The Blessings Project Foundation supports grassroots non-profit organizations in their efforts to make our local community, our country and the world more equitable, healthy and humane.
Grant applications are due on March 31 and September 30. Download
the application here. For more information, please
call (336) 724-9393.
2008 Blessings Project
Foundation Grant Recipients included:
Little Pearls
Linda McLean, Executive Director,
www.littlepearls.org. Little Pearls are “tiny films” that open hearts and minds, inspiring authentic connection and compassionate action on behalf of all living beings. Created by the media non-profit Little Pearls, these beautiful films are gifts of the heart – for you and for the world.
Coalition to UnChain Dogs
Amanda Arrington, www.unchaindogs.net.
The Coalition to Unchain Dogs is a non-profit, volunteer effort dedicated to improving the welfare of dogs living outdoors on chains in and around Durham, North Carolina.
In just over a year, they have freed over 130 dogs from their chains, but many more are still waiting.
Healing Seekers
Amy Greeson Productions,
www.healingseekers.com. Healing Seekers was created to explore and preserve the knowledge found in
"the different modalities of medicinal and spiritual healing in both modern medicine and in the diverse cultural traditions throughout the world..." to be shared, ultimately, through an entertaining documentary series. The Foundation grant supports the filming and production process.
Mary Martin Niepold, Founder, www.nyanyaproject.org. The Nyanya Project "creates sustainable, grandmother cooperatives [water, crafts, sheep and shelters] in villages and cities
throughout Africa" for women raising their grandchildren who have been orphaned by AIDS. The foundation grant supports the 2008 project that brings together students from Wake Forest and NCSA to build shelters in Tanzania.
Brigid McCarthy, RSM, and Donna Marie, RSM, www.wellofmercy.org.
The Well of Mercy is a non-denominational retreat center for individuals seeking solitude and spiritual nourishment. The Foundation grant supports their 2008, first annual
"Jammin' at the Well" fundraiser, as well as the recycling efforts necessary to make it a Green Day.
Piedmont Earth Day Fair
Piedmont Environmental Alliance, www.peanc.org. The grant made
Blessings Project Foundation the lead sponsor in 2008 of the Earth Day Fair held on April 19,
2008 at the Unitarian Church on Robinhood Road in Winston-Salem, NC.
Lloyd Presbyterian Church, Preservation Fund
Rev. Laura Spangler. Lloyd Presbyterian Church is the second oldest African American church in Forsyth
County, NC. The foundation grant makes us part of a larger community working to preserve this significant landmark. Beyond its historic importance, however,
Lloyd Presbyterian Church is a multicultural church in the inner city of Winston-Salem, NC
that continues to offer worship and important outreach services to a diverse
population.
ECHO Council
Doug Easterling, Wake
Forest University Health Sciences. The ECHO Council's mission is focused on providing opportunities to build enriching, trusting, and long-lasting relationships among diverse people in our community.
A foundation grant supports the facilitator training of community building outreach workers from minority groups.
Little Pearls
Coalition to UnChain Dogs
Healing Seekers
The Nyanya Project
The Well of Mercy
Piedmont Earth Day Fair
Lloyd Presbyterian Church, Preservation Fund
