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Seven NC member schools receive MLK Day of Service grants

mlk2005_nolineIowa Campus Compact has announced the recipients of nearly $85,000 in grant funding to support activities in honor of MLK Day of Service on January 18, 2016. Sixty-two Campus Compact member colleges and universities in 25 states will receive funds to support community-based projects fighting hunger and serving veterans. MLK Day of Service and the grant program are supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service.

Seven North Carolina Campus Compact member schools were awarded an average of $1500 through the program. The North Carolina grantees are:

  • Appalachian State University
  • Fayetteville State University
  • North Carolina Central University
  • Pfeiffer University
  • Queens University of Charlotte
  • University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Wake Forest University

Eight other schools in the southern region also received grants. View the full list of recipient schools here.

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WFU students and VISTAs prep for the 2015 MLK Read-In event.

Grant funds will leverage more than $300,000 in local and state funding and engage nearly 20,000 volunteers across all projects. These volunteers will support the packaging, sorting and collecting of more than 130,000 pounds of food and the provision of services to nearly 4,000 veterans.

“Campus Compact member institutions across the country have a strong history of honoring the work of Martin Luther King, Jr. through service in their communities,” said Emily Shields, Iowa Campus Compact Executive Director. “These funds will create even more opportunities for colleges and universities to build new partnerships and strengthen existing ones.”

 

Iowa Campus Compact, the lead administrating agency, is working with four Campus Compact affiliates to coordinate the grant program: Campus Compact of the Mountain West, New York Campus Compact, Wisconsin Campus Compact, and North Carolina Campus Compact.

For more information about North Carolina Campus Compact’s role in supporting current and past MLK Days of Service, view our MLK resource page.

Update: stories of MLK 2016:

NC Central University: MLK Day of Service
Appalachian State University: Are you up for Appalachian’s MLK Challenge?

 

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