EDUCATION PROGRAMS FUNDS CONTRIBUTED TO ADDRESS EDUCATION ISSUES INCLUDING IMPROVING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES THROUGH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, PARTNERING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL SCHOOLS AND RECRUITING CORPORATE VOLUNTEERS TO WORK WITH LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN. SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS FUNDS CONTRIBUTED TO SUPPORT (1) AN OPERATING GRANT PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN FORSYTH COUNTY THAT ARE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY FEDERALLY OR STATE-DECLARED DISASTERS IN ORDER TO COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION AND TO LESSEN THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT AND (2) ENTREPRENEURIAL GRANT INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF WINSTON- SALEM'S INNOVATION ECONOMY.
