A Simple Gesture
Green Bag Project
Grant funds will be used in support of the green bag food program and food recovery efforts. Funds would cover both supplies (green bags, printed materials, marketing efforts, foil pans) and staff time to foster and grow the programs. For their food recovery program, they are working to partner with more High Point businesses. Cultivating these partnerships and educating businesses on food recovery (including safety and liability) take time. As owners and managers change out at businesses, these relationships must be maintained and refreshed to ensure continued food donations.
Community Housing Solutions
Critical Home Repairs for Women and Children in Need
Makes homes warmer, drier, and safer for more than 55 High Point women & their families this year. The scope of repair for these women in need will include roofs, plumbing, floors, energy efficiency repairs, accessibility modifications, electrical hazards, & code violations.
Reading Connections
Family Literacy: Two-Generation Educational Programming for Mothers and Children
Prepares children from low-income and immigrant/refugee families for kindergarten and supports the parents’ literacy development to help educate the whole family. This improves families’ living conditions and allows them to escape generational poverty. The program also enables mothers to further their education and develop confidence in themselves and their abilities – a mother’s education is the single most significant predictor of her child’s academic success.
Wheels4Hope
Driving Women’s Success
Prepares vehicles for their “Driving Women’s Success” program that supports employed moms and single women who are working toward self-sufficiency. Grant money fixes cars that are donated to the program that is matched with referred participants. The funding will also be used to make repairs on the cars that need warranty work after it has been placed with a participant.
Randolph County Family Crisis Center
Data Protection
Enhance their IT protection for the women and children that are served due to domestic & family violence, sexual assault, rape, child abuse, and human trafficking. Randolph County Family Crisis Center is very similar to other agencies when it comes to IT in the fact that they need to protect their assets and personal information. Often the women and children they serve are running from abusive partners while also trying to heal from the trauma of domestic or sexual abuse. Having up to date technology is a critical component of keeping these women and children safe.
