 PCC's Sandra Hardison (left) and Lynn McCormick display a $10,000-check from the Women for Women and Greater Greenville Community foundations that will help the college launch the Working Women Project early next year. |
WINTERVILLE�Local charitable organizations recently provided grant funding to Pitt Community College to help working women at the school pay for educational expenses. According to Sandra Hardison, PCC�s coordinator of Resource Development, the Women for Women and Greater Greenville Community foundations granted Pitt $10,000 to help launch the �Working Women Project� at the college in January. Hardison, who co-wrote the grant request with PCC�s Lynn McCormick, said the project would provide funding for tuition and books to women who must work to support themselves and their families. Hardison said PCC�s Working Women Project could become a model for other educational institutions to follow. �To our knowledge, this is the only project of its type in the North Carolina Community College System,� she said, adding that the college is excited about the project and grateful for the grant funding. With more than 400 members, Pitt County�s Women for Women group is comprised of community leaders dedicated to philanthropic causes, Hardison said.
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