Aurora Area Community Foundation (AACF) representatives dole out grants to 10 recipients at the Chamber Appreciation Banquet. The grant recipients include educational institutions, food programs, memorials and trail committees within the Aurora Area.
The AACF donates community grants to nonprofit sectors to assist with community projects. This year's monetary awards came from the J.D. and Carol Ann Pilkenton Fund, the John J. Lee Memorial Fund, the AACFO Administrative Fund and the AACFO Unrestricted Community Grant-making Fund.
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When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.