2023 Awarded: $5,000 to 957 Mobile Café for general operating support $2,000 to Adult Life Programs, Inc. for adult day services operating support $2,500 to AIDS Leadership Foothills-area Alliance for preventing overdose deaths and HIV/Hep C prevention, detection and care in injection drug users $2,500 to Caldwell Senior Center for general operating support $2,500 to Catawba County Council on Aging for West Hickory Senior Center Food Pantry $2,500 to Catawba County Partnership for Children for Parents as Teachers playgroups $4,500 to Catawba County United Way to to support the Issue Area Refresh initiative $1,222 to Catawba Science Center for Portal to Science – STEM for All $2,500 to Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry for support for neighbors in need $5,000 to Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Inc. for medical interpreter program $5,000 to Patrick Beaver Learning Resource Center, Inc. for supporting striving readers through teacher training and tutoring $3,000 to Pregnancy Care Center for maternal health and wellness $1,500 to Shining Hope Farms for equitable access to equine assisted psychotherapy $2,500 to South Caldwell Christian Ministries for keeping our families housed $2,500 to STEM West, Inc. for GEMS: Girls Excelling in Math and Science $4,980 to Strong Life Ministries for transportation assistance program $2,500 to The Corner Table for community kitchen general operating support $2,500 to The Salvation Army of Hickory for transitional housing kitchen improvement $2,500 to TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.) for residential substance abuse recovery services for individuals from the Catawba Valley