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Community Foundation gives record number of grants

The Valley Community Foundation“>Lehigh Valley Community Foundation has awarded nearly $300,000 in Community Partnership grants to 33 nonprofits, an all-time high for the organization, according to a news release.

The Lehigh Gap Nature Center received a $20,000 grant to support the Collaborative Conservation Landscape Initiative program; the Lehigh Valley Leader in Me Fund received a $10,000 grant to support the implementation and continuation of the Leader in Me program in local elementary schools; the Da Vinci Science Center received a $20,000 first-year grant to provide STEM mentoring; the State Theatre Center for the Arts of Easton received a $10,000 first-year grant for the Freddy Awards; Pinebrook Family Answers received a $12,500 first-year grant for its nonprofit merger of Family Answers and Pinebrook Family Services.

Multi-year grants are reviewed annually by the foundation. Grant applications are available on the foundation website

Azzur Labs and Azzur Consulting announce new location

Azzur Consulting, a compliance and consulting organization dedicated to helping life science companies succeed, and Azzur Labs, a premier analytical laboratory headquartered in the Lehigh Valley, recently announced the opening of a new location in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina.

This joint venture located in Cary, NC facilitates the pairing of consulting services with analytical services that streamlines the outsourcing process and provides indispensable and unique services to the area.

Valley Youth House receives grant

Valley Youth House recently received a Community Partnership grant of $19,000 from the Valley Community Foundation“>Lehigh Valley Community Foundation to support the Allentown Synergy Project Street Outreach Program.

NPS alumna headlines foundation luncheon – Norman Transcript: Education Joe Siano introduces instructional coach and NPSF grant recipient Jennifer Toperzer to the Norman Public School Foundation during their annual luncheon Tuesday at Sarkeys Foundation Conference Center in Norman.

Norman High alumna and Dateline staff member Katie Blum speaks Tuesday to the Norman Public School Foundation during their annual luncheon at Sarkeys Foundation Conference Center in Norman.

The Norman Public School Foundation heard from Norman Public School Alumna and Dateline staff member Katie Blum during its annual luncheon at the Sarkeys Foundation Conference Center.

Blum was preceded byA Norman Public SchoolsA Superintendent Joe Siano and Jennifer Toperzer, an instructional coach and NPSF grant recipient.

Blum entered media classes at Norman High and developed an interest in television, which would drive her through broadcast school at OU, a semester at NYU, an internship with NBC and eventually a staff position with aDateline.a

Blum credits her success with her experience at Norman High School, more than any other factor.

aIf it wasnat for the Norman Public School Foundation, I probably wouldnat be where I am today,a she said.

Shawnee Educational Foundation: Rainbolt inducted into Hall of Fame – News – The Shawnee News-Star – Shawnee, OK Community figures gathered at Oklahoma Baptist University’s Geiger Center Tuesday to honor local education leaders.The Shawnee Educational Foundation, which provides grants to local teachers and recognizes successes of educators, inducted David Rainbolt into the Hall of Fame and presented Paul Milburn with the Max Brattin Award for Excellence.SEF President Shelly Welch started the evening with highlights of the grant program.”This year we were able to raise over $25,000 and award $22,000 in teacher and principal grants,” she said.Following dinner and a dessert bid, which raised more than $2,100, SEF Vice President Karen Henson introduced recipients of the 19 teacher grants and two principal grants. The achievement is bestowed to a former student of Shawnee Public Schools, or one of four local dependent schools, charged with accomplishing excellence in a certain field.”David, over the past 30 years, has given an enormous amount of his time to not only building an outstanding financial institution, but serving his community and his state,” Ford said.Rainbolt shared personal experiences with banquet attendees, noting his flaws as a young student, and reminisced about the impact specific teachers had on him.”There’s not a day, really that goes by that, at least for a brief moment, I don’t confront a situation that draws on some experience I had here in Shawnee,” Rainbolt said.The evening also included an announcement from Henson regarding foundation changes.”Shelly Welch, our president, will be rotating off of our board… mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+mainImageData_credit+”; mainImageContainerInnerHTML_sm += ”+htmlencode(mainImageData_caption)+”; $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container_sm’).css(‘width’,smimgwidth).css(‘padding’,’3px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding – 3)+’px 0 0’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container_sm’).css(‘width’,sm_img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#zoom-handle’).css(‘padding-left’,(mainImageData_leftPadding + 3)+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-caption-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px 0 0 ‘+mainImageData_leftPadding+’px’); $(‘#art-main-image-credit-container’).css(‘width’,img.width).css(‘padding’,’5px ‘+(mainImageData_leftPadding)+’px 0 0’);

The funds have been used to help nearly 60 small businesses, as well as the Normandy Schools Collaborative, the Ferguson-Florissant School District, the Riverview Gardens School District and the Jennings School District.

Kathy Osborn, executive director of the RBC, said the fund had “grown beyond our expectations.”

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Tracy Harbold is the new executive director of the Upper Arlington Community Foundation. Buy This PhotoLORRIE CECIL/THISWEEKNEWSTracy Harbold is the new executive director of the Upper Arlington Community Foundation.

An Upper Arlington transplant who has spent her career in fundraising is ready to take on the community’s next “signature” project, just one month after taking the helm at the Upper Arlington Community Foundation.

Tracy Harbold was hired last month as the full-time executive director of the Upper Arlington Community Foundation, a local nonprofit that seeks to enrich the community through capital campaigns, providing grants, beautification projects and managing public donations.

Since its establishment in 2004, the UACF has raised and donated more than $1 million to local projects and initiatives, including the restoration of the Amelita Mirolo Barn at Sunny 95 Park, new playgrounds for local children and support of a variety of cultural arts endeavors.

In addition to day-to-day operations, the next UACF priority is the redevelopment of Northam Park.

The city plans to spend upwards of $10 million to improve drainage, parking, athletic fields and other park amenities, while Upper Arlington schools will contribute approximately $5 million.

The UACF is expected to launch a capital campaign to fund a variety of garden spaces at the park, and possibly a public recreation facility that could feature two gymnasiums, a walking track, cardio-exercise space and locker rooms.

That’s where Harbold, with her years of fundraising expertise, is expected to step in.

“I report to a fabulous foundation board and they have decided they want the foundation’s focus to be supporting the efforts of the city and schools,” Harbold said. That’s what we want to do.”

While a design for the park’s redevelopment still must be completed, the UACF has begun a fundraising feasibility study it hopes to finish this spring.

“The Upper Arlington Community Foundation is excited about the opportunity to modernize Northam and we believe the members of our fine community are ready to invest with us in making the park more functional, attractive and inviting,” said Greg Guy, chairman of the foundation’s board of trustees.

The feasibility study will give the organization a better picture of how much money can be raised, but it’s estimated that $7 million will be needed to complete the amenities targeted by the UACF.

Harbold said she’s been in fundraising since about 1991.

A Michigan native, she worked as a development assistant and manager in various departments at Michigan State University from 1993 to 1999.

In July 1999, Harbold moved to Columbus to work at Ohio State University, where she was a manager of the Wexner Center Foundation and an assistant development director for the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine. “She comes to this position with much professional experience in fundraising, public relations and management.”

Despite her years in fundraising, the UACF position offers Harbold her first chance to lead a capital campaign, something she said helped her decide to take the job.

Other factors, she said, were the strength of the UACF board of trustees and the chance to “use my skill set to help the community I love.”

“Fundraising is all about relationship-building,” Harbold said.

annual Hobart spaghetti dinner is Thursday : Hobart Community News annual Hobart spaghetti dinner is ThursdayLinda Kolarik
Times Columnist Wine, beer and soft drinks are available for an extra charge.

Raffle tickets offer a chance to win cash.

The Hobart Community Foundation uses dinner proceeds to fund grants to Hobart nonprofit entities. Friday at Hobart’s First United Methodist Church.

Learn about government benefits available.

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LOWVILLE The Copenhagen Central School district, in conjunction with the Northern New York Community Foundation, has established an educational foundation to help enhance programs and services at the school.

“The potential of our foundation is limitless, and I know this will be something that will benefit the entire Copenhagen school community for many years to come,” district Superintendent Scott N. Connell said the idea for the Copenhagen Central School District Educational Foundation actually came when he recently purchased a life insurance/investment policy and was asked to name a charity that could be a 10 percent beneficiary. Richardson, the Community Foundation’s executive director, whose organization was able to help form an educational foundation that could be named as such a beneficiary, he said.

The foundation also historically has strong investment returns, so any gifts to the fund should multiply in value over the years, Mr. Connell said.

And, given the school’s strong alumni association, current and past community members may be interested in a more official way to give back to the school, he said.

With the addition of Copenhagen, the Northern New York Community Foundation now has formal partnerships with 15 school districts in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties, many of which also involve long-term stewardship of endowed scholarship funds.

Copenhagen is the first Lewis County district to establish such a foundation, although Mr. Richardson said officials at the Lowville Academy and Central School which already has several endowment funds administered by the Community Foundation are also considering one.

Individuals, families, organizations, businesses and alumni interested in obtaining additional information regarding the Copenhagen Central School District Educational Foundation can contact the Community Foundation at 782-7110.

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