Archive for November 2018
Founder: Community Foundation Has So Many Roles, So Many Purposes
On November 15, 2018, Alan Sender and Beth Robb Sender spoke at Illinois Prairie Community Foundation’s annual Celebrating Local Philanthropy luncheon about the origins of IPCF and what philanthropy means to them in honor of IPCF’s 20th anniversary (Nov. 6, 2018). They are shown above with event emcee Bruce Bergethon (right). ALAN SENDER: “It is…
Read MoreGreen Top: $300K Raised to Keep Co-Op Store Open
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Kevin Barlow; Photos by David Proeber BLOOMINGTON — Green Top Grocery will remain open and should be financially stable for the next decade, thanks to recent reforms and a last-minute effort to raise at least $300,000 in a capital campaign that ended Monday, officials for the co-op said…
Read MoreHarmony Park, O’Neil Park Playground Upgrades Approved
Reprinted with permission from The Pantagraph By Maria Nagle BLOOMINGTON — The city will move forward with constructing Harmony Park — the city’s first playground where children with different abilities can play together — and a new playground at O’Neil Park. By a unanimous vote Tuesday, the council approved the purchase of $330,621 in playground equipment from Charlotte, N.C.-based Game…
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