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The children in foster care in Brunswick County were treated to a holiday party hosted by Waves4Kids.

The Children's Hunger Project serves close to 3,000 Brevard County elementary school students each week.

Ten nonprofit organizations in this area have applied for grants through The Gannett Foundation’s "A Community Thrives" program. Now they need your support.  Gannett is the parent company of the Mansfield News Journal and the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. The Gannett Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Gannett. A Community Thrives supports nonprofit organizations’ projects focused on community building and has distributed more than $12 million in grants and donations since 2017. The crowd-funding campaign period, which is Phase 2 of the program, is now underway and runs through Aug. 13. ...

Many organizations can get a helping hand this year by applying to the 2021 A Community Thrives program, a $2.3M initiative of the Gannett Foundation.

Karen Dandurant GREENLAND — The town's voters approved funds to complete the expansion and renovation of Weeks Public Library in Tuesday's election. The petition warrant article will appropriate $198,000 for the project, after it passed in a 448-280 vote. The $3.6 million-plus project at the more than 120-year-old library broke ground last year. The town's voters approved the additional money against the recommendation of town selectmen and the budget committee. Randy Bunnell defeated Frank Catapano for one open seat for the Board of Selectmen, 433-220. Neither candidate was an incumbent...