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Local CARES groups awarded $5,000

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A $5,000 grant has been awarded to Faith in Action CARES and Warren County CARES by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, which has distributed more than $1 million in grants to 203 nonprofit organizations as part of the foundation’s annual grant making process.

The foundation oversees more than 615 charitable funds. In the past 16 years, the foundation has distributed $331 million to community programs and institutions. Currently, the foundation manages endowment, unrestricted and memorial funds totaling $430 million.

‘The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee connects generosity with need by supporting our region’s hard-working nonprofit organizations,’ said president Ellen Lehman. ‘The foundation believes that these programs provide vital services and congratulates the organizations on their efforts to enhance the quality of life in our communities.’

Faith in Action CARES and Warren County CARES plans to apply the $5,000 grant to utilize volunteers to provide free in-home services to seniors aged 60 and over with long-term health conditions. These programs operate with loving care and allow the seniors to stay in their homes for as long as possible.

Both programs operate through the McMinnville Warren County Senior Center under the direction of Tish Watson and Roxann Blair. The CARES programs are also made possible in part by Clark United Methodist Church, Baptist Healing Trust, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and state Reps. Judd Matheny and Charles Curtiss through Tennessee Community Enhancement Grants.

For more information, please call 473-6559.

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