Entries by Ann

Building our youth for the future

Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.” The Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF) helps drive social impact in Elk County. ECCF believes that our youth are our future, and it’s important for us to invest resources in initiatives and programs […]

Scholarship funds offer a lesson in caring

The Elk County Community Foundation (ECCF) manages scholarship funds established by people and organizations with a passion for education, and many times, to honor or remember someone who has made a lasting impact in their lives and their community. ECCF administers 98 such scholarships, and has awarded two million dollars in educational aid to Elk […]

Local doctors are past recipients of ECCF scholarship

Four local doctors are proof that the investment made by the donor who established the Joseph A. Williams Memorial Medical Scholarship Fund has had long-lasting effects for our communities. Amy Kelly, DO, Julia Wonderling, MD, Tim Vollmer, DO, and Blake Housler, OD are past scholarship winners from this fund. They have all returned to the […]

WWC Annual Meeting goes virtual in 2020, reaches quarter million mark

The 2020 Fall Business meeting of Women Who Care (WWC) was held virtually on October 1st with 182 WWC members voting on grant funding for their favorite organizations and projects. The membership awarded $36,979 in grants to eleven non-profit organizations. Women Who Care saw its beginning on October 8, 2009, when one hundred women from […]