Video: SOAR Awards Grants to Area Organizations

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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Weekend meals for students, new theater seats, and CPR Mannequins. These are just some of the projects receiving grants from Starkville Oktibbeha Achieving Results.  SOAR presented over 13 thousand dollars in awards and grants to several organizations in Oktibbeha County. They also awarded an additional 10 thousand dollar grant to the MSU Rural Schools Initiative for the Director of Schools position.

SOAR, an affiliate of the CREATE Foundation, has been awarding grants to community groups since 2005.
“We believe in youth. We believe in community. We try not to give money for operating expenses, but for what we claim to be bricks and mortar . Something that is going to help build the organization.”

• Starkville First United Methodist Church: $1,000.00 for BackPack Ministry
• Friends of the Starkville Library: $1,000.00 for Summer Reading Program – $1,000.00 for Autism Resource Center
• OSERVS: $1,739.00 for CPR training and mannequins
• Starkville High School Art Department: $3,000.00 for PowerMatic Lathe
• Starkville Community Theatre: $2,500.00 for new theater seating
• Summer Scholars on Stage: $1,000.00 for t-shirts
• Youth Taking Authority:$1,000.00 for Cyber Play Cafe
• Recent Oktibbeha County GED graduates: $1,100.00 for testing fees and graduation
• MSU Rural Schools Initiative: $10,000.00 for Director of Schools position