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Jackson EMC Foundation awards $41k to area agencies serving Hall, Lumpkin
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Jackson EMC District Manager Bill Sanders, left, L.A.M.P. Ministries Executive Director Mary Mauricio and President Rueben Mauricio hold a $10,000 Jackson EMC Foundation grant check as board members, volunteers and clients look on.
The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $110,500 in grants to organizations during its February meeting, including $41,000 to agencies serving Hall and Lumpkin county residents. Center Point, a Gainesville nonprofit that provides mentors to at-risk youths in Gainesville and Hall County schools, received $15,000. L.A.M.P. Ministries in Gainesville received $10,000 for its community youth outreach program, which involves three-month sessions that combine group counseling and community activities to provide high-risk youths with alternatives to gang activity and other delinquent behavior.