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