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Kimberly Loop the Locks New Trail Segment

Posted on Jun 26, 2024, by Tammy Geenen

The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region’s tagline Together, we flourish. is an appropriate theme of the Loop the Locks trail network. June 5, 2024, marked the official ribbon cutting celebration of this regionally connecting loop system. Individually, the communities of Appleton, Combined Locks, Kaukauna, Kimberly, and Little Chute have expanded trails during the […]

Generous Gift Provides Another $6.24 million to Northeast Wisconsin Nonprofit Organizations

Posted on Jul 19, 2022, by

Thirty-two nonprofits throughout northeastern Wisconsin received a much-needed boost when the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region awarded more than $6.24 million in grants. The fund has provided over $21 million in grants since its creation four years ago. The Nelsons, who lived in […]

A Community of Belonging for LGBTQIA+

Posted on Jun 17, 2022, by Community Foundation

During pride month last year in The Loop, I discussed my journey and the struggles I faced being gay. I shared that this struggle is the reason I personally have volunteered so much of my time to coordinate N.E.W. Pride Alive for the past eight years. Rainbow Over Wisconsin, a grassroots nonprofit organization for which […]

Imagine Fox Cities – Keep the Conversation Going about Antiracism, Belonging and Community

Posted on Sep 17, 2020, by

Imagine Fox Cities was created in 2018 in an effort to shape a community vision that guides actions and decisions that advance the well-being of all who call the Fox Cities home. Imagine Fox Cities is eager to engage new leaders and voices and maintain what makes the Fox Cities such a special place to […]

Community Conversations Aim to Understand Race, Racism, Antiracism

Posted on Jun 22, 2020, by

To make it easier to talk about race and have compassionate community conversations, Imagine Fox Cities is providing series of free conversation guides to those who live and work in the region. “We launched this series on Juneteenth in recognition of the lasting racial inequities in the US that have their origins in the transatlantic slave […]

A need for solidarity

Posted on Jun 3, 2020, by

By Curt Detjen, President and CEO For years, area residents have used the term “Happy Valley” to describe the place we call home. While that is how many would describe our region, we heard clearly in many of the 3,000+ surveys provided to Imagine Fox Cities (one of our community initiatives) that not all are […]

Next steps for Imagine Fox Cities

Posted on Oct 3, 2019, by

Support for Imagine Fox Cities has been provided by grants from the Bright Idea Fund and David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund, both within the Community Foundation, as well as major contributions from Bank of Kaukauna, Boldt, Community First Credit Union,Galloway, SECURA, ThedaCare, and Thrivent. Additional support came from Kimberly-Clark, Miller Electric, NAI […]

Imagine Fox Cities to help shape a living vision for the area

Posted on Mar 14, 2019, by

How do you define well-being in a community? Imagine Fox Cities is a new, inclusive community-wide initiative created to be more intentional about shaping the future of the Fox Cities to improve individual and collective well-being. Many communities define well-being differently but most include common threads of housing, safety, health care, lifelong learning and more. The initiative was […]

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