We are excited to announce that Craig Schroeder of the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship will be the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Grundy County Growth Conference (GC2): “Schools, Business, and Community – Meeting Today’s Needs and Building a Pipeline for Tomorrow’s Workforce.” The event will be Friday, October 11, 2013, from 8:00 am to […]
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We are happy to again host a local telecast of the national Estate & Charitable Gift Planning Institute on Wednesday, September 25th! Attorneys, CPAs, financial planners, and insurance representatives from the region are invited to attend. This annual event is hosted nationally by the Salvation Army in Minneapolis. Many organizations around the nation then host
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Please click here to open the August 2013 “Community Matters” e-newsletter.
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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