NEWS & BLOG
Saginaw Community Foundation grants $208,390 in second quarter 2015
The Saginaw Community Foundation (SCF) granted $208,390 in the second quarter of 2015, supporting 51 programs and projects via its administrative and competitive grant processes. Through the first two quarters of 2015, SCF has granted a total of $730,049.10 in...
It’s About Honoring Service
Optimist Club of Saginaw “Ed was an true optimist,” said Louis Diechman, member of the Optimist Club of Saginaw and the “Officer Ed” Nowaczyk Scholarship Selection Committee. When Edwin F. “Officer Ed” Nowaczyk passed away in 1985, the Optimist Club of Saginaw,...
It’s About Giving Back with Purpose
Saginaw Leadership Cares People have a variety of reasons to choose to give. It could be a personal connection with a cause or it could be a shared philosophy. For some it’s hearing a story of need and a compulsion to reach out and help. For others, it’s simply...
It’s About Being Connected
Zachary Schmid and Amanda Jovanovich When it comes to supporting community foundations for Zachary Schmid, it runs in the family. Schmid, a recent transplant to our region, hails from St. Clair, Mich. where his mother works for the Community Foundation of St. Clair...
It’s About Opportunity
Getting Off to a Great Start: Scholarships for high-quality preschool benefit children in the Great Lakes Bay Region Ken and Phyllis have been married five years and live in Saginaw. They have two children, ages 1 and 3. The family rents a small home in the...
Being a Champion
Being a Champion GRANTEE: Saginaw Intermediate School District AMOUNT: $13,000 High school guidance counselors are overloaded. Reduced operating budgets in our schools have made doing more with less the status quo. Counselors help all students in the areas of academic...
Helping Children
Helping Children GRANTEE: CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region AMOUNT: $50,000 Crammed onto a corner lot in the City of Saginaw, the CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region occupied an undersized office building and a centuries-old two-story house separated by a small...
Serving Families
Serving Families GRANTEE: Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity AMOUNT: $12,000 “You are my angels. You do the most beautiful work. You’ve changed my life … my world.” – Freeland homeowner During the summer of 2014, Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity held its...
Continuity of Care
Continuity of care GRANTEE: Covenant Healthcare AMOUNT: $4,979.64 Angela Dinninger, physical medicine and rehabilitation manager at Covenant HealthCare, had an idea and a vision. “I had an idea for an exercise program specific to our oncology patients. I was taking a...
Carrie B. Hines Endowment Scholarship
Carrie B. Hines was born March 2, 1937 in Selma, Ala. She is the mother of Booker, Virginia, Herman and Sonny Hines. Carrie was married to Henry Hines for 48 years. She was an entrepreneur who spent many years selling Watkins Products. Carrie was a member of the...