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AgCarolina Farm Credit awards over $30,000 to community programs
Story Date: 1/31/2014
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Source: PRESS RELEASE, 1/30/14
Fourteen organizations across eastern North Carolina have been awarded grants through AgCarolina Farm Credit’s corporate-giving program, the Fund for Rural North Carolina. Grants totaling $30,600 will assist the recipients in carrying out programs that specifically benefit farmers and rural residents in the counties where the Association conducts business.
Grants up to $4,000 per organization were awarded in one of the four focus areas of Education, Environment, Technology, or Quality of Rural Life to the following organizations:
• Banks Elementary, $2,000, to purchase iPads for student use to assist with “Help our EGGspers Grow Project.”
• Corinth Holders High School, $1,000, to continue the Partnership in Active Learning Support (PALS) program to educate youth at middle and elementary school age about agriculture and leadership principles.
• Gatesville Elementary, $1,100, understand how plants survive in their environment while learning state standards in third and fifth grade.
• Heritage High School FFA Alumni Chapter, $2,000, to provide leadership training to Heritage High School FFA members, which will reduce cost for students who are unable to participate due to financial limitations.
• Johnston County 4-H, $2,000, to develop youth to be leaders in their community and provide funds to those that would not otherwise be able to participate in the program.
• Lenoir County 4-H, $3,000, to purchase 30 incubators to increase agricultural knowledge, technology skills, and hands on training in elementary school.
• NC FFA Foundation, $3,000, to expand the promotion for the profession of “agriculture teacher.”
• Pasquotank County 4-H, $2,000, to support the purchase of science based educational materials for Pasquotank County 4-H to use in the county school system to provide hands on learning activities.
• Perquimans County Cooperative, $2,000, to teach young people the necessary skills in judging livestock, as well as educating livestock producers.
• Princeton FFA Ag Department, $4,000, to aid in developing an animal science facility for students to gain hands on experience with livestock animals.
• Riverside FFA, $2,000, to assist with a membership affiliation program and chapter officer support program.
• Southside High School Ag, $2,500, to offer students additional learning opportunities in an agricultural mechanics program.
• Wakefield FFA Alumni, $2,000, funding to purchase a high tunnel hoop structure that will lengthen the growing season for vegetable production, at the school.
• West Carteret FFA, $2,000, to purchase a new aquaculture lab for the ag education program. The aquaculture lab will teach students chemical, biological, and natural processes in an aquatic environment.
Association CEO, Dave Corum states, “AgCarolina Farm Credit is committed to enhancing the quality of life and future opportunities for Eastern North Carolina rural residents and their communities. Through this Fund, we can impact a broad spectrum of organizations in our service area that support rural North Carolina.”
AgCarolina Farm Credit is a farmer owned financial cooperative with headquarters in Raleigh. They are the leading provider of credit to farmers in central and eastern North Carolina. AgCarolina Farm Credit has over $1.2 billion in loans and commitments outstanding to nearly 3000 North Carolina farmers. Loans are made to finance land, homes, farm buildings, operating expenses, livestock and equipment, as well as other purposes. Credit life insurance, crop insurance, appraisal services, and leasing are also available through AgCarolina Farm Credit.
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