Area agencies receive $36k from Jackson EMC Foundation

JEFFERSON - During its March meeting, the Jackson EMC Foundation Board of Directors awarded $70,879 in grants, including $66,000 to organizations and $4,879 to individuals. Among the grants awarded were $36,000 to five agencies that provide programs or services to the residents of Hall County:

*$12,500 to My Sister's Place, a Gainesville shelter for homeless women and children, to purchase appliances such as washers, dryers, refrigerator, freezer and oven, along with desktop computers for the shelter's expansion at a new location that will enable it to serve a greater number of people.

*$8,000 to The Potter's House to help feed, house, counsel and provide educational programs such as adult literacy to men recovering from substance abuse through an intensive residential program of the Atlanta Mission on a 570-acre working farm in Jefferson.

*$7,500 to American Heart Association

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