Through a partnership with Chevron, the Carlsbad Community Foundation has recently awarded grants to 17 local nonprofit organizations with a total value of more than $65,000. These funds come through the Chevron Catalyst Fund, which was established in 2016. 

According to a press release, this year’s grant awards will provide school clothes to needy children, repair a shelter for victims of domestic violence, teach adults basic reading and English language skills, provide educational outreach about wildlife, put books in the hands of children, feed local senior citizens, and much more.

 Those organizations awarded a grant included:  Assistance League of Carlsbad, Boys & Girls Club of Carlsbad, Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter, Carlsbad Community Anti-Drug/Gang Coalition, Carlsbad Community Theater, Carlsbad Lifehouse, Inc., Carlsbad Literacy Program, Carlsbad MainStreet, Cavern City Child Advocacy Center, Desert Willow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Eddy County, Eddy County CASA, Friends of the Carlsbad Public Library, Noah’s Ark Animal Refuge, Inc., Permian Basin Counseling & Guidance, Southeast New Mexico Community Action Corporation, and Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society. Chevron also recently made a major donation to the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship fund. Congratulations to all of these well-deserving recipients. 

From the office of Mayor Dale Janway