Campus Community Campaign looks to students for raising funds – The Rotunda Online : News Campus Community Campaign looks to students for raising funds

The Campus Community Campaign has just come to a close after two weeks of fundraising in the hopes of receiving private funding for Longwood.

The campaign previously known as the Faculty and Staff Campaign has just this year opened up to receive donations from students in the hopes of motivating students who are currently at Longwood to get more involved rather than just alumni.

In addition to trying to increase donations by adding students, the campaign has extended their donation period from one week in years past to two weeks.

In this yearas campaign, there have been marketing strategies which included using signs displaying philanthropy statistics for students to easily read to and from class, as well as aPhilanthropy Mattersa banners and bows on the inside and outside of buildings.

The main strategy in raising funds by students was to appeal to the senior class, which is currently fundraising for their senior class gift. Tim Pierson, the vice president for Student Affairs, sent out a mass email to all Longwood students asking for a donation of $5 and explained the impact which it could make for the university.

In this yearas campaign, an alum has offered to match minimums of $5 donations from students in the effort to entice more students to donate.

Last Thursday, February 26, some students wore blue ribbons to signify that they have benefited from private funding through a scholarship and wouldnat be attending Longwood without the donation.

This day will also be in association with the Campus Community Campaign and will go towards not only the senior class gift but towards participation for each class in the campaign statistics as well.

Midlothian resident wins art competition

Midlothian resident Jess Hellerstein’s digital artwork, “Bike with Yellow Basket,” has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Foundation Art Award by the John Tyler Community College Foundation Board.

“I was walking around historic Charleston, taking pictures of the street, and I snapped a photo of a bicycle that just caught my eye,” Hellerstein said. Once the winning entry is chosen, an image of it is converted into a poster and into cards, which are used by the foundation and college.

The award winner receives $250, a framed and matted copy of the poster and additional posters for her portfolio.

In addition to Hellerstein, the following students were finalists for the 2016 award: Cecile Amos, Shaquan Herring, Deanna Mutz, Kiersten Russo, Terry Lynn Smith, Katrina Tilbury, D’andre Washington and Robert Wynne.

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C&F Mortgage Corp. and C&F Bank in Midlothian are holding a food drive to benefit the Chesterfield Food Bank.

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Exploring how energy policies, climate change affect air quality and our health Exploring how energy policies, climate change affect air quality and our health

A new interdisciplinary science team, led by experts from Yale and Johns Hopkins universities and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, will study how power generation trends, climate change, and public policy interact to affect air quality.

To help unravel this environmental puzzle, the EPA has awarded a five-year, $10 million grant to establish a new Solutions for Energy, Air, Climate and Health Center, based at Yale and co-led by Johns Hopkins.

To understand the impact of these changes and then advise policymakers on how to address them, the center will call on the expertise of researchers from a diverse range of fields, including public health, sensor development, biostatistics, climate science, and energy use projections.

Stillwater Medical Center Foundation ending Stillwater Strong fund – ocolly.com : News Stillwater Medical Center Foundation ending Stillwater Strong fund

Efforts to raise money for the Stillwater Strong fund are ending, and a local nonprofit has been told to distribute the money to avoid future image issues, the director of the nonprofit said.

The Stillwater Medical Center Foundation has raised about $485,000 in the past four months to financially assist the victims of the Oklahoma State homecoming parade crash Oct.

He said the money in the fund will most likely be dispersed by the end of March, but 41 crash victims must pay taxes on the money because of how the foundation is dispersing the funds.

Petty said the foundation didn’t want any “lingering effects” from holding onto the money, referencing public image issues associated with the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial fund.A

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation has been criticized for not disbursing the remaining money in its funds to bombing victims.

The money will be treated as income, and Petty said the foundation canat disperse the money until W-9 forms are returned.

The Stillwater Medical Center Foundation provides support for Stillwater Medical Center-sponsored community health programs and oversees the hospitalas use of grants, according to the foundationas IRS tax form.

The Stillwater Strong fund committee decided to separate the victims into three categories, Petty said.

His stepson, Mark McNitt, said Schmitzas medical bills are nearing $1 million, and that the money from the fund will essentially be a adrop in the bucketa in the long run.A

aDisaster response groups will start raising (money) specifically for a disaster and then when the money is gone, shut it down,a Trowler said.

Nancy Anthony said if the disbursement was based on an expense such as a medical bill a victim had, the money wouldnat be deemed taxable.

John Medical Center in Tulsa said the money from the fund would help her pay almost all her medical bills.

The foundation is paying legal fees for advice sought on overseeing the fund, Petty said.

WKCF lift: Community foundation efforts remain far-reaching in region | Opinion | gctelegram.com

Western Kansans strive to make their communities better places to live.

An indomitable spirit of giving has been instrumental in helping community foundations in Kansas and beyond become difference-makers.

Community foundations a nonprofit organizations allowing donors to create permanent funds to help address local challenges and improve quality of life a assist in education, the arts, youth programs and more.

By giving cash, stocks or property, contributors to community foundations may tailor their giving to a cause they choose in the form of a one-time gift, or by establishing a legacy fund.

Locally, the Western Kansas Community Foundation reaches into 15 counties in southwest Kansas, with an impressive collection of more than 200 funds. Since its inception in 1996, the WKCF has granted several million dollars to nonprofit organizations with community-based programs.

Listings of grants distributed over the years are on the WKCF website, www.wkcf.org.

A sampling of the foundationas far-reaching impact came in a recent round of grants.

For its February grant cycle, the WKCF announced awarding more than $9,000 in grants from the Community Betterment Fund and Kansas Health Foundation Childrenas Fund, which provided the following support:

a Books and supplies for Youthvilleas aBridges Out of Povertya training

a New riding helmets, a computer and software for the Miles of Smiles therapeutic riding program

a Books and supplies for Shepherd of the Plains Foundation staff Certified Nursing Assistant training

a Vex Robotics Kits for the Garden City USD 457 Robotics programas Summer Robotics Camp

a New bicycle racks at the Finney County Administration Building, Finney County Attorneyas office and Finney County Health Department

a Funds for the Finney County Historical Societyas new Service, Immigration and Transportation exhibits

While the latest grants represent just a slice of whatas awarded each year by the WKCF, the list does offer proof of the vast array of recipients and ways to boost local quality of life.

Such assistance becomes all the more important at a time of governmental belt-tightening, and shouldnat be taken for granted.

When it comes to a community foundationas effectiveness, itas necessary to credit the dedicated staff and volunteers a and, of course, the generous folks interested in giving in a way that makes a difference for years to come.

Do you contribute to a fund through the Western Kansas Community Foundation?

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aWe have noticed that we have a lot less sales now than when we first started,a she said.

aWe donat want anyone out drinking and driving, because of course we know drinking and driving doesnat mix,a she said.

Bob Heater can be reached at bob.heater@knpn.com.

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Many residents advocated for keeping theirA current elementary school assignments Tuesday, while some promoted sending their kids to the new Grant Elementary.

Parents spoke out during an Iowa City Community School Board public hearing aimed at discussing input on elementary school boundaries, and manyA parents said the proximity of schools was a primary concern.

The hearing came after more than 60 neighborhoods participated inA the board’s new, caucus-likeA process for gathering input on changing school boundaries.A The processA calledA on parents across the school districtA to gatherA with their neighbors and fill out forms indicating their top three school choices, along with rationales.

The board received forms from neighborhoods and individuals living in the Alexander, Borlaug, Hoover, Horn, Lemme, Lincoln, Longfellow, Mann, Penn,A Van Allen, Shimek and Wickham elementary attendance zones, and the hearing allowedA participantsA to explain their choices and rationales.

The board in May plans to set boundariesA for the new Grant and Hoover elementaries, opening to their own attendance zonesA in 2019.

A classroom technology grant program is one step closer to making it across the finish line at the Utah Legislature.

That plan is intended to ensure that student achievement is the focus of any technology implementation, according to Dave Thomas, first vice chairman of the Utah State Board of Education.

Prior to the legislative session, the Utah State Board of Education requested $100 million to allow for the plan’s full implementation statewide.

“While it’s is a tremendous benefit to our students,” Utah School Boards Association President Nancy Kennedy said of the technology program, “we really need the other funding first.”

Thomas said the technology program could be scaled according to the funding it receives and how ready schools are to upgrade their technology resources.

The Association of Fundraising Professionals Oregon and Southwest Washington chapter is seeking nominations for people and organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington in the following categories:

Vollum Award for Lifetime Philanthropic Achievement.

Outstanding Philanthropist.

Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation.

Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation.

Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser.

Outstanding Innovative Project.

Outstanding Volunteer Group.

Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy.

Allan Price Award for Distinguished Service to the Fundraising Profession.

Visit www.afporegon.afpnet.org for more information along with nomination forms, which are due by April 15.

The business grew, acquired a butane truck and gave way to a new operation that became today’s “Martin Gas” companies.

Learn more of Margaret Martin’s life on Page 4A.

In a tribute from Dawn Gratton, a board member at the Kilgore Boys & Girls Club Martin readily and repeatedly assisted, “Mrs. Granted, theirs was a social relationship but one marked by Martin’s regular generosity toward the Kilgore Boys & Girls Club in addition to her family’s ongoing support.

Each interaction, DeCeault said, was an inspiration.

“She was a lady of great intellect, wit, compassion and grace, and her smile was infectious if you saw Margaret smiling you just had to smile back.”

Martin was also a consistent attendee at local veterans’ ceremonies and a regular contributor to the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce’s Mt.

“She was a very much a part of the children’s happy faces,” chamber president Cindy Morris said, “and participated in our opening ceremony every year.”

A charter member of Kilgore Improvement in Beautification Association in 1967, in November Martin challenged local school groups as she often did to participate in KIBA’s ‘Make Kilgore Shine,’ making a donation to recognize the students’ hours of community service picking up trash on local roads.

“She was always a cheerleader for the city and came to the aid of any worthwhile project that came along,” Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin said, “helped quietly without needing her picture in the paper, was always upbeat and always had a smile on her face.

“I think we can learn that regardless of your age and where you are in life you can still make a contribution and your area.”

In 2012, Martin became the fifth recipient of the Gregg County Historical Museum’s Preservation Award, recognizing the local philanthropist’s contributions throughout East Texas.

Honored in a private reception in Longview, Martin echoed the organization’s passion.

“If we don’t remember the past, we can’t plan for the future,” she said that September, modestly waving off the recognition: “It’s certainly an honor I don’t deserve.”

In another effort to highlight historical preservation, Martin donated an antique ice box to the East Texas Oil Museum in 2011, a throwback to the days of Kilgore Ice Company.

“We knew ice was on the way out at the end of World War II, because people were beginning to get their own ice makers,” Martin joked in 2012.