by Laura giammattei | Dec 21, 2020 | Donor Highlight, Donor Stories, Fund Highlight, News and Notes, Scholarships
David Maves was a pillar of the Menomonie community. He not only taught as an 8th grade social studies teacher at Menomonie Middle School for 33 years, he was a person just about anyone could go to for advice, guidance or simply just companionable conversation. David...
by Georgina Tegart | Jun 13, 2017 | Donor Highlight
Byron and Catherine Olson established a Field of Interest fund at the Community Foundation by bequest to help those who may have fallen through the cracks receive the medical care or services they need. In 2016, the fund supported the Wisconsin Dental Association’s...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Donor Highlight, Press
The Community Foundation Board of Directors will be meeting on March 18th to consider this year’s biannual distribution of the Common Good Fund’s earnings. This year the Board has over $100,000 in grant requests for funding aimed at projects and charities working...
by admin | Feb 13, 2015 | Donor Highlight
The word philanthropy comes from a Greek word that means, “love for humanity.† For the week leading up to Valentine’s Day we will be highlighting a story from the community each day. When the Dunn County Community Center and Ice Hockey Arena needed to undergo...