Organizations support educational, environmental,
social equity, and community advancement initiatives
ATLANTA, Dec. 12,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NYSE: NSC) will award $1
million in grants to a diverse group of fifty-seven
Hampton Roads nonprofit
organizations. The grants further Norfolk Southern's legacy of
supporting people and families in the communities it serves. The
organizations are committed to positive change in areas such as
homelessness, filling gaps in K-12 education, food insecurity, arts
and culture, as well as environmental preservation and
restoration.
In 2021, Norfolk Southern announced that it would contribute
$5 million to the Hampton Roads community. The company will
distribute $1 million each year for
five years through the Hampton Roads Community Foundation to
nonprofits that support education, the environment, social equity,
and community advancement.
"Generations of Norfolk Southern employees have lived, worked,
and raised their families in the Hampton
Roads community. Today, our railroaders and retirees
continue to be engaged in the region and invested in its future,"
said Norfolk Southern President and CEO Alan H. Shaw. "We are partnering with the
Hampton Roads Community Foundation to award the first tranche of
this $5 million fund and continue our
support for a community that means so much to us."
A selection committee of Norfolk Southern railroaders who live
and work in the Hampton Roads area
reviewed more than 120 applications — the most that the Hampton
Roads Community Foundation has ever received in a single grant
program — and selected 57 nonprofits to receive grants.
"These grants continue Norfolk Southern's longtime, kindhearted
support of the nonprofit community in Hampton Roads, making life better through
philanthropy," said Deborah M.
DiCroce, president and CEO of the community foundation. "We
are honored to be stewards of Norfolk Southern's generous gift as
we work together to create a thriving, inclusive community with
opportunity for all."
The organizations receiving grants will be recognized at a
luncheon on Monday, December 12 at
11:30 a.m. ET at the Hilton Norfolk
the Main. More than 100 people are expected to attend, including
Annie Adams, Norfolk Southern's
Executive Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer, and
Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce, President
and CEO of the Hampton Roads Community
Foundation. Organizations that will receive grants
include:
Organization
|
Cause
|
757
Accelerate
|
Social
Equity
|
Access College
Foundation
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
Access
Virginia
|
Arts and
Culture
|
An Achievable Dream
Virginia Beach
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
Blakey Weaver
Counseling Center Inc
|
Dropout
Prevention
|
Chrysler Museum of
Art
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Clever Communities In
Action
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
Communities In Schools
of Hampton Roads
|
Dropout
Prevention
|
Community Outreach
Coalition
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
Connect With a
Wish
|
Social
Equity
|
Cover 3 Football INC
DBA Cover 3 Foundation
|
Food
Insecurity
|
Elizabeth River Trail
Foundation
|
Environmental
Preservation and Restoration
|
Empowerment Center for
Children Youth and Families
|
Social
Equity
|
Envision Lead Grow,
Inc.
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
EQUI-KIDS Therapeutic
Riding Program
|
Social
Equity
|
Families of Autistic
Children Of Tidewater
|
Social
Equity
|
G.I.R.L.S.
Club
|
Dropout
Prevention
|
Habitat for Humanity
South Hampton Roads
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
Hampton Roads Workforce
Foundation
|
Social
Equity
|
Healthy
Chesapeake
|
Social
Equity
|
Hope House Foundation,
Inc.
|
Social
Equity
|
Horizons Hampton Roads,
Inc.
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
I. Sherman Greene
Chorale, Inc.
|
Arts and
Culture
|
The Barry Robinson
Center
|
Dropout
Prevention
|
LGBT Life
Center
|
Social
Equity
|
Lynnhaven River
NOW
|
Environmental
Preservation and Restoration
|
New Vision Youth
Services, Inc.
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
Norfolk Botanical
Garden, Inc.
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Norfolk Senior
Center
|
Food
Insecurity
|
Nursing CAP,
Inc.
|
Social
Equity
|
Regent
University
|
Social
Equity
|
Samaritan House,
Inc.
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
Seton Youth
Shelters
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
Southeastern Virginia
Areawide Model Program
|
Food
Insecurity
|
St. Mary's Home for
Disabled Children
|
Social
Equity
|
Suffolk Meals on
Wheels, Inc.
|
Food
Insecurity
|
The Four Rivers
Project
|
Social
Equity
|
The Genieve
Shelter
|
Social
Equity
|
Tidewater African
Cultural Alliance
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Trails of
Purpose
|
Social
Equity
|
USTA Mid-Atlantic
Section, Inc.
|
Social
Equity
|
Village
Family
|
Food
Insecurity
|
Virginia African
American Cultural Center, Inc.
|
Social
Equity
|
Virginia Arts
Festival
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Virginia Beach
CASA
|
Social
Equity
|
Virginia Beach
GrowSmart Foundation
|
Early Childhood Care
and Education
|
Virginia Children's
Chorus
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Virginia Opera
Association, Inc.
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Virginia Stage
Company
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Virginia Symphony
Orchestra
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Virginia Zoological
Society
|
Arts and
Culture
|
Walk In It
Inc.
|
Education Gaps for K-12
Students
|
Western Tidewater Free
Clinic, Inc.
|
Social
Equity
|
YMCA of South Hampton
Roads
|
Social
Equity
|
Young Investors
Group
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
Youth Outreach Urban
Resources & Services
|
Dropout
Prevention
|
YWCA South Hampton
Roads
|
Homelessness and
Housing Instability Services
|
About Norfolk Southern
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern
Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely
moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today,
it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight
transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability,
Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of
yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team
members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from
agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of
auto products and metals in North
America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive
intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the
country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to
every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the
Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes.
Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
About the Hampton Roads Community
Foundation
With roots dating back to 1950, the Hampton
Roads Community Foundation is a permanent charitable endowment with
over $500 million in assets. It has
awarded over $344 million in grants
and scholarships since its founding. The Foundation also plays a
critical role in community leadership, tackling such regional
issues as early childcare and education, homelessness and
affordable housing, climate change and disaster responsiveness, and
regional economic competitiveness. The Foundation's mission is to
make life better in Hampton Roads
through grantmaking, philanthropy, and civic
engagement. Its vision is a thriving community with opportunity for
all.
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