Entries for February 2010

Music Scholarship applications are now being accepted by the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation.  Nine special music scholarship funds, administered by the Foundation, provide financial assistance to those seeking music instruction or a career in music. Scholarships are available for musicians in kindergarten through graduate school.  Note deadline dates vary per fund...

Did you know that the leading source of college scholarships in the area is the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation?  In 2009, the Foundation distributed over $869,000 in scholarships to 770 area students. This represents an increase of 15% of the number of students who received financial assistance compared to the previous year...  

Valentine’s Day seems to be an appropriate time to think about those special individuals and places we hold dear to our hearts. In his amiable way, Stanley Weeks undeniably demonstrated his great love for his wife, Sarita and of his community by establishing several funds at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation... 
 

Tom Brokaw coined the phrase “The Greatest Generation” when he penned his book with the same title.  In it, he recounted numerous stories about a generation of Americans who came of age during the most turbulent time in the United States’ history.  They lived through the Great Depression and the Second World War...