Applications are now being accepted from members of Knox County high school classes of 2017 (current freshmen) to replace this year’s graduating seniors on the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI). To learn more about YPI and to apply prior to the Friday, May 9 deadline, please visit the Youth Philanthropy Initiative page on the Community Foundation…
Community Foundation Executive Director Sam Barone announced, due to school closures today, the deadline for submitting scholarship applications has been extended until Wednesday, February 19. In the event of an extended school closure, the deadline is be assumed to be the next scheduled day of classes. Barone suggested this additional snow day is an…
Community Foundation Executive Director Sam Barone has announced that applications for both the Traditional Student Scholarship Program and the Special Scholarship Program are available now on this website by clicking this link. The deadline for Traditional Scholarship Applications is February 18, while Special Scholarship deadlines vary according to the scholarship sought. The Foundation cautions scholarship…
Due to the extreme weather that has closed schools and disrupted business at many local agencies, the Youth Philanthropy Initiative of the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County has extended its grant application one week to Monday, January 13. Grants of up to $2,000 for youth-oriented programs and projects are available to schools…
As the Community Foundation of Mount Vernon & Knox County prepares to observe National Philanthropy Month in November, it invites you to review an on-line version of the annual report for its 68th year of operation. The publication includes a synopsis of its recently completed audit of operations, and detailed contribution, distribution, and market…
Danville volleyball player Monica Honabarger could have enjoyed the spotlight Tuesday on Senior Night as the team’s only graduating member. Instead she used the opportunity to present to Community Foundation Executive Director a check for $1,850 to add to the Josie Lynne Kaylor Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund. The gift is the result of a…
The Community Foundation-sponsored Youth Enrichment Series (Y.E.S) is in its 20th season providing a live concert experience annually for every Knox County elementary school student. Today’s performer, singer-songwriter-instrumentalist Sarah Goslee Reed, has participated in the annual Y.E.S. concerts from the start in various ensembles. Today she entertained a Memorial Theater audience of some 600 area…
Online contributions to any of the more than 300 Community Foundation of Mount Vernon &Knox County’s component funds is nor available through a secure gateway provided by the Network for Good. Donors my use a wide array of popular credit cards or their Paypal account to easily confirm a contribution of as little as…
An important component of the Ariel-Foundation Park master plan is the restoration of the C.A.&C. (Columbus, Akron & Cleveland) Railroad Depot on Columbus Road. Most recently functioning as the Station Break Senior Center, the depot will serve as the Welcome Center for Ariel-Foundation Park at the junction of the Kokosing Gap Trail and the…
The pace of demolition is quickening at the former Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant adjacent to Foundation Park in Mount Vernon. This week the majority of the original manufacturing structure on the site was razed, except for parts of the southern wall and an attached brick structure that will be integrated into the new parkscape. Project manager…