2023 Awarded: $1,000 to A Touch of the Father’s Love, Inc. Ministry and Food Pantry for Place of Comfort pantry restroom renovation $1,500 to American Red Cross for Disaster Cycle Services in Greater Rocky Mount $8,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tar River Region for Project Learn $3,000 to Communities in Schools of North Carolina for empowering success with CIS $4,000 to Down East Partnership for Children for ensuring strong support for families and children $2,000 to Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, Inc. for nourishing families in Greater Rocky Mount $2,000 to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle for improving health and fighting hunger in Rocky Mount $1,000 to JW Parker Middle School for Project Rebuild $5,000 Meals on Wheels of Rocky Mount for frozen food program $5,000 to Ripple Effects for Sweet Hope $5,000 to Rocky Mount Family YMCA, Inc. for Community Food Box Program $2,500 to Teach for America – Eastern North Carolina for retaining and developing leaders for educational equity $5,000 to The Salvation Army of Rocky Mount for Joshua’s Challenge Literacy Program $5,000 to Tri-County Industries for building project $2,000 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from Rocky Mount $7,500 to United Community Ministries for community shelter