CEG 2008

2008 Community Enrichment Grants

$132,666 awarded to 19 charitable organizations

Arts and Humanities Programs:  $7,500

  • Centre Stage South Carolina - $7,000 for a playwright-in-residence
  • Greenville Tech - Visual Arts - $500 for the 18th Annual Upstate High School Art Exhibition

Education Programs:  $10,000

  • Greenville Tech - $10,000 for the Dreskin Medical Lab

Health Programs:  $5,000

  • Pink Ghost Cancer & Health - $5,000 for minority education and outreach

Environmental Programs:  $12,500

  • Nature Conservancy - $7,500 for preservation efforts
  • Trees Greenville - $5,000 for the Neighborwoods Project

Social Services Programs:  $97,666

  • Carolina Family Services - $10,000 for scholarships 
  • Diligent Hands Gracious Hearts - $12,235 for Lawn Maintenance Project for the elderly 
  • Family Book Project - $2,000 for Reading to the Rescue
  • Greenville Family Partnership - $3,084 for Turning Point software
  • Greer Community Ministries - $4,500 for a new website
  • Habitat for Humanity - $13,000 for West End community home
  • Law in Action - $2,500 for the Court Investigators Project
  • Meals on Wheels - $7,000 for 40th anniversary marketing materials
  • Meyer Center for Special Children - $3,839 for the Therapeutic Listening Program
  • Safe Harbor, Inc. - $12,890 for domestic violence education
  • Triune Mercy Center - $6,618 for a counselor/case manager
  • Urban League of the Upstate - $10,000 for the Fast-Track Juvenile Diversion Program
  • YMCA of Greenville Teen Center - $10,000 for the Main Street facility for teens