For further information: Batavia RSVP, Inc. 327 W Wilson St, Batavia IL 60510 (630) 406-9993 RSVPBatavia@gmail.com Smoke And Carbon Monoxide Detectors Purchased The Batavia Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), Inc. has received a grant from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. This grant will help with the purchase of smoke and carbon monoxide… Read more…
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Pregnancy Information Center Receives $10K Grant From Community Foundation
For further information: Beverly Callison, Executive Director Pregnancy Information Center of Aurora, Inc. (630) 896-8600 ext. 11 bev@rupregnant.com Roof Replacement Pregnancy Information Center (PIC), a local nonprofit organization, was recently awarded a $10,000 grant from The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. PIC works to empower women and men to make life affirming choices… Read more…
Oswegoland Seniors, Inc. Receives $5.5K Grant From Community Foundation
The Beacon-News New Senior Center Sign Is Great Help To All We would like to thank the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley for awarding the Oswego Senior Center a grant to purchase a sign for the outside of our building identifying us as the “Oswego Senior Center” and new software and hardware for… Read more…
Kendall County PADS Receives $6.5K Grant From Community Foundation
For further information: Anne Engelhardt, Executive Director PADS of Kendall County (630) 553-5073 Kendall County PADS (Public Action to Deliver Shelter) is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a grant from the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. The grant of $6,519 will be applied to the capital costs of starting… Read more…
Garfield Farm Scholarship Within Community Foundation
Elburn Herald Garfield Farm Museum announces scholarship CAMPTON HILLS—Garfield Farm Museum announced its annual $2,000 scholarship for graduate studies in museum administration, which now includes historic archaeology. Applications must be made by Monday, Jan. 31. The Garfield Farm Museum Historic Administration Scholarship Fund has been established within the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley.… Read more…
Project Mobility Receives $10K Grant From Community Foundation
For further information: Tamara Simmons 630-762-9807 projectmobility@gmail.com Project Mobility: Providing Freedom and Independence through adaptive cycling for those with disabilities. St. Charles, Illinois - Project Mobility, a non-profit organization, has been working with children, adults, and soldiers with disabilities since 2002. We provide freedom and independence through our adaptive cycling camps, clinics, and workshops. We… Read more…
CASA Kane County Receives $500K Grant From Dunham Fund
Chicago Tribune - triblocal.com - Geneva By Courtney Laverty CASA Kane County, a local nonprofit organization serving abused and neglected children in Juvenile Court, was recently awarded a $500,000 grant from The Dunham Fund in support of its planned Grow a Healthy Child Program & Operational Endowment Campaign. The first $100,000 represents an outright lead… Read more…
Lucille Halfvarson – A Tribute
Chicago Tribune November 11, 2010 By Joan Giangrasse Kates, Special to the Tribune Lucille R. Halfvarson, 1919-2010 Longtime music teacher staged 'Messiah' in Aurora For years, music teacher and local church choir director Lucille R. Halfvarson taught private voice lessons in her living room. Then she took her act to a bigger stage. "It… Read more…
Community Foundation Week Promotes Local Support
Dear Editor, The season of giving is a time to reflect on the great needs that persist in our communities and our determination to be a part of their solution. That is an important part of our work at the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley. Too many of our young people do not… Read more…
Lucille Halfvarson – A One-Woman Show
The Beacon-News November 10, 2010 By Stephanie Lulay slulay@stmedianetwork.com A One-Woman Show AURORA — Lucille Halfvarson is remembered by all who knew her as a woman who spent her life serving the Aurora arts community. Halfvarson, 91, died Monday in Hayward, Wis. She perhaps is most well known for organizing and directing 25 years of… Read more…