{"id":175134,"date":"2024-01-26T04:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=175134"},"modified":"2024-01-26T04:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T09:47:04","slug":"ag-society-receives-two-vwcf-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/26\/ag-society-receives-two-vwcf-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ag Society receives two VWCF grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County Agricultural Society has received two grants from the Van Wert County Foundation totaling $16,375 from the John D. and Nellie S. Ault Memorial Fund. The Ag Society applied for the grants during the 2023 fall competitive grant cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/VWCO-fair-logo-2024-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-175136\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The competitive grant cycle is a biannual process where Van Wert County nonprofits, government, and schools can apply for funding for special projects or programs impacting Van Wert County. The applications submitted are reviewed and voted on by the foundation\u2019s board of trustees with the main focus of the process being how the organization\u2019s project is focused on creating a well-resourced and thriving quality of life for the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year marks our 168th annual Van Wert County Fair,\u201d Mike Poling, Van Wert County Fair Secretary and Fair Manager said. \u201cWe have nearly 50 buildings, barns and arenas that need updated, upgraded and improved to continue to meet the needs of our agriculture and fair community. We rely on our fundraising efforts, grants and community donations to make this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for the continued support of the Van Wert County Foundation and look forward to finishing our active projects,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These funds are allocated for specific projects, one being a 2-way LED sign at Gate 2 to help advertise upcoming events and deadlines as well as continued marketing efforts to best communicate information and events to the Van Wert Community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the projects on the grounds click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanwertcountyfair.com\/about-us\/projects\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information The Van Wert County Agricultural Society has received two grants from the Van Wert County Foundation totaling $16,375 from the John D. and Nellie S. Ault Memorial Fund. The Ag Society applied for the grants during the 2023 fall competitive grant cycle. The competitive grant cycle is a biannual process where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 20:07:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175137,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175134\/revisions\/175137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}