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Grant Amount <br />Requested <br />2000 <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2021) <br />7-1-21 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2022) <br />4-29-22 <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />Beginning in mid-July/early August (depending on space av ailability <br />at the Community Empowerment Fund offices in Chapel Hill), Dav id <br />Lyles will teach free quilting classes designed for Community <br />Empowerment Fund Members. The Community Empowerment Fund <br />(CEF) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serv es Chapel Hill, <br />Orange County, and Durham County community members that are <br />low-income, experiencing homelessness, or at risk of experiencing <br />homelessness, aiding them in their search for housing, income, <br />employment, and a sense of community. After a year of tremendous <br />loss and isolation, ev en more so for low-income communities than <br />for the general population, Mr. Lyles hopes to bring together the <br />community at CEF offices once again for his quilting classes. <br />Before the COVID-19 pandemic closed CEF offices in 2020, Mr. Lyles <br />conducted weekly quilting courses for CEF Members from 2016 to <br />2020. Courses are offered free of charge, as any entrance fee would <br />prov e prohibitiv e for community members that CEF serv es, and are <br />designed to accommodate all lev els of experience. Between 2017 <br />and 2020, quilting classes consistently maintained between 10 and 25 <br />participants of all ages and abilities. Mr. Lyles has prov ided all of the <br />materials, patience and care necessary for the quilting classes to go <br />on through the years, as it has always been a labor of lov e. Howev er, <br />with the onset of the pandemic and the corresponding financial <br />disruption for Mr. Lyles, the classes are no longer financially tenable <br />without external funding. <br />Quilting classes will be held on a weekly basis in CEF Chapel Hill’s <br />office space at 208 N Columbia St, Ste 100, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. <br />CEF will adv ertise courses to the community in its office and on <br />social media. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 69D5F63C-AD86-4541-AA21-CAB202F306A8