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Robert Welborn bequeathed his house and car to the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, which in turn used the profits from the sale of the house to fund a $300,000 endowment scholarship fund and donate to other local organizations.

The fund will provide scholarships to students from Routt and Moffat counties who attend a trade or vocational school or who pursue a career in engineering or the sciences, which were interests of Welborn’s.

Welborn’s car was given to Hayden’s student technical education center, where junior and senior students from the area practiced mechanical repairs on the vehicle and then sold the car to purchase tools and equipment for the center.

“The gifts from Robert Welborn allow our vocational program to function as the best high school shop in the Valley,” Hayden High School career and technical education director Kevin Klecker said in a release.

He was a “quiet individual” in the community who had minimal interaction with the foundation, other than setting up the legacy gift, according to Yampa Valley Community Foundation Executive Director Mark Andersen.

Some of Weldon’s gift was given to Yampa Valley High School, an alternative school within the Steamboat Springs School District.

Lanny Keller: The pitfalls of being the go-to leader | Columnists | The Advocate Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The Baton Rouge Area Foundation can’t win them all and that’s too bad for Baton Rouge, because it’s been right most of the time over the past couple of decades.

A sharply polarized political culture isn’t up to the task of agreement, and with problems of growth getting more complex and solutions to Baton Rouge’s problems potentially more expensive for taxpayers, the achievement of BRAF head John Davies’ laudable ambitions for the city depend on whether the political leadership can make the most of BRAF’s intellectual leadership.

“We’ve helped in a small way to advance a progressive agenda for Baton Rouge,” Davies told Advocate reporters Rebekah Allen and Andrea Gallo in their wide-ranging balls-and-strikes report on BRAF’s initiatives. A breakfast table with Holden and Walter Monsour for the city-parish government, Davies and John Spain for BRAF, Stephen Moret for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber that was a lot of clout over scrambled eggs.

BRAF can be, in the current cliche, a thought leader, but it can’t do much about political cowardice and cranky voters.

BRAF can help sell the concepts; it is funding visits to Baton Rouge by experts and providing analysis that is invaluable.

Baton Rouge is particularly fortunate to have had Davies thank you, John and Virginia Noland, who recruited him a generation ago but even BRAF’s policy acumen isn’t up to solving every problem. That BRAF is called in when a difficult situation comes up such as the closure of the Mid City emergency room, about which BRAF’s knowledge is probably limited is not a measure of BRAF’s clout.

Community Financial Credit Union Partners with Community Foundation in Plymouth and Ann… Community Financial Credit Union Partners with Community Foundation in Plymouth and Ann Arbor to Award Scholarships

PLYMOUTH, Mich., March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Community Financial Scholarship Fund, in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Plymouth (CFP) and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF), will be awarding 17 individual $1,000 scholarships to deserving college bound members in southeast and northern Michigan in April.

Community Financial administers the two scholarship funds in honor of Margaret Dunning and George Lawton, individuals who epitomize the credit union’s “People Helping People” philosophy.

Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, membership in Community Financial Credit Union is open to anyone who lives, works, worships, or attends school in 23 Michigan counties. With more than 50,000 members, Community Financial provides financial services to members at 10 branch locations and through a variety of automated and online services.

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Report: Akron and Summit County population will continue getting older, while childhood poverty limits youth | cleveland.com Report: Akron and Summit County population will continue getting older, while childhood poverty limits youth Food insecurity is one of five issues in Akron and Summit County addressed in a report by the Akron Community Foundation

AKRON, Ohio — Akron’s population is getting older, while a persistently impoverished younger population may face challenges in the workplace.

The aging population and struggling younger people could put more financial strain on Summit County, according to the Akron Community Foundation‘s 2015 Report. Income tax collection peaks in the 45-60 age range, and residents 60 and older are expected to outnumber children in the next five years.

The report was not all bad news: each segment highlighted positive developments in each category of employment, poverty, transportation, food security and aging.

Low wages persist in Summit County

Wages in Summit County are persistently low, and many of the county’s jobs are in the service sector.

“Four of Summit County’s top five employment sectors have average wages that are below the area’s median income.”

This means that a large number of jobs in the county pay less than what half of the county’s residents are making.

Persistent childhood poverty

According to the report, 39 percent of children in Summit County, or about 8,400 kids, are currently living in poverty.

Programs to provide better opportunities for children living in poverty are also scarce, with 2.5 children in the county for every space in a preschool program.

The report credited the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority for providing early care to 3,000 at-risk children.

Food security increases

The number of people on the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, has increased 95 percent in the last 10 years.

Payouts to those relying on food assistance have started to decline, however, falling 7.5 percent in the last two years.

The report says that there is not enough local information on food insecurity, meaning that targeting the problem may be difficult.

The foundation commended a grant-driven effort by the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank to conduct more extensive research into local food insecurity.

Poor people struggle to find transportation

While 70 percent of jobs in Summit County are accessible by some sort of public transportation, only 21 percent of people can reach a typical job within 90 minutes, using the county’s current public transportation.

This makes it more difficult for already impoverished residents to find suitable jobs that match their skills and maximize the amount they are able to earn. transportation become more of a social equity issue.”

Aging population an emerging economic threat

By 2020 the number of people 60 and older in Summit County will exceed the number of people under the age of 18. Not only will this challenge the county’s elderly care facilities, it could have financial consequences as well.

While childhood poverty will continue to challenge young people to find high paying jobs, an increasing number of retired citizens will be paying less in income taxes.

CCCF Youth Advisory Council accepting grant applications – News – Sault Ste. Sault Ste. The Chippewa County Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) is accepting grant applications to fund youth focused projects/programs.Funds are available through the Youth Enrichment Endowment held at the Chippewa County Community Foundation. Interest earned from the endowed fund is awarded as grants to fund projects and programs that improve the quality of life for Chippewa County youth.The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) was designed to train young people in decision making skills, to commit resources for youth projects and programs, and to involve youth in both volunteerism and philanthropy. Youth members are trained to review and evaluate grants.The Chippewa Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to investing in the community by providing scholarships and grants to community projects and organizations.To download the grant application, go to Chippewa County Community Foundation’s website www.cccf4good4ever.org. Sault Ste. ” Comment or view comments

The Northern New York Community Foundation wants to get the word out about grant funding that’s available to help plant trees and offer music.

Music:

The foundation is inviting non-profit organizations or government entities to apply for up to $20,000 in grant funding for any live orchestral music performances to be held in the Watertown area.

The concerts must take place after September 1, 2015, but before July 31, 2016.

The fund is made possible through the Community Foundation’s orchestral music endowment for Watertown area performances.

Last year, along with additional support from the Community Foundation’s board-designated grantmaking fund, organizations such as the Orchestra of Northern New York, Trinity Concert Series, Northern Choral Society and the Sackets Harbor Vocal Ensemble received grant funding for their performances.

The deadline to submit a grant application for consideration is no later than April 17, 2015.

Tree Planting in City of Watertown:

The foundation encourages any non-profit organization or government entity to apply for up to $3,000 in grant funding for tree planting initiatives in the city of Watertown.

The mission of the Girl Scouts is to build girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Gillian Goodrich, a Birmingham philanthropist and Mountain Brook resident, exemplifies those qualities, Girl Scout officials said.

The Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama announced their 2015 Women of Distinction earlier this year, naming Goodrich the recipient of the prestigious Mildred Bell Johnson Lifetime Achievement Award.

“She is a true Girl Scout,” said Hannah Wallace, director of communications and marketing for the GSNCA. Even my husband was an Eagle Scout.”

After graduating from Converse College and earning a master’s degree from the University of Alabama, Goodrich began teaching history at the high school and collegiate levels.

When Goodrich left the teaching field, she began serving her community as the charitable contributions coordinator for Protective Life Insurance Co.

Since then, she has served on the boards of directors for several local organizations, including the McWane Science Center, Children’s of Alabama and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham.

In 2008, she and her family started the Mike and Gillian Goodrich Charitable Foundation. “You have to do everything to make that community livable.”

The Goodrich Foundation also lends its help to restoration projects, like the historic Lyric Theater in downtown Birmingham, and cultural companies such as the Alabama Ballet.

Goodrich said her advice to young women seeking to serve their communities is not to help for your own peace of mind but to help because you truly want to.

“Think not of what you can do for them, but of what would actually help them the most,” Goodrich said.

On Friday, seven Kansas City area women will be inducted into the new Starr Women’s Hall of Fame at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

The Hall of Fame honors outstanding women, living and dead, from all walks of life, to preserve the history of their accomplishments and to inspire other women, UMKC said in a news release.

The induction will be at an 11:30 a.m.

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