Staff report

The Yadkin County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of grants and scholarship funds for Yadkin County residents.

The Hubert Lewis Phillips and Pearl Shermer Phillips Scholarship Fund is for Yadkin County residents at any stage of their nursing studies. One award of almost $2,000 will be available for the 2009-10 school year.

The Nicholas A. Martin Scholarship is available to minority students graduating from Starmount High School.

 Application and deadline information on these scholarships, as well as other scholarship opportunities you may be eligible for, can be found online at through the Scholarship and Northwestern Region links, or from your guidance counselors.

Community Grants are for service groups, clubs or organizations for a specific project they are building or trying to promote for the betterment of Yadkin County residents.  Applications are available at all the Yadkin County Libraries.  There is an April 19, 2009 deadline for the grants.

The Yadkin County Community Foundation is one of 59 affiliates of the statewide North Carolina Community Foundation. YCCF is a nonprofit, publicly supported philanthropic institution that manages a pool of charitable funds whose income is used to benefit the Yadkin County community in grants to nonprofit organizations, educational programs and scholarships. Some funds are restricted by their donors to specific purposes or agencies, while others are donor advised and are not part of the grant cycle. However, together these funds reflect the diverse charitable interests of our community and enable YCCF to respond to a wide variety of organizations and programs. YCCF has a family of 15 endowment funds under its umbrella.

For more information contact Maria Manning, NCCF regional services manager, at 1-888-375-8117, or .