Bucyrus Area Community Foundation scholarship winners named | Bucyrus Telegraph Forum | bucyrustelegraphforum.com Bucyrus Area Community Foundation scholarship winners named

BUCYRUS -- The Bucyrus Area Community Foundation (BACF) has announced its 2011 scholarship winners. Each year, the BACF awards scholarships to Crawford County students who have exceled in academics, athletics and community service.

"The quality of applicants continues to amaze me," BACF Executive Director Janet Pry said. I don't know how these students do it all."

This year's scholarship winners represent four of the six school districts in Crawford County. Huggins Agricultural Scholarship.

Padraic Stanley, 2008 Bucyrus High School graduate, The Samuel Neff Fellowship for International Study.

David Roseberry, Colonel Crawford High School, The Dustin T. Stover Scholarship.

Each year, the BACF receives a significant number of scholarship applications from Crawford County students. "For example, we only had a few for the Neff scholarship (international travel) but probably 40 or more for the Binau scholarship, which is open to all Crawford County students."

To learn more about scholarship opportunities from the Bucyrus Area Community Foundation, visit www.bacfoundation. org/scholarships.

The BACF was founded in 1984 as a public charity, started with a matching grant from the Timken Foundation, and serves the non-profit community of Crawford County, with the exception of the City of Galion because that city has its own community foundation.

Presently, the BACF has an asset size of more than $10 million, placing it by asset size in the top 30 community foundations in Ohio. Bucyrus Area Community Foundation scholarship winners named

BUCYRUS -- The Bucyrus Area Community Foundation (BACF) has announced its 2011 scholarship winners. Each year, the BACF awards scholarships to Crawford County students who have exceled in academics,

Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD Awards - MarketWatch Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD Awards The Elsevier Foundation, TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) announced today that they are recognizing eleven talented women scientists from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean for their research excellence. The announcement was made at the International Symposium on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE 2011) held in conjunction with the International Year of Chemistry 2011 and hosted by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, and Institut Kimia Malaysia (IKM) in Kuala Lumpur from September 29-30. "Once again, the standard of the winners selected for the OWSD Awards for Young Women Scientists from the Developing World has been outstanding. "The aim of the OWSD Awards, therefore, is to honor the work of these young researchers, bringing it to the attention of the scientific and policy-making communities in their countries, and to highlight their successes so that they may act as role models to other girls and young women who might be considering a career in science." Denise Evans, biological sciences winner from South Africa added, "It is important to highlight that women, even from developing countries, are doing great things - making breakthroughs, contributing to advances in medicine, science, chemistry and engineering - becoming leaders and experts in their field. It is important to acknowledge young scientists so that they may be motivated from an early age to stay in science and develop a career in science and research." Through a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, the OWSD Awards for Young Women Scientists from the Developing World were expanded to cover three disciplines in each region - Biology, Chemistry, and Physics/Maths. The grant was made as part of the Elsevier Foundation New Scholars program, which supports programs for women scholars during the early stages of demanding careers in science and technology. Farida Habib Shah, Vice President of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, TWAS fellow and WISE 2011 conference organizer. This award serves as a boost not only to their personal careers but also to the thousands of young women working in science across developing countries." "We know from experience how important it is to fight the steady loss of talented women in science caused through lack of support during critical family building years, lack of networking opportunities and mentorship-or simply a lack of recognition and opportunities," David Ruth, Executive Director for the Elsevier Foundation, remarked. The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is an international sister organization of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world. TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is an autonomous international organization, based in Trieste, Italy, that promotes scientific excellence for sustainable development in the South.

This grant will help us continue to feed seniors and assist them in remaining independent.

Earlier this year, the Walmart Foundation announced a $5 million donation to MOWAA as part of a $2 billion commitment to support hunger relief efforts through 2015. The $2.4 million for the Building the Future Grants Program is the largest grant amount that MOWAA has ever distributed to its Member programs.

The Walmart Foundation continues to step up to the plate in the fight against senior hunger, said Enid Borden, President and CEO of MOWAA. Through this $5 million grant, we hope to bring additional attention to senior hunger and help ensure our parents, grandparents and friends who have added so much to our lives have access to healthy and nutritious food.

Research sponsored by MOWAA reveals that more than six million seniors in America face the threat of hunger.

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The McDowell Foundation recently announced $5,661 in grants to organizations that seek to help neighbors in need.

The McDowell Foundation is pleased to announce $5,661 in new grants to seven local nonprofit organizations supporting neighbors helping neighbors to address important immediate community needs, said McDowell Foundation Board Chairwoman Laura Dover Doran.

Foothills Industries of McDowell County: $1,000 for a heavy-duty washer and dryer. Good Samaritan Clinic of McDowell County: $1,661 for digital scales, a refrigerator to hold insulin supplies and an electronic blood pressure machine. Grace Community Church: $500 for building materials necessary for housing renovation projects as prioritized by the McDowell Housing Coalition. McDowell County Dread Disease Association: $500 for medications McDowell County Schools Endowment Fund: $500 for basic supplies at elementary schools. McDowell Mission Ministry: $1,000 to renovate a room at the Friendship Home for Women and Children. Old Fort Crisis Ministries: $500 for emergency food, medical, gas and utility assistance.

Make a Difference Day is the largest and most encompassing national day of helping others through volunteer service. 22, the McDowell Volunteer Center has selected the theme: Neighbors helping Neighbors to support the McDowell Housing Coalition, a program designed to assist with emergency home repairs for elderly, disabled and low-income families.

The seven grants will provide assistance to the coalition and other organizations that help their neighbors in need.

The McDowell Foundation was established in 1995 as an affiliate of The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) by a group of local residents as a permanent endowment and resource for charitable efforts that benefit McDowell County. Since 1995, The McDowell Foundation, through its partnership with CFWNC, has distributed close to half a million dollars through competitive grants throughout the county to nonprofit organizations and service agencies.

The local volunteer Board of Directors works to raise awareness of The McDowell Foundation, to grow the Foundations permanent endowment and to promote its grant opportunities for area nonprofits. In addition to Doran, current board members are: Joy Shuford (vice chairwoman), Amy England (secretary), Ellen Bunnie S. Burgin, Sim Butler, Arthur Campbell, Becky Cross (founding chairwoman), Sim Cross, W. Hill Evans, Thomas Gibson, Nancy Hunter, Garland Norton, and Sharon Lee Parker (past chairwoman).

For more information about The McDowell Foundation, contact Chairwoman Laura Dover Doran at lauradd@doverinsulation.com or at 724-4667. To make a tax-deductible donation to The McDowell Foundation, donate online at www.cfwnc.org or by mail to The McDowell Foundation,

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In particular, $6,000 was awarded to six teachers through the Joseph Kliminski Teacher Grant.

"The grants are up to $500 and can be used for projects the teachers deemed necessary to inspire and enhance learning, however they fall outside the regular school budget," Wollner said.

Carteret School teacher Joseph Milano's grant is for the anti-bullying program "The Dog's View on Bullying."

Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund grandts over $300K to farmers in first round 285 (Carolyn Fox)
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MIDDLEBURY, VT The Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture have announced that the Vermont Farm Disaster Relief Fund has awarded over $300,000 in the first grant round to farmers affected by Tropical Storm Irene. The grants came two weeks after application guidelines were posted and four weeks after the fund was established to address the critical needs of Vermont farms that sustained damage from Irene.

According to the Agency of Agriculture, over 400 farms have reported damages and a rough estimate of farmland impacted by Irene exceeds 15,000 acres; a conservative estimate of crop losses and crop land damage needing repair exceeds $10 million dollars.

In this initial grant round, the funds grant committee received 86 applications and approved grants to 52 farmers totaling $303,700.

The grant committee includes representatives from the Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, NOFA Vermont, Vermont Farm Bureau, Rural Vermont, Rutland Area Farm and Food Link, and University of Vermont Extension.

As we all know, many of Vermonts farms suffered devastating losses as a result of Irene, said Stuart Comstock-Gay, President & CEO of the Vermont Community Foundation. The grants can also be used to help pay outstanding bills such as farm mortgage costs, land lease payments, animal feed bills, or personal, family, or living expenses.

As is the case with other Vermonters, Tropical Storm Irene punished many Vermont farmers, especially those whose land is adjacent to rivers.

Bridgeport, CT - The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council (BACC) is pleased to announce a second year of funding support from the Fairfield County Community Foundation.

As the BACC itself enters a second year of activity based in Bridgeport's historic Arcade, the Fairfield County Community Foundation's support reinforces current city, state, corporate and individual contributions and provides encouragement to new and additional donors and supporters.

The BACC's program of umbrella marketing for Bridgeport's cultural organizations and eight annual exhibitions, featuring work of Bridgeport and area artists, attract and serve residents and tourists; the BACC's office and gallery space in the Arcade also serves as a Welcome Center and as a convening space for the cultural community. During its inaugural year, the BACC partnered with the City of Bridgeport in launching the Mayor's Neighborhood Arts & Heritage Grants program thus further realizing its citywide mission to support creative endeavors everywhere in the city.

"The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council is grateful to have the Fairfield County Community Foundation's continued endorsement for our initiatives, which enables us to fulfill our goals to organize programs, promote Bridgeport's arts and cultural groups, advocate on cultural issues, and partner with other like-minded organizations," shares Executive Director Marianne Brunson Frisch.

Both Bridgeporters and suburban audiences are increasingly visiting the restored Historic Arcade and surrounding downtown attractions of which the BACC is now an exciting feature. The Bridgeport Arts + Cultural Council is At the Arcade, 1001-12 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut.