SCF announces 2011-12 Grant Recipients

    The Shenandoah Community Foundation announced it has awarded $48,000 to area non-profit organizations.  The grants were made possible by a generous gift to the Foundation by Woodstock Anonymous. See SCF GRANTS > RECENT GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS for a complete list and details of these grants.  Organizations receiving 2012 grants were:

A Small HandShenandoah Alliance for Shelter
Earth Korps Inc.Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging
Healthy Families- ShenandoahShenandoah County Public School
Help with Housing, Inc.Shenandoah County Free Clinic
Humane Society of Shenandoah County
Smart Beginnings, Shenandoah Valley
Mt. Olive and Shiloh UMC Enrich ProgramThe Art Group
ResponseThe Volunteer Farm
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    The deadline for qualified nonprofit organizations to submit a letter of intent is November 1 of each year. Those invited to submit full applications will be considered for a grant award in early spring of the following year. For details, See SCF GRANTS > APPLY FOR A GRANT

    Support for these grants came from unrestricted gifts by community donors as well as from the proceeds of an anonymous charitable lead trust set up by donors who wanted to help the Foundation fulfill its mission of Connecting People Who Care with Causes that Matter. While grants from restricted or donor-advised funds may support qualified charities outside of Shenandoah County, grants made from unrestricted funds are targeted to meet needs in our geographic service area.

Foundation Hires Program Coordinator

Shenandoah Community Foundation Hires Program Coordinator
The Shenandoah Community Foundation today announced that Jeanne Russell has been hired as Program Coordinator starting in January 2012. Russell is experienced in public relations, computers, and marketing. She will be coordinating and promoting the Foundation’s grant and scholarship programs as well as providing creative input to further the organization’s missions and goals and broaden its reach in the community.

 “We are very excited to welcome Jeanne aboard,” said Foundation President Jeff Dalke. “She brings a clear commitment to community service, and we believe her unique mix of experience, creativity, and skill will accelerate our organization’s momentum. Everyone here feels her arrival is a great way to start the New Year.”

Russell is active in the community and runs a creative services company that offers writing, publishing, web-building, marketing, and design. From 2006 to 2009 she co-hosted the Just Say It! Radio Show on WSVG in Mt Jackson.  Russell worked for the Federal Government and then as a government contractor before moving to Shenandoah County in December 2002.

“I am honored to be hired by such a worthwhile organization and can’t wait to get started,” says Russell.

Since its founding in 1999, the Shenandoah Community Foundation has helped over 40 donors and donor groups establish funds to support charitable causes. During 2011, it awarded over $100,000 in grants to local nonprofits and scholarships to local students. In short, the Foundation connects people who care with causes that matter in Shenandoah County, Virginia, and surrounding areas. 
 

Legacy of Service:

William C. “Ches” and Evelyn E. Lambert

    Life-saving equipment for the Woodstock Fire Department was recently purchased with a grant from the Foundation’s William C. “Ches” and Evelyn E. Lambert Fund. This fund was established by the three children of Ches and Evelyn Lambert to honor their memory and their life long support of the community they loved.

   
    A grant for $3800.00 was used to purchase a Res-Q-Jack Strut System to stabilize vehicles in crashes or other emergency incidents. WFD Captain Phil Hottel reported on the importance of this grant: “Our personnel have been trained and the rescue Q jacks have been placed on our fire engine. They were used on an accident last week with good results.  They helped us stabilize the vehicle in quick order. After additional metal removal using other tools the patients were turned over to EMS for good care and transport to hospital.” 

 

  

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Foundation Accomplishments 2011

    Over $500,000 in grants and scholarships awarded since January 2007

    $109,000 in Grants Awarded in 2011:
    • $47,000 to area nonprofit organizations as part of 4th annual unrestricted grants program
    • $48,000 in scholarship grants to county youth
    • $14,000 in additional grants to nonprofits from restricted grants program

    Service Improvements in 2011:
    • Upgraded website that is more attractive, informative, and user-friendly
    • New on-line donation capability for internet donors
    • New Facebook and Twitter social media accounts
    • 2010 annual report published and brochures revised

    Financial Growth in 2011:
    • 6.13% net asset growth for year
    • $1.689 million total net assets at year-end
    • Three new funds established for a current total of 49 funds
    • Over $17,000, or 33%, reduction in operating expenses

    New Faces in 2011:
    • Two new Board members added:  Dr. Jerry Germroth and The Honorable I. Clinton Miller
    • New Program Coordinator selected:  Jeanne Ellen Russell

    Community Outreach in 2011:
    • June reception for 2011 grant recipients honoring their organizations and service
    • Hosting of 2011 Shenandoah County Fair booth
    • Presentations to civic groups and donors about how we might help to achieve their charitable goals

    Shenandoah Community Foundation's 2010 Annual Report

    Building a Sustainable Future

        Ten years ago, several men and women of great vision saw a story unfolding in Shenandoah County, and they wanted to change the ending. They felt a community foundation was the ideal way to accomplish that.
        "Building a Sustainable Future for the Shenandoah County area...Telling Our Community Stories...Looking for Stories that Need to be Told"

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    Four Shining Stars Remembered

        The Shenandoah Community Foundation serves donors in many ways, both as an effective means to accomplish their charitable wishes in our community, but also as a way to honor and memorialize loved ones whom they feel should beremembered.
        It was our privilege to work with families and organizations during 2008 who wished to either establish new -- or move existing -- memorial funds to the Shenandoah Community Foundation.
        These four individuals made a difference in their time among us, and their example inspires us to make the most of our own lives. Their legacies will be perpetuated in the annual distribution of grants or scholarships in their name.

        Michael Morehead Memorial Scholarship Fund
        Colton T. Lindamood Memorial Fund
        Shenandoah County Free Clinic - Dr. Charles Miller Memorial Fund
        Brandon Kelly Dawson Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund


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