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Three dozen attend March grant workshops

MARCH 30, 2018  |  The Center for a Better South held two separate one-day grant-writing courses that attracted 37 people who wanted to know more about how to seek grant funding available through the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone.

The all-day workshops were on March 28  in Walterboro and on March 29 in Barnwell.

“These workshops, like similar ones we’ve had, will provide training to people who live and work in the Promise Zone of the basics of writing grant proposals so they can access money for needed projects,” Better South President Andy Brack said.  “These sessions are designed to help people build capacity so we can accomplish Promise Zone goals.”

Since last year, the Center has provided training to more than 235 people in seven sessions across the Promise Zone, which includes all or part of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties

Trainer Patrick Patterson discusses how to write grants during a Walterboro session.
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Two grant-writing courses offered in Promise Zone

NOV. 15, 2017  |  More than three dozen people took part this week in grant-writing courses in Yemassee and Denmark through the Center for a Better South.

The workshops  are funded in large part through a new $20,000 grant awarded by USDA Rural Development this fall to the Center.  Last year, the Center won more than $50,000 in federal funding for Promise Zone projects.

“Thanks to this new grant, we’re going to provide more people with the skills they need to apply – and I hope win – federal and other funding to improve communities throughout the Promise Zone,” Better South President Andy Brack said.  “Our new grant-writing sessions are designed to help people build capacity so we can accomplish Promise Zone goals.”

Since the beginning of the year, the Center has provided training to about 190 people in seven sessions across the Promise Zone, which includes all or part of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties

Trainer Patrick Patterson makes a point during the training at Voorhees College.
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More than 30 get grant training in Promise Zone

Patterson explains the grant-writing process to a group at the Lowcountry Council of Governments in Yemassee. Photos by Andy Brack.

APRIL 24, 2017  |  More than 30 people received grant training in classes last week in Bamberg and Yemassee to help give area leaders more confidence and tools to submit more applications for funding.  The classes, taught by South Carolina native Patrick Patterson of Global Partners for Fathers & Families, were funded through a technical training grant to the Center for a Better South by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

In the months ahead, the Center plans to have more classes to teach nonprofit and entrepreneurial skills to people who live and work in the Promise Zone, a federal designation that benefits persistently challenged counties in the federal grant process.  The next class on May 9 is an Entrepreneurial Boot Camp.  (Note:  This class is full.)

April 20 training in Bamberg

More than a dozen people met April 20 at the Bamberg County Public Library for the all-day training, which focused on providing tools to make grant-writing more understandable.  Part of the benefit of living inside the Promise Zone is it provides extra points on an array of federal grant applications that can give applicants the leg up they need to win funding.  Some photos:

Gidget Stanley-Banks of Allendale offered observations during the training.
Leaders listened carefully during the Bamberg training.
Columbia resident Courtni Miller made a point during the class as Allendale’s Kiwania Sanders looked on.
The Bamberg training class was a diverse group of area leaders.

April 21 training in Yemassee

On the following day, Patterson met with 17 people at the Lowcountry Council of Government’s facility in the Point South/Yemassee area for the same class to help build capacity for organizations to make grant applications.  Some photos:

Richard Guisti Sr. of Ridgeland discussed material during the Yemassee class as Kathy Bradford of Beaufort, left, and Brenda Singleton of Hardeeville, look on.
Patterson makes a point. In the background are participants Geneathea Williams, left, and Jessie Gooding, both of Walterboro.

 

From left are Yemassee Police Chief Greg Alexander, USC Salkehatchie Prof. David Cherry of Walterboro and Joanna Brailey of Garnett, S.C.
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Center to offer two more grant-writing courses in Promise Zone

One-day, intensive training sessions seek to catalyze requests for funding in region

MARCH 23, 2017  |  The Center for a Better South will offer one-day grant-writing courses on April 20 in Bamberg and April 21 in Yemassee to help organizations improve skills for seeking federal funding available through the S.C. Promise Zone. Continue reading “Center to offer two more grant-writing courses in Promise Zone”