by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog
Zachary Schmid and Amanda Jovanovich When it comes to supporting community foundations for Zachary Schmid, it runs in the family. Schmid, a recent transplant to our region, hails from St. Clair, Mich. where his mother works for the Community Foundation of St. Clair...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog
Getting Off to a Great Start: Scholarships for high-quality preschool benefit children in the Great Lakes Bay Region Ken and Phyllis have been married five years and live in Saginaw. They have two children, ages 1 and 3. The family rents a small home in the...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog, Grants
Being a Champion GRANTEE: Saginaw Intermediate School District AMOUNT: $13,000 High school guidance counselors are overloaded. Reduced operating budgets in our schools have made doing more with less the status quo. Counselors help all students in the areas of academic...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog, Grants
Helping Children GRANTEE: CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region AMOUNT: $50,000 Crammed onto a corner lot in the City of Saginaw, the CAN Council Great Lakes Bay Region occupied an undersized office building and a centuries-old two-story house separated by a small...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog, Grants
Serving Families GRANTEE: Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity AMOUNT: $12,000 “You are my angels. You do the most beautiful work. You’ve changed my life … my world.” – Freeland homeowner During the summer of 2014, Saginaw-Shiawassee Habitat for Humanity held its...
by Saginaw Community Foundation | Jun 26, 2015 | Annual Report, Blog, Grants
Continuity of care GRANTEE: Covenant Healthcare AMOUNT: $4,979.64 Angela Dinninger, physical medicine and rehabilitation manager at Covenant HealthCare, had an idea and a vision. “I had an idea for an exercise program specific to our oncology patients. I was taking a...
