THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH ALABAMA AWARDS OVER $260,000 TOWARD COVID-19 RELIEF EFFORTS IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
The Community Foundation of South Alabama (CFSA) is pleased to announce it has awarded $268,600 to 22 nonprofit organizations across its service area in Southwest Alabama. These funds will support programs that provide resources and basic needs to those in Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington counties effected by COVID-19.
To address all the critical needs our local communities are facing, CFSA expanded on the first round of COVID-19 Response and Relief grant funding focus areas to also include mental and behavioral health support and access to extracurricular activities.
The Phase II COVID-19 Response and Relief grantees include Feeding the Gulf Coast, McKemie Place, Crittenton Youth Services, Pride of Atmore, Boys & Girls Club of South Alabama, Inc., Victory Health Partners, South Baldwin Literacy Council, Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Via Health, Fitness and Enrichment Center, Liberty Learning Foundation, Inc., Dumas Wesley Community Center, Dwell Mobile, CARE House, Inc.,
Mobile Symphony, CASA Mobile Program, Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc., American Heart Association, Goodwill Industries-Easterseals of the Gulf Coast, Inc., Housing First, Inc., Alabama Free Clinic, Prodisee Pantry, and Family Counseling Services of Mobile, Inc. (DBA Lifelines Counseling Services).
“The Foundation recognized early on that our communities needed more help,” said Community Foundation of South Alabama President & CEO Rebecca Byrne. “COVID has definitely turned so many lives upside down, but the organizations that we’ve funded in this second phase of the COVID-19 Response and Relief grant cycle are dedicated to helping our local communities navigate life during a pandemic.”’
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