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Local nonprofits seek Union County partnership grant funding for food, tutoring and home-delivery programs
Summary
Two nonprofit speakers used the informal public-comment period to describe services and note that they applied for Union County partnership grant funding: Colette Rowland described the Connect Center and its Connect Scholars program; Food for Families representatives requested $25,000 and described expanded backpack and home-delivery programs.
At the Feb. 18 Union County Board of Commissioners meeting, two nonprofit representatives used the informal public-comments slot to describe local services and to notify the board they had applied for county partnership grants.
Colette Rowland of Waxhaw spoke about the Connect Center, a Monroe-based nonprofit that operates a pass-through (free) store for clothing and shoes to residents who meet 125% of the federal poverty guideline. Rowland said the Connect Center has…
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