2008 Blessings Project
Foundation Grant Recipients include:
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.
The Nyanya Project 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.
The Well of Mercy 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.
Interested in a
Grant/Sponsorship?
The Blessings Project Foundation
aims to foster individual enrichment
and to empower a sense of respect and responsibility in the worldwide
community. Towards that end, we offer sponsorships to likeminded individuals and
organizations. Grant applications are due on March 31 and September 30. For more information, please
call (336) 724-9393. Download & return your completed Grant
Application in a Word file via email to grants@blessingsproject.org.
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