Margie DiDona, RSAA’S Information and Options Counseling Director, loads a box of frozen meals into a client’s car for curbside pick-up.

The People Helping People (PHP) Board of Directors recently announced awards totaling $15,000 in Community Grants to benefit charitable nonprofits in Randolph, Chatham, Moore, Montgomery, and Alamance Counties.

Randolph Senior Adults Association’s Executive Director Mark Hensley (left) and Kaffy Kivett-Reynolds, Liberty Senior Center Director, unload a truck of frozen meals with an employee of local catering partner Golden Corral.

“For six years, People Helping People has given back to the community through this grant program. This year with the pandemic, the grants are especially important,” said Randolph EMC Communications and Public Affairs Manager Nicole Arnold. “Through the grants we can reach the most vulnerable within the Randolph Electric service area.”

The board of directors for PHP, a nonprofit program of Randolph EMC, awards grants in the fields of health and well-being of individuals, financial support for income-challenged families, and education advancement through enriching learning opportunities.

Each of the following agencies that received support provides food, shelter or educational services for families and individuals:

• Habitat for Humanity of Randolph County: $2,000 to assist with home building costs for single mother and child.
• The Montgomery Community College Foundation: $2,000 towards installing sanitary water resources on the campus of Montgomery Community College in response to the recommendations of the Center for Disease Control and the Governor of North Carolina in the wake of the COVID-19.
• Our Daily Bread Kitchen: $2,000 to help provide nutritious meals to needy families in and around Randolph County.
• Randolph Senior Adults Association: $2,000 to provide additional funding to meet the increased need for senior adults within Randolph County to receive a nutritious meal — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Robbins Area Christian Ministries: $2,000 towards providing non-perishable food to families in need in the vicinity of northern Moore County.
• Southern Alamance Family Empowerment: $2,000 to help meet the increased need for food assistance, including meals for school-aged students as part of the organization’s Kids Bag program.
• Spirit Horse Ranch Education Center: $1,000 to support a children’s program that provides a unique outdoor learning environment centered around therapeutic interaction with horses.
• Victory Baptist Church Child Development Center: $2,000 to help replace aging playground equipment for outdoor exercise and play at the childcare center.