Category: Events We Sponsor

Dan Brick is planting a greater variety of crops at his 900-acre farm near Greenleaf. In addition to corn, he has put down seed for clover, vetch, barley and radishes – but in the same field where the corn was already planted. To  say the least, he’s got his neighbors very curious. They all got a […]

Are you ethical in the way you do business? You can get an indication by taking this quiz or learn much more by attending the annual Fox Valley Ethics in Business Summit 7:30-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Liberty Hall, 800 Eisenhower Drive, Kimberly. The event is presented by Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley. The Community Foundation […]

Jim and Sue Spierings know the help cancer patients need because they’ve been there. Jim was diagnosed with stage 4 throat cancer in 2007 at age 50. After successful treatment at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, the family created the Spierings Cancer Foundation to help other families. Their main fund-raiser, Rock Cancer, held on the […]

The 51st Earth Day doesn’t have flare of last year’s 50th anniversary, but it comes at a time when more people are enjoying the outdoors than we’ve seen in a long, long time. The unlikely and unwelcomed motivator is the COVID-19 virus and the bad case of stir crazy it gave so many people. Trails […]

Photo of Sydney Olmsted courtesy of The Post-Crescent. While many of us are rolling out of bed, 18-year-old Sydney Olmsted many mornings is out in the community, cooking and serving breakfast to homeless people at Pillars Adult & Family Shelter in Appleton. As a 4.0 GPA student at Appleton East High School, a three-sport athlete, […]

Do you know local volunteers who put their hearts and souls into serving others in the Fox Valley? Nominate them for a well-deserved award! The Celebrating Volunteers nominations are now open. Check out the 2019 awardees here. Nominations are being accepted for an annual event celebrating some of the Fox Valley’s outstanding volunteers and nonprofit-business […]

For 23 years, hundreds of residents of the Fox Valley came together each spring for an awards gala celebrating people who went above and beyond to help make the community a better place with their gifts of time and talent. The inaugural Celebrating Volunteers awards event led by The Post-Crescent was held in 1998, co-sponsored […]

One of our favorite fall events is our annual Celebration of Giving to recognize and honor the generous individuals, businesses and volunteers who impact lives and make our community a great place to live! Over the years we’ve changed up the theme a bit to include formal events to more casual soirees, like lasts year’s […]

Winston Churchill was not shy about taking on an engagement, in a military sense. His parents were quicker with an engagement of another kind. Sir Randolph Churchill and Jennie Jerome had known each other for two days, and were together for only the third time when Randolph, 24, proposed to Jennie, 19. They kept their […]

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” A program supported by the Community Foundation will give people an opportunity to explore the latter part of that Winston Churchill quote, when two of the great wartime British prime minister’s great-grandchildren visit Appleton […]

By Jeff Hoffman, Clintonville Area Foundation This past weekend our Clintonville Area Foundation selected our 2018 recipient of the Community Heroes Award—Connie Mitchell. Connie is considered a significant role model by people around her: in her family, church, place of employment and community organizations. Connie’s volunteer service is a whirlwind of participation in those spheres […]

By Nicole Van Hout, Event Manager The Trout Museum of Art Open the doors to The Trout Museum of Art and you’ll be greeted by an unusual, but beautiful sight. A flock of birds hangs from the ceiling, frozen mid-flight in shades of many colors. Each one was carefully created by the hands of Fox Valley […]