Agencies win United Way grants

The United Way of Wayne County has approved mini-grants totaling $20,822 to support special projects at 30 not-for-profit agencies. The grants, which range from $500 to $2500, will go to support initiatives that otherwise may not have been possible.

Agencies that received grants include:

• Candy Apple Children's Center received $2500 for playground resurfacing
• Newark-Arcadia Volunteer Ambulance - $2500 for defibrillator monitors
• Red Creek Volunteer Ambulance - $2500 for a stair chair
• Ontario Volunteer Emergency Squad - $2500 for advanced life support training aids
• Wolcott Area Volunteer Ambulance - $2500 for stair chair
• Home Meal Service received $898 for delivery baskets, electric skillet, new printer
• Palmyra-Macedon Food Pantry - $550 for new freezer
• Victim Resource Center - $2500 for security enhancements
• Family Counseling of the Finger Lakes - $879 for a lap-top computer
• FLACRA - $995 for DVDs and workbooks

An allocations team meets to decide which agencies are awarded the grants, based on the impact the request would have on the community.

The mini-grant application process is open to 501c3 human service organizations that serve residents of Wayne County.

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