Women for Women
Generosity Multiplied

Spring 2025 - Grants totaling $75,270

  • $6,500 to Aspire, Youth and Family to support an additional class of its Kids at Work program.
  • $3,750 to Children's Cancer Partners of the Carolinas to provide transportation, lodging, meals, and other financial support to families of children who are receiving cancer treatment.
  • $3,000 to Clothes To Kids of Haywood County to defray operational costs at its clothing shop for children in Clyde.
  • $5,500 to The Community Kitchen to purchase food and supplies for its Food Distribution Program.
  • $3,500 to First United Methodist Church of Waynesville to address food insecurity by distributing nutritious food purchased from local producers and purchasing farming supplies for an afterschool community garden program.
  • $5,500 to Hawthorn Heights WNC to support treatment and respite shelter care for youth.
  • $6,500 to Haywood Community Learning Center to provide alternative high school students with career exploration opportunities through specially-designed elective courses and field trips.
  • $14,920 to Haywood County Arts Council (from the Mib and Phil Medford Endowment Fund) for a permanent sculpture in the roundabout at North Main and Vance Streets in downtown Waynesville.
  • $6,500 to Haywood County Schools to establish a childcare facility primarily focused on serving employees of Haywood County Schools.
  • $6,500 to Haywood Pathways Center to continue operation of its critical relief and rehabilitative program that offers services ranging from cold weather and emergency shelter, meals, and short-term or transitional housing.
  • $6,500 to KARE (Kids Advocacy Resource Effort) to provide supplies for medical evaluations, comfort items, and case review support, improving outcomes for children and families affected by abuse.
  • $3,100 to The Salvation Army Waynesville & The Mountain Mission District to increase funds available for utility assistance, to better serve Spanish-speaking clients through Spanish language tutoring, and toward payroll costs of the case manager's increased workload.
  • $3,500 to The Thirtieth Judicial District Domestic Violence - Sexual Assault Alliance to support staff professional development through attendance at the 2025 Joint Symposium on Child Abuse and Neglect for the Carolinas.