Friday, May 17, 2002
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Friday, May 17, 2002 |
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South Fulton receives community grants The Fulton County Board of Commissioners has approved 122 youth-oriented programs to receive $1.85 million in FRESH grants for 2002-2003. The Board last month to accept recommendations made by Community Advisory Boards representing Commission Districts 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Agencies were selected in a competitive process that included public hearings share $370,000 per district from June 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003. The funds, which enhance existing non-profit youth activity programs countywide, are for afterschool, cultural, economic development, educational, health, recreational, social development, and violence prevention programs. FRESH, which stands for Fulton Roundtable Expanded Service Headquarters, is sponsored by the Fulton County Roundtable on Children under the leadership of Commissioner Nancy A. Boxill. The Fulton County Human Services Department, Office of Children and Youth, administers the grants. SOUTHWEST/SOUTH FULTON DISTRICT 7 ($370,000) - Commissioner William "Bill" Edwards (Recommended by Community Advisory Board: Dorothy Edmonds, Mose James III, Taffi Vincent) Another Way Out, Inc.; Community Opportunity Centers, Inc.; GOAL, Inc.; HOPE worldwide-Georgia, Ltd.; Jesse Draper Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, Inc.; Keep South Fulton Beautiful, Inc.; Kidsgym USA Inc.; Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Atlanta and North Georgia; Metro Atlanta Respite and Developmental Services, Inc.; National Urban Coalition for Unity and Peace, Inc. (NUCUP); Northwest Youth Power, Inc.; Old National Merchants Association; Quality Living Services/Atlanta Urban Gardening Program; Rehabilitation-Exposure, Inc.; Southwest Family Branch, YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta; Teens At Work, Inc.; Tennis in the 'Hood, Inc.; and Wholistic Stress Control Institute, Inc./ SIMBA.
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