Front Row: Suzie Osterday (Darlington Chamber/Main Street), Fran Fink (Lafayette County Historical Society), Nikki Cooper (Families First)Back Row: Cathy Durnford (MHLC Social Worker), Kathy Ruef(DarlingtonCommunity Fund & MHLC), Mary Jane Sturtz (Darlington Community Fund), Hazel Stauffacher (Darlington Community Fund), Linda Gebhardt (CFSW Donor Services)
Not pictured: Lafayette County Association for Home and Community Education
The Advisory Board of the Darlington Community Fund has approved grants to area organizations serving the needs of Darlington. The 2010 Grants Reception was held at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County. Grants were presented to the following organizations:
Families First New Beginnings of Lafayette County
“Reading-Feeding Body, Mind & Soul”
Darlington Chamber/Mainstreet
“Tunes at Twilight”
Lafayette County Historical Society
“Electrical Lighting Upgrade”
Lafayette County Association for Home and Community Education”
“Wisconsin Bookworms”
The 2009 Grants Reception was held at the MemorialHospital of LafayetteCounty.Grants were presented to the following organizations: Families First New Beginnings of Lafayette County, Darlinton Chamber/Mainstreet, Lafayette County Historical Society, and Lafayette County Human Services.
The Darlington Community Fund is a means for current and former residents to build a permanent unrestricted endowment to serve the area. Its growth and success depends on people like you who share a commitment to invest in the community of Darlington to meet charitable, educational, historical and cultural needs.
The fund works through grants that are determined by an advisory board consisting of volunteers from the Darlington area. The board decides upon grants that meet the requirement of being for a non-profit, charitable organization and serving the good of the community. Click here for a grant application.
DUWI Fund Grant Presentation
Wednesday, February 24th the DUWI Fund held a grant awards reception at the
1st Banking Center Darlington Community Room. Through generous gifts by area citizens, awards totaling more than $10,000 were made to 18 community organizations.
Recipients of the 2009-2010 grants include:
American Red Cross/Badger Chapter
Boy Scouts of America
Catholic Charities
City of Darlington Police Canine Unit
Darlington Community Childcare Center, Inc.
Darlington Chamber/Main Street
Driver Opera House
Epilepsy Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, Inc.
Families First New Beginnings
First Baptist Church – Food Pantry
Girl Scouts – Badgerland Council
Hodan Center, Inc.
Holy Rosary School
Humpty Dumpty Preschool, Inc.
Lafayette County Historical Society
Lutheran Social Services
Seniors United for Nutrition
Wisconsin Badger Camp, Inc.
These grants were made available from the DUWI Fund, of the Darlington Community Fund, a component of the Community Foundation of Southern WI
A highlight of the Darlington Community Fund is the Excellence in Education Fund that focuses on inspiring teachers and students at all levels to accomplish their very best by encouraging and promoting creative and innovative educational programs and recognizing and rewarding outstanding achievement.
The Darlington Excellence in Education Fund is independent from the School District of Darlington and is guided by a board of advisors consisting of volunteer community leaders, business partners and educators.
Donations to the funds can be made in many forms including cash, credit card, stock, real estate or property. All donations large or small are graciously appreciated, tax deductible, and will go to good use as a part of the Darlington Community Fund.
For more information on making a gift please click here or contact the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin at 1-608-328-4060.
