July 2022
The Fox Valley region is full of walking and biking trails that connect our communities. But who uses them and are they accessible to all? And what should we be thinking about when it comes to making improvements so that more people can enjoy all that our communities have to offer? How do we begin talking about terms […]
David Weiss will become the second Executive Director of the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI), effective August 1. In this role, Weiss will deliver on NPLI’s mission to provide Fox Valley nonprofits with opportunities for leadership development and learning to better achieve their missions. NPLI is a program within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. […]
Saturday, July 30, is National Support Public Education Day. What’s worth celebrating? Nearly 86% of Wisconsin’s K-12 students attend public schools, according to this 2019-20 DPI report. The Appleton Area School District (AASD) is the sixth-largest district in Wisconsin, serving more than 15,000 students and their families. Nearly 90% of students who reside within AASD’s […]
The discovery of an unusual new symptom, an inexplicable midnight fever, or simply, your child just isn’t acting like themselves. All of these are and have been the warning signs some of the families that Children’s Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin (CCFF) supports have experienced. When parents receive the news their child has cancer, […]
Thirty-two nonprofits throughout northeastern Wisconsin received a much-needed boost when the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region awarded more than $6.24 million in grants. The fund has provided over $21 million in grants since its creation four years ago. The Nelsons, who lived in […]
The Clintonville Area Foundation, one of our five affiliate partners, awarded Sue Aschliman its Community Heroes Award a few years ago. In 2021 she announced she was directing the $2,000 from the award to Compassionate Connections Center. Established in 2011 by Clintonville native Dan Olk, the award recognizes and celebrates outstanding volunteers and their activities […]
When Sherwood residents Marlene and Carl Boucher began asking their grandchildren to choose gifts from Food for the Poor holiday catalog, they saw the spark of philanthropy ignite within the kids. “They gave so much thought to what they were going to do,” Marlene says. The Bouchers decided to expand upon the idea, having each grandchild — […]
The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region fosters opportunities for the community to invest in itself. They do this by creating and managing a variety of charitable funds — more than 1,700 altogether — which provide grants to more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations every year. Since joining the board of directors last year, I’ve […]
“I don’t want to be tens of thousands of dollars in debt,” says Alex Aschenbrener, a Gresham High School student, looking ahead to his future. Now he doesn’t have to be. In this episode we revisit the fascinating story of how one small town in our area, Gresham Wis., is making dreams come true for […]
Hi! I’m Terri St. Lawrence and am so excited to be part of the Women’s Fund for the Fox Valley Region as the Development Manager. I come to you with positive energy and a desire to be part of a team that puts its community first. My role allows me to engage with individuals who […]
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