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Governor Awards
$101,000 in Grants for
Volunteer Programming Statewide
During a presentation at the State
Capitol, Governor Sonny Perdue awarded $101,000 in state challenge grants to 14
Georgia communities dedicated to establishing community based volunteer
management programs. Each community is required to match the grant award with
local funds of equal amount, bringing the total award to $202,000.
“Since its inception, Hands On Georgia
has worked tirelessly with communities across the state encouraging Georgians to
participate in volunteer service and the response has been considerable,” said
Governor Perdue. “These challenge grants and the matching local funds will help
further the volunteer efforts that exist in these Georgia communities.” With
this third round of grants, the total amount of funding for volunteer
programming from the state and local sponsors equals $600,000.
The following
communities received a grant of $10,000, the largest grant available: Atlanta;
Dooly County; Fannin County; Milledgeville; Newton County and Wayne County.
Increasing volunteer capacity is the primary goal of all of these recipients.
Hands On Atlanta plans to further its reach in the metro area to include more
service opportunities in Cobb County. Wayne County will continue the
significant progress made in partnering with other social service agencies.
The remaining recipients were awarded
grants ranging from $4,500 to $7,500. These recipients include: Coastal Georgia
(Glynn and McIntosh Counties); Columbus; Cook County; Cordele/Crisp County;
Eatonton; Reidsville; Tifton and Webster County.
Webster County plans to incorporate a
multi generational approach to volunteerism. Youth and senior citizens in the
community will be the initial target groups to implement volunteer programming
throughout the county. Hands On Coastal Georgia will better coordinate
volunteer opportunities in the two counties it serves.
Each community must participate in
Hands On Georgia projects and events and report impact numbers to the statewide
network.
This announcement marks the second round of grant awards for Fiscal Year 2007.
The first round of $99,000 in funding was awarded in October 2006.
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