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Waynesboro nonprofits report first-quarter impact from city’s Community Vitality Fund
Summary
Five partner nonprofits reported coordinated first-quarter results under the city-funded 1 Waynesboro Community Vitality Fund: Embrace’s CAN enrolled 152 households; HERO has distributed more than $200,000; Renewing Homes committed nearly $30,000; partners asked council for continued funding as federal support wanes.
Council on Monday heard a coordinated update from five nonprofits that share Waynesboro’s Community Vitality Fund, the local “1 Waynesboro” initiative, with partners detailing client metrics, volunteer time and how city seed grants were used.
Chris Hopkins, associate site director for Embrace Waynesboro, told council the city provided Embrace with a $15,000 grant, “which is 17% of the total funding to run the CAN operations.” He said CAN enrolled 152 households — 328 family members — in the first quarter, produced 376 referrals and recorded 493 volunteer hours in that period. Hopkins said the organization’s combined first-quarter community impact totaled about $934,000 and…
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