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Top 5 Reasons to Give to La Crosse Community Foundation
Do you ever feel conflicted about where you should donate your hard-earned money? I do! My mailbox is constantly stuffed with solicitations from nonprofits doing great, important work. As a result, I often end up with a pile of gift acknowledgments at year end all representing $20-$100 gifts to a variety of nonprofits. And sometimes…
Spring Grant Award Announcement!
La Crosse Community Foundation is proud to present the second cohort of grantees for 2019! The board of directors recently approved second quarter grant awards totaling $139,700 to benefit 14 local nonprofits. Here’s the list: The Good Fight Community Center Transportation for Student Success $7,000 NYSP and Community Giving funds The Children’s Clothes Closet Purchase…
North Woods Elementary Shares Smiles Internationally
La Crosse Public Education Foundation received a grant for $21,000 in 2018 to support the International Baccalaureate Program at North Woods Elementary School in La Crosse. As part of the project,first-grade students embraced the idea of making the world a better place by bringing people together with a smile. “Smile Project” is about giving a…
“Return to Wholeness,” a Retreat for Female Survivors of Human Trafficking
Franciscan Spirituality Center received a $6220 grant in 2018 to support their annual retreat for female survivors of human trafficking. Each woman invited to the second annual Return to Wholeness retreat had her own story of heartbreak, fear and abuse. Participants ranged in age from 21 to 62 and represented a range of cultures, races…
GROW La Crosse Pollinator Patch
GROW La Crosse received a $5,000 grant in 2018 to help fund a new pollinator patch at Hamilton/SOTA I Elementary School in La Crosse and scholarships to farm camp. The project improved children’s ownership and belonging to their school gardens and farm camp. It also provided rich outdoor experiences which are linked to healthier lifestyles…
YWCA Justice Circles
La Crosse Community Foundation awarded a $40,000 grant to the YWCA for their Justice Circles program in 2018. Justice Circles provides an alternative approach to addressing conflict in schools, focusing on restoring relationships in lieu of just punishing students. This strategy helps to keep students in school and out of the juvenile justice system. The grant year…
Announcing Quarter 1 Grant Awards!
La Crosse Community Foundation is proud to present the first cohort of grantees for 2019! The board of directors recently approved first quarter grant awards totaling $220,459 to benefit 24 local nonprofits. Included in that total is $19,500 approved from the Corinne Zielke Fund to support eight area baseball programs. Here’s the list: Mississippi Valley…
La Crosse Center 2.0: Hear the Latest Plan for Expanding the La Crosse Center
The La Crosse Center expansion plan is revised and circulating in La Crosse’s City Hall. It details the direct economic benefit of this massive project from the contractors it will employ in the project to the tourists it will attract to fill downtown and beyond (some conventions fill every hotel room) to the businesses it…
Friends of LCF Honored at La Crosse Public Education Foundation Banquet
Sue Christopherson (representing Fowler & Hammer) and Carol Taebel each received awards for their contributions and service to La Crosse Public Education Foundation last Friday, January 18th. LCF staff was there to watch proudly as these women accepted this well-deserved recognition. The La Crosse area is ridiculously fortunate to have these women serving as fierce…
Veterans Memorial Pool Preview Event
The City of La Crosse Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department in partnership with the Veterans Memorial Pool Campaign (VMPC), proudly presents: The Veterans Memorial Pool Preview. On Tuesday, January 29th from 5-6:30pm at the La Crosse Public Library Main Auditorium the public is invited to “dive-in” to see, hear and talk about the new pool opening this summer. Updated…