Of People, Philanthropy and Fun

As we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the foundation, I reflect on a conversation I had with a remarkable man. Where would our community be today if he had given up? How can a single idea endow people in a community with endless opportunities for personal and professional growth? How can his idea be as…

The CKCF Board recently activated our disaster relief fund in light of the effect COVID-19 is having in our region. What does that mean? We know people in our community face challenges they never expected and need help getting through. And unfortunately, it’s a large number of people. At the same time, we also have…

How are you doing? Maybe a strange way to start a written piece, which is obviously one-way communication. But that is what I really want to ask everyone reading this. Not just how are you physically, but how are you really doing? During this strange and challenging time, I’m sharing a bit more of a…

Subject to Change What a week it has been in the nonprofit world. Is your head spinning like mine? Some of you faced tough service delivery decisions, revenue issues that are already hitting, the safety of volunteers and staff and, ultimately, so many unknowns. With information changing at lightning speed, it has been tough to…

Nonprofits Support the Community; Let’s Support Nonprofits To say the past week has been a strange and challenging in the nonprofit world would be an understatement. It has been a strange and challenging for everyone, and nonprofit organizations aren’t immune from these experiences. Many nonprofits are hit as hard or harder than anyone else. Through…

In most any sport, performance indicators can be gathered from statistics. The NFL Combine tests each athlete in the 40-yard dash, baseball and softball players are timed on how fast they can reach first base, and track athletes are measured against other each in tryouts. We believe an athlete’s performance in these areas tells us…

Scholarship Central provides unmatched opportunity Opportunity. It was a word we heard over and over again at our first Scholarship Central Workshop. With more than 50 students and parents in attendance Jan. 21, they were able to receive one-on-one assistance with Scholarship Central, our one-stop-shop for local scholarships. But what stuck with us was the comments…

Play the Day Away Today the phone rang. A lot. People came through the door. All the time. And the emails kept coming. So many good things and good ideas. But I could not keep up. It is 3:45 and I have not even touched my list of tasks that are supposed to be done…

Finding Philanthropy Through Tragedy A person recently told me, “You’re invaluable.” Although I don’t feel like I am, she made me feel it was so. The crazy thing is, she had had just moved me to tears with her story of triumph and impact through tragedy. We often showcase examples of philanthropy’s impact through a…