Impact Alamance gives $320,000 to agencies coping with pandemic

By Times-News Posted October 8, 2020 at 3:20 a.m. Impact Alamance has given $320,000 to six organizations to fill in the gaps left as Alamance County struggles with the coronavirus pandemic.  “While the pandemic has affected everyone, vulnerable populations have been disproportionately affected by both the virus and economic consequences of the shutdown,” Impact Alamance […]

Impact Alamance allocates all grant funding to COVID-19

By Times-News Posted June 19, 2020 at 12:17 PM Impact Alamance has shifted the remainder of its grant funding for 2020 to respond to community needs created by the COVID-19 crisis and allocated the funding to nonprofits, food banks and more. This month, the Impact Alamance Board of Directors voted to allocate $190,000 to address […]

Impact Alamance donates $50,000 for United Way’s COVID-19 relief fund

By Times-News Posted Apr 15, 2020 at 2:44 PM     Impact Alamance will give the United Way of Alamance County $50,000 for its #Help4Alamance relief fund, Impact Alamance said Wednesday, April 15. “Our primary goal with this initial investment is to provide resources to agencies and institutions that are directly serving our county’s most vulnerable populations,” Impact Alamance President Tracey […]

Alamance County schools, churches, agencies feed families

Posted April 12 -Times News Impact Alamance, the Alamance-Burlington School System and local churches partnered to feed 500 families over Easter weekend. “Alamance County is a wonderfully supportive community,” Schools Superintendent Bruce Benson said. ”… We are so appreciative of the care and concern expressed for our schoolchildren, and for the boundless community spirit that […]

Alamance coalition gets kids fed over the long holiday weekend

Posted April 10 – North Carolina Health News Volunteers help pack 500 weekend food boxes at Alamance County’s Lamb’s Chapel. The boxes were distributed to the families of low-income students in the Alamance Burlington School System to tide them over the long holiday weekend. Photo credit: Impact Alamance Alamance coalition gets kids fed over the […]

Impact Alamance awards grants worth $155,700

Posted February 27, 2020 – Times News Impact Alamance is giving seven local nonprofit organizations $155,700 through its Community Health Fund, the organization announced Wednesday, Feb. 26. Seven community agencies were awarded funds to improve priorities identified in the county’s Community Health Assessment: access to care, education, and the economy. “Impact Alamance values the partnerships […]

Impact Alamance awards nonprofits $130,850

Posted Jul 31, 2019 at 4:31 PM      Seven entities will share $130,850 in grants from Impact Alamance, the organization said Wednesday, July 31. The money is intended to advance priorities identified in the Community Health Assessment: access to care, education, and the economy. “These investments allow Impact Alamance an opportunity to support our […]

How healthy, wealthy is Alamance County? Here are the numbers.

Posted Jul 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM The 2018 Alamance County Community Assessment paints a picture of a growing county with economic challenges and disparities among racial groups contributing to health problems and a need to focus on education, access to healthcare, exercise, good food and poverty. The Alamance County Health Department, Impact Alamance, Healthy […]

Make learning fun again

Posted Jul 14, 2019 at 5:55 AM   Nov. 5, 1984, changed John Antonetti’s entire career. He was in his first year teaching eighth grade science in his home state of Arkansas when he found out he was being evaluated by the principal, John Heath. The day of the evaluation, Antonetti forgot his materials at home, forcing him to come […]