The Searstone/Lutheran Services Carolinas Community Benefit Committee recently announced $506,750 in grants to 18 organizations in Wake County.
Since 2014, the committee has directed up to 5 percent of revenues from the operation of Searstone, an independent living community in Cary, to Wake County nonprofit organizations serving seniors, indigent seniors, or other vulnerable populations.
The following organizations received awards for the last grant cycle: Alliance Medical Ministry, Dementia Alliance of NC, Dorcas Ministries, First Cary United Methodist Church, Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, InterAct, Meals on Wheels of Wake County, Pretty in Pink Foundation, Rebuilding Together of the Triangle, Shepherd’s Table, Ship Community Outreach, Temple’s Table, Transitions LifeCare, Triangle Aphasia Project Unlimited, Triangle Family Services, Wake Smiles, White Oak Foundation, and Women’s Center of Wake County.
Photo caption: Grant recipients from left to right: White Oak Foundation CEO Charles Tyner, Alliance Medical Ministry Director of Development & Communications Kim McCall Whitley, Meals on Wheels of Wake County Assistant Director of Development and Communications Amy Akroyd, InterACT Grants & Development Angela Powell, Meals on Wheels of Wake County Board Secretary Dawn Gum, Wake Smiles Executive Director Sommer Wisher, Ship Community Outreach CEO Christopher Jones, Ship Community Outreach Founder and Board Secretary Jacqueline Jones, Shepherd’s Table Soup Kitchen Volunteer Coordinator Kiran Saini, Pretty in Pink Foundation Director of Patient Services & Grant Management Anna Sims, Searstone Grant Committee Member Dave Wolf, Dorcas Ministries Senior Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships Leigh Ann Miller, Dementia Alliance Director of Development Morgan Zoeneller, Searstone Executive Director Matthew Towler, Triangle Family Services President & Chief Executive Officer Lisa Lowe-Hall, First Cary UMC Director of Outreach Stephanie Purdy and Outreach Associate Amy Lankford, Triangle Aphasia Project Unlimited Executive Director Annie Lane, Rebuilding Together of the Triangle Director of Operations Brittany Westmoreland, Temple’s Table Director Bo Bidenstine, Transitions LifeCare Vice President of Philanthropy Christine Casey, and Transitions LifeCare Philanthropy Officer Meredith Poole.