The Blackberry Farm Foundation is honored to have donated more than $80,000 to area charities in 2016 including Maryville City Schools, Boys & Girls Club of Blount County, Harmony Family Center, Special Opps, Inc., Pellissippi State Community College Foundation and The Dollywood Foundation. Other grants in 2016 included a $100,000 grant to the Edible Schoolyard, $30,000 to No Kid Hungry/Share our Strength, and $10,000 to the Krempels Center.
In addition, the Blackberry Farm Foundation fulfilled a $180,000 commitment to Maryville City Schools from a 2015 grant in 2016 of $90,000 and gave an additional $30,000 in 2016 to the project. The grant is for the new culinary classroom and Café le Reve at the former Downtown Autobody building scheduled to open in 2017.
“Through the generosity of our guests, we are thrilled to be able to make an impact in our local community and beyond in the areas of children and foodways causes,” said Mary Celeste Beall, Blackberry Farm Proprietor. “We look forward to seeing the grants make a large impact in the community that we call home.”
About the Blackberry Farm Foundation
Blackberry Farm in partnership with the East Tennessee Foundation created the Blackberry Farm Foundation in 2012 in order to give to local children and foodways-related charities and has given more than half a million dollars to charities since its inception. Blackberry Farm is honored to raise funds for recipient charities as part of its annual music concert series and cooking schools through silent auctions. For more information, please visit www.blackberryfarm.com/foundation/