted with an asterisk in the following list of agencies that received funding in the sixth round of grants: Actors Guild of Parkersburg, $5,000 in operating support to address revenue loss from canceled performances.
PARKERSBURG The Parkersurg Area Community Foundation has awarded $43,990 to local agencies from COVID-19 emergency funding.
Residents, businesses, foundations and organizations have donated more than $361,000 to the foundation’s Safety Net Fund and Hunger Fund. Since March, the foundation has awarded $302,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations to address COVID-19 related needs, including $43,990 in new grants in its sixth round of pandemic response.
Several of the recent grants were awarded through partnership with the Sisters Health Foundation, as noted with an asterisk in the following list of agencies that received funding in the sixth round of grants:
â« Actors Guild of Parkersburg, $5,000 in operating support to address revenue loss from canceled performances.
Engage homeless individuals and families in helpful programs and services;
Improve the number and quality of emergency shelters for homeless individuals and families; help operate these shelters;
Rapidly re-house homeless individuals and families; and
Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless.
“We are so grateful for the continued support for neighbors experiencing homeless in northern Arizona,” Flagstaff Shelter Services Executive Director Ross Altenbaugh. “These are the most vulnerable people in Arizona and this much needed funding during the pandemic will literally save lives. We are all so thankful to Governor Ducey and to everyone across the state who help those in need.”
“Arizona businesses have innovated and adjusted for months to operate safely while prioritizing public health,” said Governor Ducey. “Today’s grant funding will bring additional support to small businesses impacted by the pandemic, keep our economy moving forward, and help protect public health and safety. I’m grateful to all chambers of commerce and businesses across the state that support our workforce and protect Arizonans.”
Gov. Ducey launched the Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 Response Grant Program last November. The program is funded through the state’s Crisis Contingency and Safety Net Fund, which was established in March through a bipartisan state budget agreement that allocated an additional $50 million for Arizona’s COVID-19 response.
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