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Featured articles in this edition of “Golden LEAF News”:
HVO receives Golden LEAF grant
The Mountaineer
Haywood Vocational Opportunities, Inc. has received a $300,000 economic catalyst grant award from the Golden LEAF Foundation to support HVO's efforts to expand its operations. The project will create 75 new jobs manufacturing custom medical products.
Gaston Students on the Fast-Track to New Jobs
NC Magazine
Gaston College received a $220,000 Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) grant for Project HOPE (Health Occupations Providing Employment) to fund fast-track health care training programs. The focus of the program is on providing displaced workers with short-term training so that they can return to work.
Shovels of dirt turned as work on SCC facility officially begins
Sampson Independent
Officials gathered for a groundbreaking event on the Sampson Community College for an ammonia refrigeration building. Golden LEAF awarded SCC a grant for equipment for the ammonia refrigeration training program, one of only four programs in the country.
SCC introduces new program for fall semester
Stanly News and Press
Golden LEAF funded the Stanly Community College Heavy Equipment Operator program through two grants, as part of its Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work program and Annual Grant Cycle. The first class of 20-students will begin course work in August.
'Results' offered for LEAF grantsThe Daily Dispatch
Vance County residents gathered to discuss and create "measurable results statements" to help move the Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative process forward. More than 120 people participated in Vance's fifth meeting. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and governmental entities were invited to submit project ideas fitting these goals by August 10 for feedback from the Foundation.
Chatham Co. High School Students Get Laptops
NBC17 - TV clipThanks to a Golden LEAF grant, Jordan Matthews High School students in Siler City will receive 750 new laptops for the coming school year. As part of Golden LEAF's 1:1 laptop initiative, Jordan-Matthews High School will also receive professional development and other support to implement this initiative effectively.
Farm to Fork Summit focuses on local food
NCSU - Perspectives magazine
The Golden LEAF funded Farm to Fork meetings and summit has combined the efforts of about hundreds of people in a diverse set of fields to figure out how to build the local foods economy for North Carolina.
College satellite campuses under way
Mount Airy News
Golden LEAF awarded a grant to Surry Community College to develop campuses to assist with local and regional economic development efforts. The two education centers are expected to open their doors in January.
Piedmont Triad Partnership to Collaborate with Regional JobLink Offices to Discuss Advanced Manufacturing as Career Option for Job Seekers
DBusinessNews
The Piedmont Triad Partnership in collaboration with regional workforce development boards held a "ManufacturingWorks" event in July to promote advanced manufacturing technology, careers and education. Each stop on the tour included the Mobile Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Machining lab provided by Lenoir Community College and funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation.
'Golden' start in Northampton
Roanoke-Chowan News Herald
N.C. Representative Michael Wray and Northampton County community members and local officials gathered at the Cultural and Wellness Center to learn more about the Golden LEAF's $2 million noncompetitive grant process. Golden LEAF President Dan Gerlach, Vice President of Programs/Community Assistance and Outreach Patricia Cabe and Consultant Amy Nagle explained the process of the organization's Community Assistance Initiative.
Report Card
The Daily Southerner
The Golden LEAF funded 1:1 laptop program at Edgecombe County Schools is one of the first in the state to receive laptops for all high schools in the county. Edgecombe's superintendent has seen an increase in class attendance, participation and involvement.
Pilot Mountain town works to uncover options for excess water
Mount Airy News
Representatives from the School of Government at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are working throughout Surry County offering a workshop to each municipality to educate the community about inter-local water system partnerships. The workshop is part of a $56,000 grant provided through the Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative.
Wastewater could benefit farmers
Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald
A wastewater feasibility study, funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation through its Community Assistance Initiative, may lead to using wastewater to benefit farmers. The treated water may be used to irrigate agricultural crops not for human consumption, as well as pasture grasses consumed by farm animals.
One-to-one project will give Mitchell High freshmen access to laptopMitchell News-Journal
Freshman at Mitchell High School will have individual access to a laptop computer during English I in a learning approach called the one-to-one initiative. Golden LEAF has awarded a strategic planning grant that is providing Mitchell County and 13 other school systems with staff development and a planning coach.
Fairgrounds is tremendous economic asset for county
The Mountaineer
Haywood County fairgrounds has evolved into a first-rate event center. Funded in part by a Golden LEAF grant, the event center is bringing in money through overnight visitors and other tourism-related businesses.
Wireless study almost complete
The Daily Southerner
A wireless broadband Internet access feasibility study, funded by a Golden LEAF Community Assistance Initiative grant, should be done before the end of August. The objective is to see if a wireless network would be viable within Edgecombe County. The study includes where broadband is needed, the design of a wireless Internet network and how much the network would cost to build and sustain.
Chatham County high schools send representatives to Technology Institute
Chatham Journal Weekly
High school teachers and administrators from Chatham County Schools attended a 1:1 technology institute in July to prepare students receiving laptops this fall. The William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation on the North Carolina State University campus hosted the institute funded BB&T and The Golden LEAF Foundation.
Golden LEAF extends deadline for GLOW
The Robesonian
The Golden LEAF Foundation extended its June 30 application deadline for the Golden LEAF Opportunities for Work (GLOW) program to August 7, 2009. According to Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF President, the Foundation extended its deadline to allow organizations intending to submit a proposal for the next deadline to apply sooner, so that if funded, programs can start immediately.
Zebulon expands water recycling effortEastern Wake News
Grants from the Golden LEAF Foundation and the Clean Water Management Trust Fund have led to best practices for water reuse and conservation in Zebulon. A water reuse system, which uses recycled drinking water for irrigation and other non-drinking uses, is currently in use at Five County Stadium, and the town of Zebulon plans to create a similar system at the Zebulon Municipal Complex.
Haywood produce given top billing at grocery store
The MountaineerThanks to start up funding from the Golden LEAF Foundation, Buy Haywood is marketing Haywood County grown produce to grocery stores, big chains, hospitals and other food markets.
