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Jenny Krikava joins the Community Foundation

Posted on Oct 7, 2019, by Community Foundation

We warmly welcome Jenny Krikava as our new community engagement manager. She’s already doing great things! By Jenny Krikava, Community Engagement Manager, Community Foundation Hi, I’m Jenny Krikava, the newest member of the community engagement team here at the Community Foundation. My primary responsibility will be to serve as the lead professional support for competitive […]

Grant brings F.R.E.S.H. food to Shawano County’s “food Desert”

Posted on Aug 21, 2019, by Community Foundation

Shawano County’s F.R.E.S.H. Project is growing and providing fresh food to those in need as well as nutrition information, thanks to a $263,283 grant over three years from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership within the Community Foundation, supported by the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs, the J.J. Keller Foundation, Inc., and other community partners. […]

U.S. Venture Golf Open breaks records to end poverty

Posted on Aug 15, 2019, by Community Foundation

More than 1,260 attendees raised $5.13 million at the U. S. Venture Open, the nation’s single largest one-day charitable event dedicated to ending poverty along with guest of honor Matthew McConaughey. At the end of the event, organizers announced a $925,000 gift to the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region from the estate of […]

Fox Valley Veterans Village campaign will create homes and more

Posted on May 22, 2019, by Community Foundation

The Fox Valley Veterans Council Inc., launches a $3.7 million campaign to create a first-of-kind veterans village that provides housing for single veterans and veteran families, as well as assisted living and end-of-life care that is specific to veteran needs created by their unique experiences. The Village will provide honor, dignity and pride to veterans […]

Almost Home program opens door for single mom

Posted on Jan 22, 2019, by Community Foundation

Home ownership seems like an impossible dream for many in the Fox Valley, but thanks to a unique partnership and a lot of elbow grease, it’s achievable. Through Almost Home, a program of Goodwill NCW in partnership with Fox Cities Habitat for Humanity, a single mom named Shantelly put in the work necessary to become […]

U.S. Venture Open Adds $4.13 Million to Fight Poverty

Posted on Aug 10, 2018, by Megan Mulholland, Director of Marketing & Communications

The annual U.S. Venture Open — the nation’s single largest one-day charitable event dedicated to ending poverty — raised a record $4.13 million for the Basic Needs Giving Partnership on Aug. 8. An Olympic-gold cheer goes out to U.S. Venture and the many volunteers, sponsors and golfers. The Basic Needs Giving Partnership is supported by the […]

FRESH food shares the bounty in Shawano

Posted on Jul 24, 2018, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Reprinted with permission from the Shawano Leader The FRESH Project’s goal is to educate people to eat healthy, and many people in Shawano County are working to get healthy food to everyone through “Share the Bounty” tables. “We ask all gardeners to plant an extra row and donate it, along with extra produce,” said Barbara […]

‘Garage for Good’ gets better with new location in Neenah

Posted on May 16, 2018, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

When the latest chapter in the story of the JumpStart program’s Garage for Good was written May 13, it was a surprise ending for only three people — the staff of the nonprofit automotive repair garage that benefits domestic abuse survivors working with Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs in Appleton and the Christine Ann Domestic […]

Achievement gap under attack with STAR power

Posted on Mar 7, 2018, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

A measurable achievement gap between black students and the rest of the Fox Cities’ student population is about to encounter a shining STAR — Students on Target to Achieve Results, a new program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley and its partner school districts and colleges. STAR — implemented in February […]

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