2017-2018 Brag Book

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GRANT COUNTY 2017-2018BRAGBOOK Emails, thank you notes, and newspaper clippings about or to the Community Foundation

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FULL FUNDING FORTHRIVING FAMILIES Congratulations This is great news for all of us in Grant job well done County.  Thanks for spearheading this work.  Thanks for your creativity and Jim Gartland Chairman persistence.  I know many people have collaborated to bring this about.Atlas Foundry Company  IWU is glad to support this Seriously, congratulations development. on herding the cats- just David Wright from where I sit it is a President really big deal for Grant County. Indiana Wesleyan University Regards, This is wonderful news, Dawn, and for what Jeff Whiteside it's worth, I like this graphic a lot better than Vectren Foundation the old linear one. It is less overwhelming in Congratulations on my opinion. It's nice to see so manyanother big breakthrough different funders join forces. That's also for the community! Well what we're having to do for the CreatINgdone is par for the course Places grant because they won't allow one for your good work. donor to give more than a certain percentage of the match. So, that too will Respectfully, Dr. Larry M. Lindsay hopefully bring some people out of the Indiana Wesleyan woodwork to make change. :) University Happi  3

WOW, DAWN … YOU ARE ‘DA BOMB’! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, DAWN. I AM ABOUT KNEE DEEP IN THIS E & O PROCESS.  I MAY NEED TO CONTACT YOU AGAIN … HUGS TO YOU, Coni Mayer EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR4 ADAMS COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

MEAGAN – I DO APPRECIATE ALL YOU DOAT CF AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND THATYOU ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF KAYLA IN HER MAIN STREET ROLE AND JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A SUPPORTIVE PERSON! MARY 5

Morning all! Just heard from CSA that the C-Twalked in yesterday out of the blue and asked to do a story on their “Free Days of Art” because they needed some good news for the front page and saw their event on itshappeningingrantcounty.com!  Score! Have a great week, Kylie Jackson President / CEO Marion-Grant County Chamber of6 Commerce

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DAWN, THAT IS OUTSTANDING NEWS AND A REAL WIN FOR THE THRIVING FAMILIES, THRIVING GRANT COUNTY MOVEMENT. CATHY, CONGRATULATIONS. I’M ONE NOTCH ABOVE WHATEVER EXCITED IS REGARDING YOUR APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE. I HOPE EVERYONE ON THE TEAM IS HAVING A GREAT SUMMER AND LOOK FORWARD TORECONNECTING ON AUG. 1 TO WELCOME CATHY. TAMMY TAMMY PEARSON PROJECT LEADERSHIP DIRECTOR8

Meagan, I love these pictures! I love thatyou took the time to take the pictures! Ilove that you helped the families get into the Garfield Gardens! I love that some of the folks are visiting from out of state! I love that they made it there before the rains hit! I love everything about the entire picture and story! I love that youshared it, and YES, you did make my day. You are amazing.Paula SchulzGrant County Convention andVisitors Bureau 9

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Dawn,Thank you for the positivevibes on Thursday.  It wasjust what I needed to keepmoving forward on thereverse scholarship! I valueyour opinion and insight andI always seem to leave ourmeetings feeling like I canconquer the world! -Kylie Jackson 13

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AS ALWAYS YOU’RE WONDERFUL DAWN. WE WILL WORK ON CONTINUING TO PROVIDE CLARIFYINGCOMMUNICATIONS.-LARA KALWINSKI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION NATIONALSTANDARDS STAFF 15

PLUGGED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AT ROTARY TODAY FOR YOUR WORK WITH SCHOLARSHIPS!! THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!! LaRea Slater16

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GREETINGS FROM MERIDIAN, MS! Our foundation, CFEM, is looking to do a majoroverhaul of our website.  Yours is great!  So we have some questions if you don’t mind… • How/who did your site design?  Can you recommend resources who know CFs in general? • How do you maintain your site and update it to keep it current – internal, external resources? Lastly, can we contact someone in your Foundation to ask more questions?  If so, please let us have their info. Thanks, EXWECEDLUAIETVLEIITVSRHEI.OMVMNIAECCNYEIAETPGRIRZ,EEEMJNSREIS.DNETNT NATIONAL BANK18

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Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift in memory of dad. I cried when I opened your card because it was just so appropriate. Healways, first and foremost, thought of others and would have been so pleased to know that his legacy lives on, not only in his home community but across the statebecause of my many friends in the Community Foundation network. Thank you for your kindness and for all you do to help others. RACHEL W. HUGHES, MA, CFRM DEVELOPMENT OFFICER WAYNE COUNTY FOUNDATION 21

Dear Meagan, We have been so impressed with the new talent that has joined Indiana community foundations in recent years. It makes us feel great about the future of our field. We would like to do what we can to ensure that our field welcomes, embraces and supports this talent. We see you a part of this next generation of leadership and would love your insight and advice. So, you are invited for lunch and a conversation on this topic. This will be a very casual brainstorming conversation, we are not bringing any specific proposal to the event. We hope you will join us. ROSEMARY DORSA VICE PRESIDENT INDIANA PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE22

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THANK YOU VERYMUCH, DAWN! IAM SO GRATEFULFOR YOUR HELP.YOU ARE AWONDERFULPARTNER. DAVID WRIGHT IWU PRESIDENT24

Hello Dawn, Thank you for treating me to lunch on Friday. It was great to spend some time getting to know you and meet your son and mother. That was a pleasant surprise.Thank you for sending this information aswell. It was good to hear about so many areas where you are helping others. Thank you for all you do for our community! CHRISTOPHER L. KENNEDY PRESIDENT HARTSON-KENNEDY CABINET TOP CO., INC. 25

Loved your last blog by the way for the Community Foundation, Dawn! Andrea Womack MARKETING AND OFFICE MANAGER GAS CITY AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE26

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Dear Sherri, Thanks so much again for sharing your thoughts about capital cities with me. We are looking forward to talking with Amanda and Joe Bill soon. I especially appreciate you sending copies of your meeting materials -- very helpful! Please let me know if I can ever be of assistance to you. Julie Mecum Julie Mecum Chief Operating Officer Community Foundation of Boone County28

Hello Dawn,Our vice president, Jackie Hanton, attended Michigan Boot Camp earlier this year and shared your brag book idea with us. We thinkit’s great and want to start using it ourselves. What software do you use to create it? Thanks for any help, Audrey Sochor COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY 29

SHERRI, THAT’S WHY YOU ARE MY FAVORITE FOUNDATION!!! THANK YOU! MIKE GRICIUS Senior Manager Blue & Co., LLC30

Meagan, You are the best. Thank you forhelping us grow. This couldn't bedone without you. Mark FauserMarion Community Schools 31

Cassie,  Thanks for visiting our class today. That was super helpful. And thank you for being willing to support the students in their grant- writing endeavors.  Jacob Kendall, MSW, MPH, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor Social Work Department32 Taylor University

Dear Dawn, I stopped in a few months ago, while Elijah was in Nicaragua, toinquire about Elijah's application for scholarships this year and wasshocked to learn he didn't complete his application.  I just wanted to let you know what I learned when he returned to the states.  He said he didn't apply because Northwestern University's aid package pays almost all his expenses and he didn't feel comfortable requesting scholarships.I sent an update to my fellow members of the Marion Rotary Club concerning how he is applying himself since he was the 2016 recipient of the male Marion Rotary Club Student of the Year Award. Since your organization also sent scholarships in 2016 toNorthwestern in his name, I wanted to share the information withyou also.  Your help has gone a long way in helping him accomplishwhat he has made of his opportunity so far.  His plans are to go on to law school.  He also is planning on applying for another study abroad opportunity in Argentina during the summer of his junior year. By the way, he was elected President of Chapin Hall Residence Center for this academic year. Forgive me as a grandparent for bragging, but I know you will be interested in the \"fruits of your labor\". With warm regards, Jim Botkin 33

Dawn, You are the BOMB . Thanks so much. CAROL HAMILTON34

DAWN,IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IWOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOU AS THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THECOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONCOMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU WOULD DO A PHENOMENAL JOB! DOUG INMAN PORTLAND FOUNDATION 35

Cassie, Thanks forall you do.  You do a great job of keeping thecommittee on taskas well as helping the chair to do what is needed. John Jones36

DAWN, YOU AND YOUR TEAMDO A TREMENDOUS JOB! WHAT A GREAT SHOT IN THE ARM FOR THE TFTGC INITIATIVE. CONGRATS!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. JEFF WHITESIDE VECTREN FOUNDATION 37

Dawn You’re off to a great start with TFTGC,congratulations. Jim Gartland Chairman Atlas Foundry Company Inc38

I just returned from the KACF conference and thoroughly enjoyed hearing your Executive Director, Dawn, talk aboutdevelopment/communications.Lots of ideas to bring back and implement in Iowa. Jenna Manders Knowledge Management Director Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque 39

Dawn, One of our members attended your Storytelling session in Wichita last week and can't stop talking about it! Would it be possible for you to send a copy of your PowerPoint presentation so we can share it with the rest of our committee?  We heard the Stewardship session on Monday was great also. So, would you mind sending both? We think many of your ideas are replicable for our community foundation.  DOUG FRIEDLI, FAC MEMBER40 NEBRASKA CITY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FUND

And … AND … AND … by the way …. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for ALLLLLLLL your help. Dawn, you sent me things, stuff,forms, and more things the momentI asked for help … you were my life- line! Thank you, Dawn! Coni S. Mayer | Executive Director Adams County Community Foundation 41

Dear Dawn: I knew as soon as I saw your intro that I’d love your Marketing style and message! Thank you for sharing it at the Growing CommunityFoundation conference. Yours is honestly one of the best, most relatable and action-oriented Marketing presentations I’ve heard – and not just in the community foundation space! I said hello after your Presentation #2 and am the relatively new (1 year) ED of the Lake County Comm. Foundation, based in the northern suburbs of Chicagoland.I’ve been struggling to get a focused a Mar/Comm action plan on paper – it’ssuper clear in my head – and your presentation has inspired me. Are you able to share your Communication planning templates and audience profiles with me? Thanks for whatever files/templates and tools you can send! MIAH H. ARMOUR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LAKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION42

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Hi Dawn. Thank you so very much! Also, thank you so much for the fantastic presentation! You are great! Many thanks for sharing your resources with me. Karlie Bowman A Healthy Community46

Dawn, Thank you so much for speaking at Rotary today. As always, you tend to blow us awaywith how you are helping Grant County!! LaRea Slater 47

Acute Angle Dawn, I just happened upon your\"Acute Angle\" story as I was searching through oldemails. I loved it! I hope lotsof Grant County people read it and took it to heart. John Peirce Peirce Consulting, LLC Another masterpiece. How do you do it! Great job. David J. Bennett Executive Director Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne48

Dawn, WOW! I loved your article. Sohonored and impressed. Thank you for your passion andencouragement. Simplyawesome. THANK YOU SO MUCHMark Fauser 49

Hi Dawn, Happy Monday! Thank you for sharing your expertise and ideas at the 2017 KACF conference. I sat in both your sessions and greatly enjoyed both of them. I began to feverishly take notes during your first session, but was told by a friend that all the slides would be made available, so no need to write it all. You had ALOT of great ideas and information. Since I’m still waiting on the slides from KACF and have some time in the next few weeks to review notes and ideas from the conference, I thought it best to reach out to you directly. Would you be willing to share a copy of your ppt slides or a draft of your plan/ideas? I’d greatly appreciate it!  Thank you, Noah Nordbrock Donor Services & Marketing Director DeKalb County Community Foundation50