Come see us in Gardner!
We will have a booth with 941-HELP information at Gardner’s “Night on the Town” on Tuesday, September 24th, from 5:00-8:00 pm. Be sure to stop by!
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Youth forum to focus on trauma: Designed as day of education, networking for area organizations who serve children
By Devan Gagliardo – Program Director, Community Foundation of Grundy County Aug. 13, 2013 The Community Foundation of Grundy County partners and collaborates with numerous other organizations around various topics. One of the networks we participate in is the Grundy Partnership for Children (GPC). GPC is made up of organizations that provide services to families
Nearly 300 kids are now ready to go
Participation down, but Grundy County Back-to-School Fair still successful in preparing students by Christina Chapman-Van Ypren Morris Daily Herald August 12, 2013 The 4th annual Grundy County Back-to-School Fair’s move to Coal City this year saved the fair’s organizers money and provided for a smooth and private event. The fair was held last month
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Scholarship checks were plentiful
Morris Daily Herald June 26, 2013 All of the forms are in and the checks have all been cut, signed, and mailed. Scholarship season is over for another year! Community foundations are experts when it comes to donor-designed funds – charitable funds designed by the donors who set them up so that the
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New Town Hall Meetings
The Community Foundation of Grundy County has started a new summertime tradition of hosting town hall meetings in four areas around the county: Mazon-Verona-Kinsman; Coal City-Diamond-Carbon Hill; Gardner-South Wilmington; and Minooka-Channahon. Our purpose for the public meetings is to meet residents face-to-face, explain our programs and how they help all parts of the
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Designing Scholarship Funds
All of the forms are in and the checks have all been cut, signed, and mailed. Scholarship season is over for another year! Community foundations are experts when it comes to donor-designed funds – charitable funds designed by the donors who set them up so that the grants from the funds support the causes
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Buck explains for-profit vs. non-profit
Morris Daily Herald June 21, 2013 By Rose Ann Rakidzic The Minooka Community High School chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America welcomed guest speaker Julie Buck, executive director of the Community Foundation of Grundy County, to the club’s Thursday, May 2, meeting. Buck educated members on the difference between a for-profit
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June 2013 "Community Matters" E-Newsletter
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Free Workshop for Professional Advisors
A strength of the Community Foundation is our ability to bring speakers, workshops, and training to Grundy County so that a) our colleagues don’t have far to travel and b) to help assure that decisions in Grundy County are being made according to best practices. We do this for many topics and through the
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Next Alliance meeting July 31-Aug 1 in Rockford
The next meeting of the Alliance of IL Community Foundations is coming up! Please read more at https://allianceilcf.org/
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