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This year's GIVE 365 grant was awarded to the Boys and Girls Club of Wooster for their Collaborative Prevention Services for Youth in Wooster City Schools grades 5-12.

The WCCF Board of Trustees approved grant awards to 16 organizations totaling $114,870.38 for the Spring competitive grant cycle.

After six years of leadership, Ferenc M. Relle, Jr. has stepped down as the Advisor of the Wayne County Community Youth Foundation (WCCYF).

The Wayne County Community Youth Foundation awarded $8,000 to five charitable organizations serving the youth of Wayne County.

GIVE 365 Wayne County is accepting grant applications from area nonprofits. This year's theme is "Mental Health and Wellness of Wayne County Youth". Application deadline is March 1, 2019.

WCCF is pleased to announce the 2018 grant awards from The Women's Fund totaling $20,000.

WCCF Board of Trustees approved grant awards totaling $199,450 to 14 organizations for the Fall 2018 competitive grant cycle.

Steve and Cheryl Shapiro were honored Wednesday night (Oct. 10, 2018) with the WCCF's Friend of Philanthropy Award.

WCCF will celebrate its 40th birthday at the annual dinner on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.

WCCF awarded 290 scholarships totaling more than $550,000 for the 2018-2019 academic year. A listing of recipients follows.

WCCF will commemorate its 40th birthday at the annual dinner on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. C. "Reggie" Williams will be the featured speaker at this year's event.

Wayne County Community Youth Foundation wrapped up its fifth year in May with the graduation of 42 students representing 10 area high schools.

This year's grant making focus for the WCCF's GIVE 365 program was "Addressing Children's Health and Development in Wayne County". In May, the WCCF Board of Trustees approved the members' grant recommendations totaling $10,500 to two organizations.

WCCF Board of Trustees approved $5,000 in grant recommendations made by student advisors of the Wayne County Community Youth Foundation (YF) to four organizations.

WCCF awarded $127,100 to nine organizations through the Spring competitive grant cycle.

GIVE 365 Wayne County is accepting grant applications from area nonprofits. This year's application theme is "Addressing Children's Health and Development in Wayne County".

WCCF is pleased to announce the 2017 grant award from The Women's Fund.

The WCCF Board of Trustees met in November and approved grants totaling $105,698 to 10 organizations for the Fall 2017 competitive grant cycle.

Creston native, Barry Romich, has been named the 2017 Friend of Philanthropy Award recipient by Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF). Romich will be recognized at the WCCF Annual Dinner on October 10.

Steve Matthew, President of WCCF, announced the appointment of Adam Briggs to the Foundation's Board of Trustees.

WCCF awarded 261 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 for the 2017-2018 academic year. See the complete article for a listing of recipients.

The GIVE 365 committee awarded its first grants to area nonprofits for Drug Prevention in Wayne County.

The WCCF Board of Trustees met in May and approved grants totaling $203,570 to 16 organizations for the Spring 2017 competitive grant cycle.

The Wayne County Community Youth Foundation awarded $4,710 in grants to three organizations.

WCCF has opened up the nomination process for the Friend of Philanthropy Award. Nominations due by noon on July 1.

WCCF is honored to be the recipient of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation's grant to establish the Stanley C. Gault Philanthropic Leadership Fund, which will perpetuate the ideal of service and active involvement in philanthropy that Stan embodied throughout his life.

For Wooster area elementary school educators, the Albert "Koby" Kobilarcik Educational Fund has funds available to provide library materials and literacy teaching aids.

GIVE 365 Wayne County is accepting grant applications from area nonprofits that focus on Drug Prevention in Wayne County. Deadline is March 1, 2017.

Through a search process that began last Fall, WCCF has hired Hartland & Co. as the Foundation's new financial advisor.

The WCCF Board of Trustees met in November and approved $114,400 in grant awards for the Fall competitive grant cycle.

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