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Soteria gets Lighting the Way award

Staff Report //September 13, 2019//

Soteria gets Lighting the Way award

Staff Report //September 13, 2019//

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Soteria Community Development Corp. in Greenville has been awarded a 2019 Lighting the Way Award and $75,000 grant by the SunTrust Foundation, which recognizes select nonprofit organizations that work to build self-sufficient families and more financially confident communities through financial education, financial counseling, career readiness/workforce development and small business/entrepreneurship.

“The SunTrust Foundation is proud to recognize and support our local nonprofit partners that empower and strengthen the communities they serve,” Stan Little, president of the SunTrust Foundation, said in a news release. “Soteria CDC is making a meaningful impact with their programs to improve the financial well-being of the people who need it most.”

Soteria Community Development Corp. is one of 36 nonprofits across the Southeast and Midwest presented with a 2019 Lighting the Way Award from the SunTrust Foundation, which gave a total of $2.7 million in grants to these nonprofits, the release said.

“We are honored to partner with the SunTrust Foundation,” Jerry Blassingame, founder of Soteria Community Development Corp., said in the release. “This funding will be used to seed our matching savings program for participants in our program."

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