The Strowd Roses Foundation awarded a total of $68,500 in its final round of grants for 2008. Recipients included The ArtsCenter, Chapel-Hill Carrboro Meals-on-Wheels, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Cooperative Preschool, Communities In Schools of Orange County, Extraordinary Ventures, Habitat for Humanity of Orange County and more. These grants bring to over $2.8 million the total distributed by Strowd Roses to local not-for-profits since the foundation was organized in 2001.
Those wishing to apply for grants in the first quarter of 2009 are invited to visit www.strowdroses.org. The next application deadline is January 31.