Submitted photo Participants enjoy a previous year’s edition of the annual Run For It event, one of the major fundraisers that allow the Tucker Community Foundation to provide funding for local non-profit organizations.

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Participants enjoy a previous year’s edition of the annual Run For It event, one of the major fundraisers that allow the Tucker Community Foundation to provide funding for local non-profit organizations.

PARSONS — More than $96,000 has been awarded to a total of 47 nonprofit organizations by the Tucker Community Foundation through its annual Grant Program.

“Every year it is exciting to distribute the grants that come from people helping people in communities throughout the region,” Mike Moore, executive director for the Tucker Community Foundation, said. “We create opportunities for the everyday donor to give ‘bigger’ as a group than what they could achieve and fund on their own. This is what our community foundation is all about.”

The awards were made possible by resources from the Foundation’s designated and unrestricted endowment funds, agency funds and donor advised funds, a Tucker Community Foundation press release states. The grants supports arts and culture, education, emergency assistance, community and economic development, senior services, recreation and youth.

The following nonprofits are the 2022 recipients:

American Red Cross – Disaster Response

Appalachian Expeditions – Curriculum & Field Guide and Staff Training

Aurora Middle School – Igniting the Love of Reading

Blackwater Ministerial Association – Food Pantry

CASA of Monongalia & Preston Counties – Court Appointed Special Advocates Program

Catholic Charities of West Virginia – Emergency Utility Assistance

City of Belington – City Park Facilities Playgrounds

City of Thomas – Parks & Recreation – Picnic Table Project

Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – Expand Arts Program

Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – Audio & Video Design Materials

Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School – High Tunnel Materials

Davis Volunteer Fire Department – Hurst Tools

Davis Volunteer Fire Department – Handheld GPS

George Ward Elementary – Jump Rope Ninjas: Heart Health

George Ward Elementary – Totally Gnarly 1980 Challenge

George Ward Elementary – Safety First Playground Project & Pavillion

Hospice Care Corporation DBA WV Caring – WV Caring Patient Support Fund

Kenneth Honey Rubenstein Center – Hovatter Zoo Experience

Kump Education Center – Targeted Tutoring

Literacy Volunteers of Monongalia & Preston Counties – Learning Materials for Adult Learners

Mountain Hospice Inc. – Camp Good Grief

Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative Inc. – Fire Safe Metal Entrance Doors

New Vision Renewable Energy – Chestnut Ridge Epicenter Field of Dreams

North Central WV Community Action Assoc. Inc. – 2022 TCEFF Program

Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association – Outfitting Youth for Summer Camp and Life Beyond

Parsons Ministerial Association – North Central Community Action

Philippi Public Library – Philippi Public Library LED Lighting Upgrade

Preston County Victim Advocate – Preston County Victim Advocate

Awareness Project

Randolph County Community Arts Council – Concert Sound Reinforcement Project

Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation – New Stories for an Old Battlefield

St. George Academy Preservation Society – Roof Project, St. George Academy

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church – Save the Big Green Church

The Hinkle House Food Pantry – Additional Food

Tucker Community Foundation – Composition of Musical Piece ‘Canaan Valley Suite’

Tucker County Family Resource Network – Back Pack Buddies

Tucker County Family Resource Network – Parents as Teachers Training

Tucker County Schools – Physical Education Equipment

Tucker County Schools – Build an Art Program

Tucker County Schools – Development of the Esports Lab

Tucker County Schools – Aquaponic System for Greenhouse

Tucker County Schools – Supplies for Special Education

Tucker County Schools – Replacement of Old Chemicals in Chemistry Dept.

Tucker County Schools – Volleyball Team Equipment Needs

Tucker County Schools – Gifted Classroom Improvements

Tucker County Schools – Movement Breaks Equipment

Tucker County Senior Center, Inc. – Mt. Top Nutrition Site Longevity & Expansion

Tucker Valley Elementary/Middle School – Baseball & Softball for PE Class

Tucker Community Foundations’ Grant Program is open to any 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit or public agency in one of the eight counties served by the foundation, Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker counties in West Virginia and Garrett County, Maryland. The grants can support specific projects or general operations for programs that make a positive impact in their communities. The next grant cycle will begin Oct. 1.

Tucker Community Foundation manages 140 endowed funds providing annual scholarships and grants to nonprofits and charitable causes in the eight counties it serves. To learn more about establishing an endowment or supporting an existing one, call 304-478-2930 or visit www.tuckerfoundation.net