Entries for January 2010

As most of our local students who are seniors enter their last semester of high school, their focus is exploring their future opportunities. Many of these students are preparing to continue their education in some capacity.  They are visiting colleges, submitting college applications, filling out FAFSA forms and discussing their futures with family and friends...

 We are the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation— an independent philanthropic organization that serves the Chautauqua Region.  As a Foundation, we apply a variety of creative approaches to support local students, development efforts, and sustain community nonprofit organizations.  Our mission?  “…to enrich the quality of life in the Chautauqua Region”...

Elizabeth Warner was born in Jamestown in 1866.  She was a woman with a dream for the future of Jamestown’s women. The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation has been a component in making that dream come true.Miss Elizabeth Warner was a beautiful young woman who had completed her formal education at Miss Brown’s Finishing School...

Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays have passed and the decorations and gifts are put away, we look all around us and realize that the most precious gift we may have been given was that gift of time with family and friends...

It only happens once a year. Applications for the Karl Peterson Fund/Lynn Foundation Fund are presently being accepted by the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. The deadline to submit a request is January 31st...