Entries for December 2009

What does it mean to you when someone makes a promise? According to a specific definition, a promise is a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something…it is a vow. Sometimes promises are made lightly with no real follow-through; but’ if sticking to the pure definition of the word, promises are never to be broken. How does this relate to the Community Foundation?...

It’s that time of year!The Chautauqua Region Community Foundation is distributing a “sleigh full of gifts” to our local organizations.  The Foundation has made a list and checked it twice, and this month we will have delivered over $385,000 in grants to 65 charitable organizations and churches...

Christmas has become so commercial.  Even before Halloween is over and before we have had a chance to think about Thanksgiving, it seems as though we are exposed to the Christmas giving whirlwind which has become traditional of the festive season.  What has happened to the true meaning of the holiday and the real spirit of Christmas giving...

Dear Friends,

Daily, we are intrigued by the diversity of donors who commit to the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.  Each fund at the Foundation, like the individual who created it, has a personality of its own.  Matching each donor’s unique interests to that of a community need is our role, as administrators, to the over 500 charitable funds housed at the Foundation...