How does foundation benefit community?
It’s remarkable that 20 years have passed since a small group of civic-minded Janesville residents pooled their knowledge and dollars and launched what today is known as the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin.
It’s even more impressive to realize what a big deal the foundation has become.
The organization started as the United Community Foundation and changed its name in 1995. Perhaps you’ll recognize some of the names of the organization’s founding board members—Alan Dunwiddie, Jim Cripe, Alfred Diotte, Martin Kennedy, Phil Reuter, Gary Smith and John Steil.
Columnist Anna Marie Lux reflected on the foundation in her column in last Thursday’s Gazette.
How has the foundation helped our community, and why should we all celebrate the foundation’s 20th anniversary?
This will be the subject of The Gazette’s editorial Wednesday.
Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or gpeck@gazettextra.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook
Oct 25, 2012 at 1:36 p.m.
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Well, hg, I'd have to say you are wrong about that ("Not worth the time"), but maybe understandable you might think that. I think if you were a member of the philanthropic community, you'd have heard of them, as they do a world of good. But, and I'm not sure why, I almost missed the story itself, also.
Ask me about any farmer's groups, skating leagues, hunters organizations...I would draw a blank. We can't all know everything about everything.
Click Mr. Peck's link. It'll tell you about it.
Oct 25, 2012 at 12:25 p.m.
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Wow, considering how long this blog has been posted and the fact that nobody has commented on it except for Sigma40 and myself and we both never heard of it and don't know what they do, it makes me even more sure that the foundation is not worth the time. Just another waist of someone's money. I hope its not my tax dollars.
Oct 25, 2012 at 6:28 a.m.
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What is it? Never heard of it either. Tax write off?
Oct 25, 2012 at 5:25 a.m.
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Never heard of it so I am going to have to say,
They must not have made much of an impact. So it leaves me with the questions, What exactly do they do and how do they actually help our community? Is this organization costing us our tax dollars? If so, how are the average persons in our community benefitting from thier exsistance?
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