Grantee: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts Project: Capacity Building The Mission of Gaylord Area Council for the Arts is to nurture and promote a creative community by facilitating, sharing and encouraging individual expression through the arts. With interest and...
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Grantee: Gaylord Little League Program: Gaylord Little League Gaylord Little League Baseball and Softball is much more than just bats, balls, a field, dugouts, or any of the other dozens of physical items that go into baseball and softball. It has become, over the...
College Credits
Advancing Education Program: AP Achievement Gaylord Community School The Readers' Fund was established by local business owners Jill Miner, from Saturn Booksellers, and Betsy Sanders, from Hogan’s Jewelers. Both women are active community members with a passion for...
Building Strength
Grantee: Child & Family Services of Northwestern Michigan Program: Future Fittest on the 45th This unique program will improve the physical and mental health of at-risk youth in Otsego County by reducing the risk of chronic disease, decrease youth violence and...
Learning in Nature
Grantee: Huron Pines Project: Huron Pines/Vanderbilt Area School Place-Based Stewardship Education The purpose of the project is to implement place-based stewardship education (PBSE) efforts at Vanderbilt Area School (VAS). PBSE has been proven to increase student...
100 Men Who Care raises $10,000
The Petoskey News-Review Published 3:37 PM August 16, 2017 GAYLORD — What kind of impact on the community can 100 men have when they gather together for one hour over coffee and doughnuts? They answer is $10,000 for local efforts. Men from Otsego County and beyond...
1st Community Grant Program
The Otsego County Community Foundation and the Otsego County United Way are excited to announce that they are working together on an important project in 2015. The Otsego County Community Foundation has aligned its grant making process to encompass The...
OCF & Huron Pines Host Board Basics Workshop
January 20, 2015 By Kristen Payton Otsego County, MI: RAISING THE BAR FOR NONPROFIT BOARDS Did you know that more than 1 in 10 Michigan jobs are with nonprofit organizations? The passionate people that work for these organizations help Michigan’s citizens live...