The Loop

It’s the season of graduations! The Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI), a program of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, is celebrating the graduation of 13 nonprofit leaders from the Leadership Institute. The Leadership Institute is a yearlong management program for nonprofit senior leaders presented in collaboration with Fox Valley Technical College. I am […]

Teams of volunteers create new living spaces for Pillars’ nationally recognized Single Room Occupancy (SRO) program, thanks to generous donors in the Fox Cities. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago awarded one of its “Community First Awards” to Pillars of Appleton, one of three nonprofits receiving the annual award. By Lisa Strandberg, Community Engagement […]

The long-awaited Nelson Family Heritage Crossing is officially open! The crossing is a 1,100-foot bicycle and pedestrian bridge between Heesakker Park in the Village of Little Chute and a new rail trail connection to Downtown Kaukauna. This crossing offers a unique perspective in the middle of the Fox River and serves as a new gateway […]

Rainbow Over Wisconsin’s first NEW Pride Alive event at the Brown County Fairgrounds in 2019. We’re featuring a series of articles from local authors celebrating our diversity in the Fox Valley. By Josh Kilgas, president, Rainbow Over Wisconsin Early in our relationship, my now-husband took me to my first pride events in Chicago and Milwaukee. […]

Today many of us re-stocked our desks, plugged in our computers, and rolled up our sleeves to start our workday with old and new friends and colleagues. Some of us have never even met – at least not in person. For a few Community Foundation staffers hired since our office closed 455 days ago due […]

An idea that started out as leftover bread for chickens has evolved into Neighbor to Neighbor, a food donation program in Manawa that has provided 1,900 meals since March to thankful residents. By Brenda Vander Zanden, Co-Director, Neighbor to Neighbor Meals of Manawa Neighbor to Neighbor Meals of Manawa began as a “serendipitous happenstance,” but […]

In addition to its many exhibits and events, the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah will soon be able to hold in-person classes like this one again. The museum is supported by many generous donors in the community. By Amy G. Moorefield, Executive Director, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass “Flexible pivots” has been our mantra over […]

$24 million in trails planned by 2025 LATEST PLAN REPORT – High Cliff Connection Report from the Fox Cities Trail Summit Take video ride on the Loop the Locks trail One of the highest-priority trails for area hikers and bikers will tie the Fox Cities to High Cliff State Park in the coming year – at least […]

Luminaria bags will light up a trail on Loop the Little Lake this month, each one representing a life touched by cancer. By Heather Krawinkel, senior development manager, American Cancer Society in Northeast Wisconsin The American Cancer Society Relay For Life movement is the world’s largest fundraising event to fight every cancer in every community. […]

Irene Strohbeen (highlighted) and her 5th grade class. By Irene Strohbeen, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region volunteer Growing up in the 1960s and 70s in Urbana, Ill., without an Asian American community, I struggled to grasp what the Chinese American part of my identity meant to me. We were children of Chinese Filipino […]