Four Pledges In Perpetuity

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the organization of the Clarion County Community Foundation as an affiliate of Bridge Builders Community Foundations on March 13, 2007.  The role of the community foundation is to serve in perpetuity as local trustees for endowed trust funds dedicated to various charitable needs and nonprofits within its service area.

Today we placed ribboned flowers on the grave stones of our two memorial donors, Mary E. Shaner for the Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund for Keystone High School, and Ralph M. Eccles for the Rimersburg Medical Center Fund.  This is fulfilling one of the four pledges a community foundation makes when accepting the trusteeship of an endowed fund.

First, the community foundation pledges to adhere to the donor’s instructions; and if it must accept changes to do so as instructed by the appropriate court of law.

Second, the community foundation pledges to invest and protect the fund for growth and income in a prudent manner.

Third, the community foundation pledges to keep the fund in compliance with all Federal and state laws and tax codes.

Fourth, the community foundation pledges to honor and maintain the memorial as instructed by the donor.  Charles Marlin

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CCCF Board September 21, 2011

 

The Clarion County Community Foundation meet on September 21, 2011, to take action on a number of items.  We accepted with regret the resignation from our Board of Jane Schautz who has served since our second meeting April 18, 2007.  Jane will continue active in community affairs, so all is not lost.

We approved a non-endowed CCCF Discretionary Fund for donations toward current and future operational needs such as brochures.  This new fund must now be approved by the Bridge Builders Community Foundations Board of Trustees.

We heard from the BBCF Board donations to our CCCF Unrestricted Endowment Fund from April through July 2011 were $1,270.00  The market value of the CCCF funds as of May 31, 2011, were Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund $118,262.85; Rimersburg Medical Center Endowment Fund $52,276.64; and the CCCF Unrestricted Endowment Fund $7,258.13

Our next CCCF Board meeting will be at 5:15pm on November 16, 2011.

Pictured above, from left to right, are Bill Kaufman who returns to the Board as a member after his stint as Interim Executive Director; Trenton Moulin who is our newly appointed Executive Director of BBCF; and Barry McCauliff who as Vice President presided at the CCCF Board meeting.  Charles Marlin

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CCCF Directors Meet Sept 15th

The Board of Directors of the Clarion County Community Foundation met September 15, 2010, and accepted the resignations of Randy Vossburg and Anne Day from the Board.  Mary E. Brooks was elected to fill a partial term on the Board.  The remaining vacancy will be filled in the future.

A report on fund balances as of July 31, 2010, show Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund For Keystone High School at $105,356.50; Rimersburg Medical Center Fund at $43,575.16; and the Unrestricted Grants Fund at $4,972.10.

There were discussions on brochure development and on a proposed symposium on estate planning.  The next meeting will be Wednesday, October 17th at 5:15pm.  Charles Marlin

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March 13th Have a great day!

On Saturday, March 13, 2010, the Clarion County Community Foundation celebrates its third anniversary of service to Clarion County.  As we did last year, we will place a flower and ribbon on the graves of donors who created endowed trusts with the community foundation.

We will visit the Salem Lutheran Cemetery for Mary E. Shaner who created the Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund at Keystone High School.  She was a long time teacher and librarian in the Salem and Knox communities.

We will visit the Rimersburg Cemetery for Ralph M. Eccles who created the Rimersburg Medical Center Fund, only one of many charitable gifts he gave to Rimersburg and Southern Clarion County.

To add a bit of spice to our Founders Day, anonymous friends of CCCF have joined the Guerilla Givers  started by a family in Vancouver.  The family anonymously leaves small gifts of money or coupons in public places.  The clear plastic bag contains the gift, a wish of Have a great day! and their blog address.  No obligation other than to enjoy.  If you google Guerilla Giving you can follow their adventures in giving and how the idea has spread.  The original Vancouver address is http://guerillagiving.org with a wonderful interview “The Guerilla Givers” written by Andy Levy-Ajzemkopf at www.charityvillage.com   You can check out the Calgary action at http://guerillagivingcalgary.wordpress.com 

If you find one of our guerilla gifts and would like to respond anonymously, please do so, but you may remain silent if that is your preference.  Have a great day!  Charles Marlin

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Founders Day And Our Second Anniversary

Clarion County Community Foundation celebrates our second anniversary and Founders Day on March 13, 2009. Board members and staff are happy and proud of our work in these first two years and mark March 13 as Founders Day. To honor Founders Day we placed a ribboned flower on the grave of each memorial donor who established an endowment fund or for whom an endowment fund is named.

For the Mary E. Shaner story and picture, go to the December 2008 Archieves on the right of your screen, and look for Highlighting Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund. Her grave is in the Salem Lutheran Cemetery, and her ribboned flower reads:

In memory of Mary E. Shaner

Mary E. Shaner Scholarship Fund

Clarion County Community Foundation

Founders Day March 13th

For the Ralph M. Eccles story and picture, again go to the December 2008 Archives on the right of your screen, and look for Highlighting The Rimersburg Medical Center Fund. He and his wife Ella M. are buried in the Rimersburg Cemetery, and his ribboned flower reads:

In memory of Ralph M. Eccles

Rimersburg Medical Center Fund

Clarion County Community Foundation

Founders Day March 13th

Participating in the Founders Day celebration were Nancy Kurtz-Lewis and Charles Marlin. Charles Marlin

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