Williamsburg Community Foundation (WCF) recently awarded grants to 18 non-profit organizations in the Williamsburg area. The grants totaled more than $78,000.
Among the recipients of WCF’s fall grants include:
- Access Virginia, to introduce accommodations that will enable those with hearing or vision loss to access area performing arts venues
- Williamsburg Women’s Chorus, Inc. for upcoming performances
- CASA, for child advocacy training and meeting spaces
- Williamsburg Community Growers, to improve and expand a path along the garden’s public entrance
- Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment & Endowment, for rehabilitation equipment
- Community of Faith Mission, Inc. for its winter homeless shelter
- Literacy for Life, to increase enrollment, tutor engagement, and available instructional opportunities
- Salvation Army of Williamsburg, for its food pantry
- Meals on Wheels, to provide hot home-delivered meals to those in need
- YMCA of the Virginia Peninsulas, for its Workplace Infusing Equity project
- Williamsburg Area Faith in Action, Inc. for transportation for grocery shopping for senior citizens
- Child Development Resources, for a program for new mothers
- The Arc of Greater Williamsburg, for client transportation
- Avalon Center, for the purchase of a new van for free transportation to domestic abuse survivors
- BikeWalk Williamsburg, to refurbish old donated bikes and establish a bike repair facility
- Colonial Behavioral Health, to purchase a sports utility vehicle
- Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc, for transportation of senior citizens
- Williamsburg House of Mercy, for transportation of clients
Deadline to apply for the next round of WCF grants is December 16. For more information, visit www.williamsburgcommunityfoundation.org.