{"id":402788,"date":"2026-09-17T19:34:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402788\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:34:23","slug":"town-foundation-splashing-cash-on-community-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/402788\/","title":{"rendered":"Town Foundation splashing cash on community, kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamilakes-fl.gov\/our-community\/miami-lakes-town-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Lakes Town Foundation<\/a> is now accepting applications for the 2026 Community Mini-Grant Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for this year\u2019s grants are open until Oct. 30, with grant awards announced on Nov. 12.<\/p>\n<p>The grants are funded with proceeds from the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/mlfoodwinefest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Miami Lakes Food and Wine Festival<\/a>, the signature fundraising event for the nonprofit Town Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The annual grants provide funding opportunities for local community groups and non-profit organizations as well as school clubs and teams.<\/p>\n<p>Grants are awarded to projects that focus on areas such as education, literacy, youth development, beautification, environmental stewardship, cultural enrichment and projects that positively impact the Miami Lakes community, a release from the town said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContinuing an emphasis on kindness and community connection, special consideration will be given to applications that incorporate a \u201ckindness component\u201d,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Projects that also promote compassion, inclusion, goodwill and community unity will be considered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the Community Mini-Grant Program, the Miami Lakes Town Foundation continues its longstanding tradition of investing in local ideas and supporting projects that make a meaningful difference in the lives of Miami Lakes residents,\u201d the release said.<\/p>\n<p>To apply for a 2026 Town Foundation mini grant visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamilakes-fl.gov\/our-community\/miami-lakes-town-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/4zKGWuJ<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Lakes Town Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2026 Community Mini-Grant Awards. Applications for this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-402788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}