ATLANTA – Applications are now open to Lowndes and other Georgia counties for the 2024 McDonald’s Golden Grants program.
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Applications are now open for the 2024 McDonald’s Golden Grants program. To apply, eligible entities can visit McDonald’s Golden Grants through October 13.
McDonald’s Owner/Operators across South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida will be selecting deserving educators, non-profit organizations, and the like, who represent programs that fuel the imagination, education, and growth of students, as recipients of a McDonald’s Golden Grant. Entering its fourth year, the program has awarded $300,000 in its first three years.
In 2023, eleven grants were awarded throughout south Georgia and North Florida. Amongst these recipients was Boys & Girl Club of Tabula Rasa. The organization utilized their $1,000 grant for their Youth of the Month Program.
“We are grateful to have received the McDonald’s Golden Grant, which we have used to support the Youth of the Month Program at the Boys & Girls Club of Tabula Rasa,” said CEO, Dr. Kevin Kidd. “With these funds, we have been able to provide students at our Blountstown Elementary Boys & Girls Club with exciting incentives and rewards. These rewards are given based on their participation and improvement in performance, helping to motivate and encourage our youth to achieve their best.”
This year, grants will be awarded in the amounts of $10,000, $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 based on creativity and hands-on application of projects. Please see below for applicable counties.*
Qualifying activities include arts programs, education initiatives, mentorship and empowerment programs, after-school programs, community service, sports activities, and technology.
Applications will close on October 13. Recipients will be announced in November 2024.
*In Florida: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Brooks, Charlton, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Hardee, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Madison, Manatee, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, Taylor, Union.
In Georgia: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Echols, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Grady, Hancock, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Jones, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, Macon, Mcintosh, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe. Montgomery, Peach, Pierce, Pulaski, Randolph, Russell, Screven, Seminole, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth.
In South Carolina: Beaufort, Hampton, and Jasper.
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