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DayOneNetwork Receives $6K Grant From Community Foundation

For further information:
Joyce Helander
DayOneNetwork
1551 East Fabyan Parkway, Geneva, IL 60134
(630) 879-2277

Outdated Computers To Be Replaced

DayOneNetwork is so grateful to have received approval for a grant from the Community Foundation of Fox River Valley in the amount of $6,075 for computers and computer equipment.  This grant enables DayOne to replace outdated equipment and software as well as replace equipment that is at capacity.  With state budgets cuts, staff has had to serve higher caseloads and have had to make sacrifices to maintain quality services.  The Foundation grant will help improve working conditions and provide staff with up-to-date technology to do their jobs more effectively and efficiently.

DayOne is a non-for-profit, community agency located in Geneva serving children and adults with developmental delays and/or disabilities in our service area (Kane and Kendall Counties and Hanover Township of Cook County).  The agency serves as the “front door” to the service delivery system “to find solutions” and “to make connections” for children and adults with special needs in order to access needed services and supports.  In the past year, DayOne served over 3200 children and adults.

“We are thankful to the Community Foundation of Fox River Valley and its Board in providing the funds to purchase the needed computer equipment, said Joyce Helander, Executive Director of DayOneNetwork.  It means a great deal to have the Foundation as a valuable resource to the non-for-profit community.”  The Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt, philanthropic organization that administers individuals charitable funds from which grants and scholarships are distributed to benefit the citizens of the Greater Aurora Area, Southern Kane County and Kendall County, Illinois. Their website is www.CommunityFoundationFRV.org.

For more information about DayOneNetwork services or volunteering opportunities, please contact Adrienne LeFevre at 630-879-2277 x114 or visit our website at www.dayonenetwork.org.

Grant funds from the Community Foundation helped provide updated technology. These upgrades were transformative. By creating new time saving processes, it turned us into a more efficient organization.

Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry

Grantee

Education is important to us. We support causes that touch our lives and align with our values. We believe in paying it forward. We are here for a short time,, and it is the next generation that will take on what we leave behind.

Michelle Emanuel

Donor and Past Scholarship Recipient

Give your gift of time and see what it means to the people you impact. Helping others is what life is all about.

Neal Ormond

Donor & Fund Advisor

YEP has made me realize the importance of being involved in my community, and how to make a difference. There are a lot of problems in the world but if we can do everything that we can to help the world will become a better place. YEP has helped me realize this and encouraged me to help more people in the future.

Madi Porter

YEP Member

I am incredibly grateful for the generosity of the Zari Foundation Scholarship and the Community Foundation in supporting my education. I am majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace engineering at the Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology. In my spare time, I volunteer on campus, in the community and I’m also the principal violist in the symphony orchestra. I hope to make an impact on the next chapter of space exploration by eventually working at a groundbreaking aerospace company such as SpaceX or NASA.

Taytum Newell

Albert M. Zari Scholarship Recipient

Being a part of the Community Foundation scholarship committee is the highlight of my year. For many, a scholarship from the CFFRV is the reason they are able to continue reaching for their dreams and changing the future of our world. I hope each recipients knows just how inspirational they are to those of us who are lucky enough to read their stories.

Jessica Breugelmans

Scholarship Committee Member and Board Member

YEP was a great experience to have in high school. I became a more confident person, someone with a lot more perspective. Coming from a small school, YEP allowed me to branch out into my community, meet students from other schools, and learn about their backgrounds. I made some great friends and still keep in touch with them today.

Abby Vagnoni

YEP Alumni

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