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Rock the Block in Chilton receives $300,000 grant

Posted on Mar 14, 2023, by Megan Schuessler, Donor Services Manager

A lifelong Calumet County resident has stepped forward to support the upcoming Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity’s Rock the Block event in Chilton. The Empowering Rural Communities fund within the Chilton Area Community Foundation – one of our five regional affiliates – granted $300,000 towards the initiative and is encouraging community members to match […]

Charitable seeds growing in New London

Posted on Jan 27, 2022, by Community Foundation

A good deed often leads to another. And another. In New London, the spirit of volunteering and charitable giving has been steadily growing. The community is benefiting from the generosity of Joe Van Alstine and his wife, Lori Dehlinger Van Alstine. Their passion for the community runs deep, and they’ve provided for legacy gifts in […]

Neighborhood revitalization helps improve lives, homes of 30 families

Posted on Sep 28, 2021, by Community Foundation FV

Rock the Block volunteers make a huge impact in New London. By Eric Cernjar, Director of Communications and Marketing, Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity The Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity kicked off our Rock the Block event in New London September 16-18. Rock the Block is a neighborhood revitalization project helping […]

Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity and Waupaca Rock the Block Update

Posted on Sep 30, 2020, by Community Foundation FV

Even though the 2020 Rock the Block Waupaca event was cancelled in spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the crew at Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity worked hard on home repair projects that normally would take the hands of hundreds of volunteers. By the Waupaca Rock the Block Committee Robert and Jeane have […]

Rock the Block’s non-numbers even more impressive

Posted on Nov 20, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Guest post from Ryan Roth Community Development Manager  Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity Two years ago, 500 hundred volunteers worked together in one neighborhood out of a desire to spend their efforts in a worthy cause — to improve a neighborhood for residents who were unable physically and/or financially to make the necessary repairs […]

Rock the Block welcomed in Kaukauna

Posted on May 2, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

“The Friendly City” has lived up to its nickname, producing a large group of volunteers to help their neighbors for a Habitat for Humanity Rock the Block campaign. The all-out volunteer blitz to clean up and fix up the Fassbender Park neighborhood of Kaukauna launched Monday and continues through Saturday. This is the final year of […]

Next stop for Rock the Block is Kaukauna

Posted on Feb 9, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Rock the Block will roll into Kaukauna this spring, taking its volunteer-powered home repair juggernaut into the Fassbender Park neighborhood. The Kaukauna event is scheduled for May 1-6. Fassbender is a small, triangular park on Crooks Avenue (Hwy 55) just south of the Fox River and adjacent to the former F&M Bank headquarters. The area to […]

Foundation staff rocks the Jefferson Park neighborhood

Posted on Sep 16, 2016, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

The staff at the Community Foundation is skilled at responsibly and effectively handing out grants, but we also can get our hands dirty. Two crews from the Foundation have signed up for morning and afternoon duty at Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Fox Cities Area’s Rock the Block in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of […]

Marsha’s house before and after

Posted on Sep 23, 2015, by

September 23, 2015 I can’t thank all the volunteers enough for the hard work that they did for me during Rock the Block. My property was the second-biggest project in the program. As I watched all the weeds disappear and the new paint appear on my fence, the rust become a beautiful white railing. My […]

Last Day at Marsha’s House

Posted on Sep 22, 2015, by

September 19, 2015, was the big, and final “project day” at many homes during Habitat’s Rock the Block blitz, including Marsha Jenks’ house. The volunteers, including our President/CEO, Curt Detjen, had a great time working side-by-side with Marsha. Here are photos from the day. Watch for Marsha’s final journal entry tomorrow!   Homeowner Marsha Jenks shared […]