The McLean Community Foundation (MCF) has announced the following grants awarded recently to the organizations who benefit the citizens of McLean:

• $20,000 -- Haycock PTA for a Playground;

• $3,500 -- Josh Anderson Foundation for Suicide Prevention program in schools;

• $4,600 -- 1st Stage for renovation of costume storage, repair and maintenance;

• $3,000 -- McLean Community Players for services for hearing-impaired audience members and;

• $1000 -- to Winterfest Parade.

The McLean Community Foundation (MCF) is a nonprofit formed by the McLean Citizen’s Association to meet the philanthropic needs of a growing McLean community. The focus is entirely on McLean community and was established solely as a charitable foundation to benefit the residents of the McLean Planning District of Fairfax County.