Cape Area Community Foundation presents first grants

Date: Nov. 18, 2016

Subject: Cape Area Community Foundation awarded first grants

Contact: Moe Sandfort, msandfort@cfozarks.org; or Michelle Jones, mjones@bankofmissouri.com; or (573) 339-9820

Cutline information: Front row left to right: Stacey Wiley with Voices for Children (CASA); Kay Azuma and Stacy Taylor with Community Caring Council; Mary Burton with Community Counseling Center; CACF Board Secretary, Brenda Newbern; Charlotte Craig with Humane Society of SEMO; CACF Board President Michelle Jones. Back row left to right: CACF Board member Ken Lucy; CACF Board member Ed Thompson; and CACF Board member Stan Irwin.

The Cape Area Community Foundation made its first community grants totaling $1,000 at a presentation Thursday at the Themis Gate. The grant recipients were:

• Boys & Girls Club of Southeast Missouri - $450 for tablets used in the COMET tracking system

• Community Caring Council - $150 for its re-entry assistance program

• Humane Society of SEMO - $100 for its new building project

• Community Counseling Center Foundation - $100 for supplies for clients

• CASA of Southeast Missouri - $100 for advertising costs

• Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts - $100 for supplies for clients

The Cape Area Community Foundation was founded just over a year ago in September 2015 to provide asset and resource development, grantmaking and public leadership for the Cape region.

Community grants are made possible through annual distributions from the CACF’s endowment fund and any additional donations designated for discretionary grantmaking. As the Foundation continues to grow, the amount of funding available for community grantmaking will grow as well.

Cape Area Community Foundation

1622 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701

cfozarks.org/capearea