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Organizing Your Life Files - United Senior Council
Sunday, October 05, 2008 -
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The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is delighted to be a participant in the United Senior Council’s “Organizing Your Life Files” Seminar on Wednesday, October 15th, 9:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M., at the Park United Methodist Church in Sinclairville...
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Carl Cappa & Creating an Enduring Gift
Sunday, September 28, 2008 -
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Carl Cappa was a kind and generous man. He was born and raised in Jamestown, the oldest child of hard working Italian immigrants. Like his parents, he had a strong work ethic and strived to do his best with whatever project he undertook. This served him and his commitment to his community well...
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Planting Trees Now...Forever
Sunday, September 21, 2008 -
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As you drive into the City of Jamestown via Third Street, what is the first thing you notice? Perhaps, a more specific location is needed. How about the corridor of Third Street that runs from Hallock Street to Hall Avenue and includes landmarks such as Lind’s Funeral Home, the Warner Home, and Bethel Lutheran Church? For most people, the giant oak trees that line the street would be the first things that come to mind...
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Flexible Funds Support the Humane Society
Sunday, September 21, 2008 -
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Squeaky, Ladybug, Frosty, Gunther, Lucy, Trigger, Pepper. Last year, these cats and dogs and 85 others from the Humane Society found their forever homes with the help of a Community Service Grant from the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation...
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Stacey Boltz Palasek Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sunday, September 21, 2008 -
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Honoring the memory of someone who has passed on is one of the purposes for establishing memorial funds with the Community Foundation. Donors can honor the loved one lost, knowing their gift is benefiting the community in his /her name. One new fund at the Community Foundation that fits this purpose is the Stacey Boltz Palasek Memorial Scholarship Fund...
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Your Life Story, Your Legacy
Sunday, September 14, 2008 -
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I have noticed in my short tenure as the Fenton History Center Director that our personal legacies make themselves known around the same time we receive our AARP card. In order to leave a legacy, you need a few years under your belt, a variety of life expenses, and dreams for the future. Maturity gives us the eyes to see why our past is important to future generations...
Labor Day Festival and CRCF
Sunday, August 31, 2008 -
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Have you made plans to attend today’s Labor Day Festival at Bergman Park? For the past 28 years, the City of Jamestown Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department has sponsored this event, which allows the community to join together for a day of musical entertainment, fun with friends and ends with an awe-inspiring display of fireworks...
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Roger Tory Peterson’s 100th Birthday
Sunday, August 24, 2008 -
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The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation awards grants to a large number of not-for-profit organizations. In each case, grant making is an effort to fulfill our respective missions. Community Service Funds were not established to meet any specific purpose, but to allow the Foundation’s Board to direct grants to events, projects or programs in the area. Such was the case when the Board approved a recent grant to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute...
Traditions!
Sunday, August 17, 2008 -
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Our area is endowed with a rich sense of tradition. On any given weekend, one can find local festivals, sporting events, and family gatherings throughout the county. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, through their Community Service Funds has the opportunity to support these local events. Community Service Funds assist with the current and future needs of our area. This type of grant is unrestricted in nature - meaning that these funds may be used to benefit a wide variety of charitable projects or needs with the approval of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. This is by far the most flexible and powerful tool available to the Foundation to address the needs of the community...
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Laurie Baer Olympic Hopeful Fund
Sunday, August 10, 2008 -
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The 2008 Summer Olympics are upon us. Officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, this international, multi-sport event is being held in
Beijing. As we look forward to witnessing the amazing feats of athletes from all over the world, and even follow with interest local hopeful Jean Stuczynski competing in the women’s pole vault event, thoughts come to mind of a fund that was established at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation just for local Olympic hopefuls...,
People's Republic of China, until
August 24,
2008.
Randolph and the McLaughlin Family Fund
Sunday, August 03, 2008 -
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It’s summertime and local organizations are offering wonderful activities. In Jamestown, there are concerts in Allen Park, summer recreation programs in many of the playgrounds, baseball at the Babe Ruth World Series and downtown events all summer long. These activities and many more are, in part, made possible by the generous donors to the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation...
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We Love Lucy, Too!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 -
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On any given day, one can ride through downtown Jamestown and see the mural depicting Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) testing “Vitameatavegamin”. It is a little known fact that “Vitameatavegamin,” the health tonic Lucy promoted in a TV commercial featured in one of the “I Love Lucy” episodes–included vitamins, meat, vegetables and minerals and 23% alcohol. The episode is a classic...
Returning to College? Scholarship Applications Due 7-15
Sunday, July 06, 2008 -
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For the past 10 years, according to “Trends in College Pricing,” college costs rose faster than the rate of inflation. There's no denying the fact that college costs are rising. But there is good news. The word “scholarship” has become synonymous with Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. The staff is presently accepting scholarship applications from returning college students...
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One of Two-Hundred Fourteen Scholarships
Sunday, June 22, 2008 -
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It is officially the summer season! A time we all like to slow down, take everything a little less seriously. Au contraire! Here at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, it is scholarship time. A very busy season and we take the process very seriously. Over the next few months, staff and volunteers will pour over each one of the student scholarship applications, matching the student’s profile with the criteria of one of the 214 different scholarship funds administered by the Foundation...
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Field of Interest – Panama Central School
Sunday, June 15, 2008 -
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Remember your thrill the day you received your new two-wheeler? As you learned how to ride with confidence, the training wheels were taken off and you pedaled away on your own. Then, you headed to a friend’s house without asking for a ride. You felt all grown up. It was your first “Independence Day”...
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