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Fostering community, inclusion and equity in La Crosse: Dina Zavala
Social capital the ‘glue’ for fostering community La Crosse resident Dina Zavala, an immigrant woman from Honduras, brings unique perspectives to social capital discussions. As the vice president for inclusion, equity and community at Carleton College, and formerly the interim vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Zavala’s expertise is…
Good Works Highlights Social Capital Builders
While La Crosse Community Foundation is best known for grantmaking, supporting local nonprofits, and managing charitable funds well, it has an even bigger goal: making our community the best place it can be. To that end, the La Crosse Community Foundation board of directors and CEO Jamie Schloegel have declared 2024 the year of building…
Adult & Teen Challenge Introduces Therapy Dog Program
ATC Welcomes Four-Legged Staff Member With a grant from La Crosse Community Foundation, Adult & Teen Challenge of Western Wisconsin is integrating a therapy dog program to support individuals in recovery. Ozzie, an Australian Labradoodle, has been training for his new post since August. He’ll become certified this June and enter full-time service. For now,…
Transforming Tragedy into Teaching With Kindergarten Fund
Kindergarten fund will help educate young minds in perpetuity As a kindergarten teacher in the La Crosse School District, Sue Blanchar says she never went to work. She went to school. In fact, she went to school for 34 years, serving as the very first teacher hundreds of area children ever had. It’s a responsibility…
Alzheimer’s fund supports caregivers
From supporting caregivers to becoming one Kathy Lucey has always been a caregiver, caring for her elderly parents, mother-in-law, and aunts. She knows it can be onerous, lonely work, made even more emotionally taxing when the object of your care is one of the people you love most in the world. She has firsthand experience…
Increasing Well-Being Through Literacy
From Bookworm to Benefactor: Mary Veldey transforms lives through books For Mary Veldey, saying books are good is like saying the ocean is a puddle; it’s a vast understatement that fails to capture the immeasurable depths and transformative power that stories hold within their pages. Books are a way to travel anywhere in the world,…
Coulee Region Humane Society Grant Unleashes Hope
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog has been edited to reflect the correct grant amount. $25,000 grant a game-changer The Coulee Region Humane Society recently received a game-changing, unrestricted $25,000 grant from La Crosse Community Foundation. And it’s not just the animals who are winning. The grant comes at a pivotal time for CRHS as it nears…
George and Betty Kruck
From humble beginnings to hopeful futures Signs of George and Betty Kruck’s generosity and deep belief in the life-changing power of education run throughout the Greater La Crosse community. Both of them attribute the opportunities they’ve had in life to public education. Betty, the daughter of Fred and Lillian Mitchell, grew up on a small…
La Crosse Gives Warmth This Holiday Season
Give Warmth Campaign ensures no one’s left out in the cold We are immensely grateful to each and every one of you for the overwhelming support you showed during our Give Warmth campaign this Giving Tuesday. Thanks to your generosity, we achieved our ambitious goal of raising $50,000. Your contributions will make a significant difference…
Corinne Zielke Fund Baseball/Softball Grant Now Open!
In 2000, the Corrine Zielke Fund was established by a bequest from Corrine to start a baseball grant program at LCF. In 2023, the La Crosse Community Foundation Board of Directors voted to formally expand this fund to include those serving youth through baseball and/or softball. Grants support projects and programs in La Crosse County….