The Jackson EMC Foundation Board of Directors awarded $97,510 in grants at its April meeting, including $89,500 to organizations and $8,010 to individuals. About $54,500 was awarded to six agencies that provide programs or services to the residents of Hall County. They are: $15,000 to Exodus Outreach, a Buford nonprofit organization serving people in all walks of life who are hurting and in need of support, for a summer program that offers at-risk students in kindergarten through eighth grade a summer learning and development curriculum that provides supervision and readies students to succeed in school in the fall. $15,000 to Summer Scholars Institute, a three-year academic enrichment program designed to help at-risk middle- and high-school students prepare for college and careers.