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2012 Annual Report now available
The 2012 YCF Annual Report is now available online. To read the report, click the link below.
Schmidt Family Trust awards donation to East-West Stadium project
The Schmidt Family Trust, an endowment fund managed by Your Community Foundation (YCF), has donated $500 to the East-West Stadium Renovation Committee to help with the restoration of the historic stadium in Fairmont.
Taylor County Community Funds awards annual grants
Four more organizations that serve citizens in Taylor County have been selected to receive 2013 grants from the Taylor County Community Funds (TCCF). This marks the second consecutive year that grants have been awarded by the organization.
Golf scramble to benefit Micah Wilson scholarship fund
A golf scramble tournament will be held at Meadow Ponds Golf Course to benefit the Micah Wilson Memorial Scholarship Fund.
DeLynn scholarship recipients honored with luncheon
Since 2008, the Jean and Laurence S. DeLynn endowment fund has awarded $200,000 in scholarships to students in North Central West Virginia. Each year, current and new recipients are honored with a recognition brunch held this year at the Waterfront Hotel Regatta Grill in Morgantown.
YCF awards first Spencer-Sundale scholarship
Laura R. Pingley of Morgantown, a nursing assistant at Sundale Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care Center, has been named the first recipient of the Margaret L. Spencer Health Career Education Scholarship.
The scholarship will be awarded annually to current caregivers and other service staff who have worked at Sundale for three or more years or members of their immediate families. Ms. Pingley, who has worked at Sundale since 2005, is pursuing an associate degree in nursing from Fairmont State University.
Argabrite Fund matches donation to restore local baseball field
The Scott Argabrite Foundation Fund at Your Community Foundation (YCF) has matched a $2,000 donation made by the Preston County Parks and Recreation Commission (PCPaRC) to support a local baseball field that was damaged by a tornado last year. The field is managed by the Valley District Baseball organization in Reedsville.
MHS uses ‘matching pledge’ to establish Milan Puskar Health Right fund
The Monongalia Health System (MHS) has joined with other donors to establish a new endowment fund which will provide a perpetual source of income for the Milan Puskar Health Right clinic, which serves low-income residents of North Central West Virginia.
YCF awards scholarships to 40 students
Forty students from North Central West Virginia and nearby areas will share more than $98,000 in academic scholarship assistance distributed this year by Your Community Foundation.