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Winter Newsletter 2007
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Fall Newsletter 2007
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Summer Newsletter 2007
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Spring Newsletter 2007
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Current News :

Scholarship Applications Due April 14th.
Applicationare due April 14, 2008 for the Dr. Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship. The Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship is for a student attending Indiana State University wanting to teach at the elementary level with extra emphasis on science or at the middle school level with a science concentration.
[download application]

The 14th Annual Wabash Valley Community
Foundation's Spring Golf Outing Set for May 1, 2008.
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation's Spring Outing is the organization's premier fund raising event. Your support provides funds for the Foundation to serve our communities, fulfill our mission and and achieve our goals.
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Dream Big, Start Small.
Help Your Community
with an Acorn Fund
It is an easy way to make a big difference with a small amount. That is the philosophy behind the Acorn Fund in the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. You don't have to be a millionaire to make an impact on your community through this affordable, structured giving plan.
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For $40, You Can Provide a Dictionary to a Third Grade Student in the Wabash Valley...Forever
The idea for The Dictionary Project began in 1992 when Annie Plummer gave 50 dictionaries to children who attended a Georgia school close to her home. She didn't stop there. In her lifetime she raised the money to buy 17,000 dictionaries for children. To date, The Dictionary Project has delivered more than 1.25 million dictionaries to 3rd grade students all over the United States. [read more]

[Download Pledge Form 952kb pdf]

Conklin bequest is largest gift to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation has received its largest single gift ever, an amount in excess of $1.2 million from the estate of Clarabelle Conklin.
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Wabash Valley Community Foundation to provide
class reunion roster update service

When the Glenn High School Alumni Association decided to establish a scholarship fund, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation learned it could add greater value by offering a new service that could make the tedious job of locating classmates for high school reunions much easier.
[read more]

What is Philanthropy?

Community Foundation Week, was celebrated November 12-18. Learn more about Indiana's Community Foundations by viewing the video clip "What is Philanthropy?"

WVCF Meets National Standards
-July 31, 2006

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation meets national standards for community foundations. Community foundations that achieve these standards demonstrate excellence in important areas, including client service, fiscal accountability, grantmaking and community leadership.
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View more information on Why National Standards are Important.