2000 Grant Recipients
Thank you to all of the organizations that applied for a grant and congratulations to those awarded funds in 2000.
| Name | Amount | Purpose of Grant |
| ARC of High Point | $ 8,000 | Mortgage debt retirement |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of HP | $ 3,800 | Computers for study buddies |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of HP | $ 6,500 | Technology hardware |
| CHILDWATCH of HP | $ 5,300 | Cost of care for children in Hallelujah House |
| Communities in Schools | $ 10,000 | Salary for Jumpstart Project Manager |
| Community Clinic of HP | $ 4,600 | Prescription medications for poor |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $ 2,500 | National FCA attendance scholarships |
| Ferndale Middle School | $ 6,200 | Programs to improve reading skills |
| Friends of the HP Library | $ 3,500 | Outreach program for Hispanic community |
| Guilford County Schools | $ 12,500 | Volunteer Site Coordinators at 2 schools |
| High Point Area Arts Council | $ 2,500 | Program to teach alternatives to violence |
| High Point Central High School | $ 6,700 | Character education program |
| High Point Community Chorus | $ 1,500 | Operating funding |
| High Point Police Youth Academy | $ 3,300 | Uniforms, lunches, etc for cadet program |
| Hispanic Center | $ 25,000 | Capital campaign for multipurpose building |
| Kirkman Park School | $ 2,800 | Guided Reading library books |
| Lifespan | $ 4,300 | Day activity funding |
| NC Shakespeare Festival | $ 1,000 | Funding to continue “The Wings” program |
| Old North State Boy Scouts | $ 8,500 | Support low income scouts |
| Open Door Ministries | $ 2,000 | On-site substance abuse program |
| Pregnancy Care Center | $ 1,500 | Mentoring program for teen mothers |
| Rabbit Quarter Ministries | $ 1,500 | Assistance to homeless in urgent need |
| Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club | $ 3,000 | Teen pregnancy program |
| Shadybrook Elementary | $ 3,400 | Funding for 29 computers |
| The Downtown Improvement Group | $ 4,000 | Enhance downtown planting of trees |
| The Eddie Pope Foundation | $ 1,500 | Program funding |
| The Piedmont School | $ 3,600 | Purchase of playground equipment |
| Think First Foundation | $ 2,500 | Education/support families with brain injuries |
| United Way of Greater HP | $ 7,200 | Human services community assessment |
| Washington Drive Resource Center | $ 8,200 | Staff person salary assistance |
| Women’s Resource Center | $ 4,600 | Start-up funding |
| Young Life of HP | $ 2,500 | Program expansion |
| YMCA of Greater HP | $ 11,000 | Program funding |
| TOTAL | $ 175,000 |