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Valle Country Fair Grant Applications Deadline June 15

The Valle Country Fair will be held Saturday, October 20, in Valle Crucis. Holy Cross Church in Valle Crucis is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations that would like to be recipients of funds from the fair proceeds.

Since 1979, the Valle Country Fair has been an annual event, organized and run by volunteers from Holy Cross Church and the surrounding community. More than 100 artisans from North Carolina and surrounding states display and sell their work. These artisans, along with food vendors, contribute a portion of their receipts to a fund, all of which, after fair expenses, is used to support the outreach mission of Holy Cross Church.

Those desiring to apply should do so without waiting for further notice, and the grant application deadline is June 15. Late applications will not be considered. Recipients are selected later in the summer and awards are disbursed in November. Applications are now being sought so that recipients can be selected in time for inclusion in Valle Country Fair publicity.

All applicants must be registered nonprofit organizations, and applications—limited to four pages—must include the following:

• Name, street address, mailing address if different, phone number of organization

• Nonprofit organization ID number

• Organization’s mission statement

• Organization’s sources of income

• Amount requested

• How funds will be used if approved

• Names and phone numbers of organization’s director and treasurer

Applications must be submitted in writing to Claire McDonough, Mission & Outreach Commission, Holy Cross Church, P.O. Box 645, Valle Crucis, NC 28691. Applicants must be willing to appear before the Mission & Outreach Commission grant review panel if requested.

For more info, call Chair Claire McDonough at 828 963-4475, or Robin Byerly at 828-265-2443 or 828-262-6227, or click to the Valle Country Fair website at www.vallecountryfair.org.