The Melva P. Jones Fund for Music and Art, a component fund of Foundation for Roanoke Valley, awarded $12,800 to six local nonprofit organizations. The Fund provides support to music and art programs and organizations, with a preference for those which benefit the citizens of Vinton.
The following organizations have been awarded funding: Thursday Morning Music Club received $2,000 to provide music and dance scholarships to qualified local students; Vinton Area Chamber of Commerce received $1,500 to provide bus transportation to the Vinton Christmas Parade for area marching bands; the Vinton Historical Society/Vinton Museum received $3,000 to preserve the quality of items by storing historical items in display cases, to purchase artwork from local artists, and to help fund the annual Variety Music Program; The 2006 Vinton War Memorial Vision Committee, Inc. received $3,300 to help support and maintain a Veterans' Monument in Vinton; William Byrd High School Choir received $2,000 to partially fund bus transportation to New York City to tour and perform in the city; and William Byrd Middle School Choir received $1,000 to purchase a class set of active votes to be used along with its LCD projector and Active Board.
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