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<p>A $10,000 grant to the Weinberg Regional Food Bank will provide 2,000 families in Luzerne, Wyoming and Susquehanna counties with fresh milk for a year, said Gretchen Hunt, director of nutrition.</p><p>The grant is one of eight totaling $43,600 that natural gas company Williams recently awarded to Luzerne County emergency and education organizations.</p><p>Some of the funding will also go to community groups, such as the Weinberg food bank based in the Pittston area.</p><p>&#8220;Those funds will be used to purchase fresh milk through the &#8216;Fill a Glass with Hope&#8217; program,&#8221; Hunt said.</p><p>&#8220;Fill a Glass with Hope&#8221; is a statewide initiative to provide fresh milk to financially stressed families.</p><p>The Luzerne County Fair also received a $5,000 grant through Williams. The funds will be used to replace aging parking-lot lights at the fairgrounds off Route 118 in Lehman Township, said Brenda Pugh, fair chairperson.</p><p>&#8220;It would have been difficult for us to do it on our own,&#8221; Pugh said. &#8220;We are a nonprofit.&#8221;</p><p>Other grants include:</p><p>&#8226; $3,600 to Lehman Township for four new radios;</p><p>&#8226; $5,000 for a Children&#8217;s Service Center socialization and development campership program;</p><p>&#8226; $5,000 to Dallas Township Police Department for video cameras;</p><p>&#8226; $5,000 to Exeter Fire Department to purchase rescue equipment;</p><p>&#8226; $5,000 to the Northeast Pennsylvania Educational Television Association for WVIA&#8217;s PBS Kids in the Classroom program;</p><p>&#8226; and $5,000 to the Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA for the 2017 Special Needs Resident Camp.</p><p>Williams, the owner of the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline, awards grants up to $10,000 biannually &#8212; twice a year &#8212; to eligible organizations in communities impacted by the planned Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline.</p><p>The Atlantic Sunrise line is a planned 195.2-mile extension of the Transco pipeline. The purpose of the Sunrise line is to transport Marcellus Shale gas in Northeastern Pennsylvania as far south as Alabama.</p><p>Statewide, Williams awarded $326,800 in community grants to 44 organizations. The grant program started in 2015 and has awarded more than $1.79 million in total.</p><p>Applications are being accepted for the second round of grants. To apply, visit www.williams.com/atlanticsunrise. Applications must be received by Sept. 1.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Williams awarded eight grants totaling $43,600 to local education and emergency agencies and community programs. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/web1_ASR-Cycle-5-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Williams awarded eight grants totaling $43,600 to local education and emergency agencies and community programs. </caption0><photoCredit0>Submitted photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Eileen Godin</p><p>egodin@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Eileen Godin at 570-991-6387 or on Twitter @TLNews</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Williams’ grant program provides $43,600 to 8 Luzerne County organizations