by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jul 18, 2014 | Blog
People give for a number of reasons, all very personal to them. What motivates you? Perhaps you feel strongly about a cause. Perhaps an organization has touched your life or the lives of loved ones. Maybe you want to create a legacy and set an example that inspires...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2014 | Annual Report, Blog
Like so many others in the late 1930s, the young black Americans who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen were full of patriotic zeal and eager to serve in the military as WWII intensified in Europe and Asia. What set them apart was that they wanted to fight the...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2014 | Annual Report, Blog
In the northeast corner of Saginaw, middle and high school students are getting a jump start on a career. Thanks in part to a grant we provided, The Greater Michigan Construction Academy brought its Jump Start program to the First Ward center in the summer of 2013 at...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2014 | Annual Report, Blog
Currently residing in the United Kingdom, artist Edwina Jaques returned home to Saginaw in October 2013. For the first time ever, the Castle Museum of Saginaw County History and the Saginaw Art Museum collaborated to host an exhibit of Jaques’ art at both locations....
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2014 | Annual Report, Blog
Ann Arbor-based Fair Food Network has devised a way to get nutritious, farm-fresh products on the tables of area low-income families through its Double Up Food Bucks program. Thanks to a grant from Saginaw Community Foundation, the program, available at the Downtown...
