Community Foundation Awards $16,400 Grants


credit: NYC Department of Environmental Protection via CBS New York

The Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough awarded 8 Peterborough and area charitable organizations with about $16,400 in grant last Wednesday night during their second annual community celebration held at the Bagnani Hall of Trent University.

Seven of the organizations were awarded grants from the foundation’s Organizational Leadership and Innovation Program.

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