Community Corner

Norcross Non-Profits Selected for Grants

The Community Impact Grants highlight the good work being done in the area.

Before the Thanksgiving holiday, the United Way of Metro Atlanta announced the winners of a generous set of grant awards—the Norcross Co-op received the maximum award of $10,000 for its work and  received $5,000 as well. 

At the Women’s Legacy event, six programs were chosen to receive the Community Impact Awards, which give $34,000 to outstanding organizations that are aligned with the United Way's mission to “engage all segments of our community to drive sustainable change in education, income, health and homelessness, while continuing to address urgent and basic human care.”

Lawrenceville Cooperative Ministry and the Norcross Cooperative Ministry received the High Impact grant for $10,000 each. Both organizations work with homeless families and families in distress. 

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“On a daily basis the Norcross Cooperative Ministry works with approximately 50 new families to help them with food, clothing and shelter.  With this High Impact Grant from United Way, we can continue our efforts to meet the growing need in our community,” said Marianne McCrory, a longtime volunteer and now ambassador for the Norcross Co-op as she received the reward, according to a release. 

A High Impact Grant of $5,000 was rewarded to Salvation Army of Gwinnett for emergency housing and to The Impact Group!, which will soon relocate to Norcross, for its case management for families in supportive housing.

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A Community Grant of $2000 was also awarded to the Center for Pan Asian Community Services for their domestic violence shelter and to Rainbow Village for family counseling support with families in long-term transitional housing. 


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