SPRING HILL, Tenn. – The General Motors Foundation announced grants totaling $75,000 to support programs at 11 area nonprofits at the General Motors Spring Hill Pay It Forward Festival’s Opening Ceremony on Saturday, June 20. This is the fifth consecutive year the Foundation’s Plant City Grants were awarded in the home of GM’s Spring Hill Manufacturing facility.
“We are thrilled to partner with General Motors to present the Spring Hill Pay It Forward Festival,” said Hazel Nieves, festival organizer. “Their support has been very refreshing so kicking off the festival by announcing GM Foundation grant funding to even more area non-profits seemed not only fitting, but a wonderful display of generosity to this community that we serve.”
“Giving back to the community that has supported General Motors in Spring Hill for nearly 30 years is an important part of what we do each day,” said Ken Knight, complex manager, GM Spring Hill Manufacturing. “Through the GM Foundation’s grant funding, we support the work of local non-profits who tirelessly pave the way for a better tomorrow.”
The GM Foundation grants are given to a wide variety of organizations across the country that families rely on to provide much needed services, improve education and impact the quality of life within their respective communities. The grants to these organizations and institutions will make these communities even greater places to work, live and grow.
"Tennessee CASA is grateful that the GM Foundation believes in the CASA mission that every child deserves the safe embrace of a loving family. With the GM Foundation's support, we will be able to strengthen and expand our statewide efforts to advocate for neglected and abused children in Tennessee’s juvenile court system," said Lynne Farrar, Tennessee CASA Executive Director.
