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Chautauqua County officials have worked diligently to clear legal and other details to allow “Friends of Chautauqua County Greenways” to maintain the existing trails of the financially challenged County parks system.

This volunteer group, concerned with the well-being of all the County’s natural recreational assets has established a non-endowed fund at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation. 

It has been over 60 years since World War II and the Holocaust.  To survivors these historic events remain real and ever-present; but for some others, sixty years makes the War and the Holocaust seem part of ancient history...

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...

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...

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...

It was about this time of year in 1994 when Mr. Richard O. Hartley of Lakewood contacted the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation to create a new fund to benefit the youth of the community. Through his generosity, the Richard O. Hartley Safe House Fund for Chautauqua County was created...

On Thursday, Oct 15th, the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation hosted a luncheon to say “thank you” to those folks who belong to the Foundation’s Legacy Society. Those in attendance included: Gladys Peterson, David “Skip” Axelson, and Joyce Axelson.  Prior to joining the Legacy Society, these individuals established a fund in honor or in memory of people in their lives...

The name “Mac” McCoy in Chautauqua County has, for many years, been synonymous with senior advocacy. While growing up, Mac would spend quality time with the older members of his family.  He would read the paper out loud to his grandfather who had poor vision and brought meals to him, brightening up his day with laughter. As an adult, he was tireless in his champion for the rights and proper care of the elderly of our County and then our State...

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, “One-fourth of America’s population lives in rural areas.  …rural residents have higher poverty rates, a larger percentage of elderly, have a tendency to be poorer in health, have fewer doctors, hospitals and other health resources, and face more difficulty getting to health services...” 

Throughout the year and for many years, 30 years to be precise,  the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation has consistently provided area organizations monetary support on special projects and needs. It is like Christmas all year long!  The Foundation has monthly Field of Interest grants, yearly Community Service grants, scholarships and designated funds which receive annual support as deemed by the donors…