Each spring the Cedar Creek Ladies Club makes a donation to a few area charities or organizations.
This year the club invited some organizations to submit a grant application for $1,000 to fund a specific project. The club members then voted on which organizations should receive funds.
The Cedar Creek Ladies Club was able to fund eight grants. The grant checks were presented to the recipients during the May 20 general meeting.
The organizations and their representatives who received a grant are as follows:
- The Cumbee Center to Assist Abused Persons Inc. was represented by Gaby Aragon, Finance Director. Their grant will fund awareness events and more programs about domestic violence.
- Dean Keaton, of St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Mary's Church, accepted their grant which will provide food baskets to needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- ACTS Area Churches Together Serving, represented by Carla Cloud, executive director, will provide a discretionary fund for emergency services for those in need.
- Aiken-Augusta Warrior Project, Kim Elle, executive director will fund emergency short-term hotel stays for veterans waiting for permanent low-cost housing.
- Greendale Elementary, represented by Sonya Colvin, principal, will use the grant to purchase books for all students in the school to keep and have at home.
- Brothers and Sisters of Aiken, represented by Charonica Pope, program director, and one of their students, Leon K. Elam, will fund a summer program on life skills for children between the ages of 5 and 17.
- FOTAS Friends of the Animal Shelter, represented by Jennifer Miller and Edie Hubler, board of directors, will use the funds to transport 10 dogs to no-kill shelters to be adopted.
- Aiken Equine Rescue, represented by Jim Rhodes, manager, and Nancy Marks, marketing and fundraising director, will construct a sign clearly identifying the property for visitors to the rescue.
The Cedar Creek Woodworking Club will be building the sign.