16 receive Community Arts Project Grants

"The High Point Arts Council's board approved 16 Community Arts Project Grants totaling $12,110 this year for arts projects that benefit members of our community.

Today board member, Katherine Lyon, presented four of these grants to the YWCA. "It was nice not only to hand over the checks that will go to great programs, but to meet the individuals involved in developing and implementing them," commented Katherine. Ms. Lyon is the chair of the Arts Council's Community Outreach Committee that reviews and recommends projects for funding. 

This year's Community Arts Projects grant recipients are:

·         Southwest Renewal Foundation of HP, Inc. - HP Core city Public Art Pilot Project

·         LIFESPAN, Inc. - Clay Blooming

·         High Point Community Chorus - 17th Annual Concert

·         Roy B. Culler, Jr. Senior Center - Art for All

·         Roy B. Culler, Jr. Senior Center - Golden Stars

·         West End Ministries - A Day of Dance and Music

·         Triad Pride Men's Chorus - Naughty & Nice Winter Concert

·         Low Income Housing Opportunities, Inc. - Community Development Through the Artz

·         Communities in Schools of HP, Inc. - The Poetry Project

·         Theatre Art Galleries - TAG Minority Visiting Artist Program

·         Theatre Art Galleries - Art en Espanol

·         Young Women's Christian Association of HP (YWCA-HP) - Ten Thousand Words: Storytelling through Photography

·         Young Women's Christian Association of HP (YWCA-HP) - Hispanic Folk Dance

·         Young Women's Christian Association of HP (YWCA-HP) - Pottery Exploration for Youth

·         Young Women's Christian Association of HP (YWCA-HP) - Diversity Drama Training

·         Southwest Renewal Foundation of HP, Inc. - Ride the Point

These projects are made possible through grassroots funding from the North Carolina Arts Council, Guilford County, and the City of High Point."

- A Press Release

YWCA Greensboro Building Grand Opening and Celebration, October 23rd

"On Thursday, October 23^rd, the YWCA Greensboro will hold the grand opening of its new facility at 1807 E. Wendover Avenue. The community is invited to attend the “Celebrating Our Roots, Strengthening our Branches” event, which will include breakfast, building tours, and the organization’s annual meeting. As part of a celebration of its volunteers and supporters, the YW will present the Barbara Walker Lifetime Achievement Award to special guest and honoree Shirley Frye.

The new 19,400 square-foot building features a year-round emergency shelter – one of only two in Greensboro that serves families. Three state-of-the-art classrooms, an exercise area, and two well equipped childcare rooms will serve the needs of the YWCA’s teen and adult pregnancy and parenting programs and microenterprise program. Large, flexible multi-use spaces provide an amazing venue for the organization’s educational brown bag lunches, community meals, and community engagement activities. A fully accessible commercial kitchen will serve the shelter and other programs and be used for job training. The top floor of the building houses the offices and administrative functions of the YW.

The kitchen, multi-purpose area, and classrooms will be available for rent for community functions, with in-house catering available. The building is designed to be fully accessible and welcoming and includes gender-neutral restrooms.

Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will run from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Attendees must register for the event at http://tinyurl.com/qjfa8df. For those who cannot make the main event, additional building tours, which do not require registration, will occur every half hour from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. that day."

- A Press Release