For a majority of the area programs and initiatives, 20 percent or more of the SCC funds are used to maintain their yearly budgets. A majority of the funding is used to help low-income families. Some organizations would not exist without continued SCC support.

You can help: $25 will help to spay/neuter one animal through the Franklin County Humane Society program; $50 will help to buy camping gear for two Scouts; $75 will help pay one month of maintenance expenses for the Sewanee Community Center; $100 will help defray the cost of fireworks for the annual Fourth of July celebration; $250 will help to pay for a scholarship at the Children’s Center; $500 will help the Community Action Committee assist 200 households in the community; and $1,000 will help to pay for Sewanee Elementary teachers’ professional development.

Send your donation by Friday, March 10, to Sewanee Community Chest, P.O. Box 99, Sewanee, TN 37375. Pledges, payroll deductions and donations made in honor of or in memory of a loved one are also encouraged. For more information email sewaneecommunitychest@gmail.com, or go to sewaneecivic.wordpress.com.

Your donation supports these 26 community organizations:

Animal Alliance $1,250

Arcadia at Sewanee $1,000

Blue Monarch $1,000

Boy Scout Troop 14 $300

Community Action

Committee $10,000

Cub Scout Pack 152 $600

Folks at Home $5,000

Fourth of July Celebration $2,000

Franklin County Humane Society $3,000

Girl Scout Troop 2107 $200

Housing Sewanee $10,000

Marion Animal Resource Connection $10,000

Mt. Goat Trail Alliance $1,200

Phil White Dog Park $600

Senior Citizen’s Center $12,000

SES Parent Organization $24,200

Sewanee Angel Park $500

Sewanee Children’s Center $12,000

Sewanee Chorale $600

Sewanee Community Center $4,500

Sewanee Mountain Messenger $12,000

South Cumberland Cultural Society $800

South Cumberland Farmers’ Market $1,000

St. James/Midway Community Park $2,000

St. Mark’s Community Center $600

TigerSharks Swim Team $500