2023 Grants Awarded $40,000 to Albemarle Hopeline to support comprehensive services for survivors of intimate partner violence in Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. $50,000 to the Bertie County Rural Health Association (BCRHA) for transportation assistance for patients in Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Martin, Northampton and Pitt counties. BCRHA provides high-quality primary care services and supports, such as health education, translation and transportation, regardless of a patient’s ability to pay. $44,500 to Carousel Child Advocacy Center to support healing and foster resilience in children victimized by physical or sexual abuse. Carousel Child Advocacy Center’s vision is to build resiliency in children to strengthen Brunswick and New Hanover counties. $50,000 to Dunn United Ministerial Association for food assistance for people in Cumberland, Harnett and Sampson counties. DUMA is a ministry of Dunn-area churches and brings people together to serve the local community through food and financial assistance. $38,000 to the Onslow County PEERS Family Development Center to support outreach. PEERS is a program designed to offer Parents Education, Empathy, Rapport and Support. All services at PEERS are for the prevention of child abuse and neglect in Onslow County. $25,000 to the Pretty in Pink Foundation to provide uninsured and under-insured breast cancer patients in eastern North Carolina with financial assistance for quality, life-saving medical treatment. $50,000 to Profound Ladies for the Spread the Love Tour: Equipping Women of Color Educators to Strengthen their Eastern NC Communities. Profound Ladies recruits and retains Black, Indigenous and Women of Color educators and equips them with mentorship, training, leadership and career development pathways in Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford, Nash and Pitt counties. $50,000 to Ripe for Revival for the Mobile Market program serving Beaufort, Craven, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pitt and Wilson counties. Ripe for Revival aims to “Revive Communities Through Food,” addressing food insecurity through farming, education, and food distribution. $50,000 to Ruth’s House for the Building Bridges to Safety program. Ruth’s House offers a safe shelter for those fleeing domestic violence as well as supportive counseling and court advocacy services in Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt and Washington counties. $50,000 to Scotland Memorial Foundation for Mammo on the Go, a mobile mammogram program, bringing free mammograms to Robeson and Scotland counties, both served by the Scotland Health Care System. $25,000 to The Salvation Army of Rocky Mount for the Joshua’s Challenge Literacy Program, a proven approach that helps more students to read on grade level by the end of third grade. The program serves students from Edgecombe and Nash counties. $48,000 to Tried By Fire, Inc., for My Sister’s House: Safe Shelter for Justice-Involved Women. My Sister’s House provides temporary shelter for women in a monitored, supportive environment after their release from prison and serves Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico and Pitt counties. $29,500 to Wesley Shelter, Inc., for general operating support. Wesley Shelter provides emergency shelter, 24-hour crisis line, advocacy, counseling, legal and supportive services in Wilson County to those who are in crisis as a result of domestic or sexual violence and to women and children who are homeless.