Ishpeming, Michigan – December 1, 2015 – The Greater Ishpeming Area and Negaunee Area Community Funds will sponsor an annual donor’s appreciation event on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at the new Teal Lake Senior Living Community at 209 W. Water Street in Negaunee. The celebration is open to both past and interested community foundation supporters. The evening’s activity will get underway at 6:00 p.m. with refreshments and music provided by a Negaunee High School orchestral ensemble, with a 7:00 pm program featuring grant awards totaling $17,420 to 16 area non-profit organizations, including:
Alzheimer’s Association Big Brother-Big Sisters of Marquette and Alger Counties
Grace Episcopal Church Great Lakes Recovery Center for Youth
MARESA Marquette County Barbershoppers
Superior String Alliance The Negaunee Public Schools
The U.P. Luge Association The Ishpeming Public Schools
Westend Gearbusters The Society of St.Vincent-DePaul
The YMCA The N.I.C.E. Community Schools
8-18 Media U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame
NACF President Jack Lenten said, “In December of 1994, with the help of the Community Foundation of Marquette County, affiliate boards were established in Negaunee and Ishpeming to build and sustain a better community by encouraging its residents, friends, and businesses to invest in the future of our area. Today through donors and investments, the affiliates have an asset base of over $2,000,000. Donations are endowed, so the donor’s gift is never spent, but a percentage of the income generated from investments has been dispersed through grants and scholarships to area non-profit organizations and students”
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