Community Foundation Hires Outreach Coordinator
September 7, 2010
KEARNEY – The Kearney Area Community Foundation recently hired Laurel McKellips as an outreach coordinator, a newly created position to work with volunteers, donors and organizations within the community.
McKellips will also continue serving as an AmeriCorps volunteer at the Foundation for a second year. She recently served as an intern with Counseling and Health Care at the University of Nebraska – Kearney (UNK) and worked as a Graduate Assistant at the Women’s Center at UNK.
“We are excited to have Laurel on our team,” said Judi Sickler, Executive Director of the Kearney Area Community Foundation. “Laurel’s organizational and people skills are a real asset to our growing organization.”
McKellips is a University of Nebraska – Kearney graduate with a master’s in Community Counseling.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation enhances the quality of life in the Kearney Area by promoting the spirit of charitable giving and effectively responding to the community’s needs. The foundation is located in the “Downtown Kearney on the Bricks” at 2207 Central Avenue.
Vision
The Kearney Area Community Foundation vision is to maintain a philanthropic culture to assure that donors and the community are served in an atmosphere of trust and professionalism which will, in turn, allow the Kearney Area Community Foundation to make a meaningful and positive impact on the residents of our community, now and in the future.
Community Foundation Hires Office Manager
August 10, 2010
KEARNEY – The Kearney Area Community Foundation recently hired Julie Ann Stepanek as its new office manager.
Stepanek managed her own small business in rural Nebraska and was a legal assistant for a law firm in Grand Island before relocating to Kearney.
“We are excited to have Julie Ann join our team,” said Judi Sickler, Executive Director of the Kearney Area Community Foundation. “Julie Ann’s management experience and people skills are a real asset to our growing organization.”
Stepanek is also a University of Nebraska – Kearney graduate and currently pursuing her master’s in Business Administration with a Management emphasis.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation enhances the quality of life in the Kearney Area by promoting the spirit of charitable giving and effectively responding to the community’s needs. The foundation is located in the “Downtown Kearney on the Bricks” at 2207 Central Avenue.
PETER KIEWIT FOUNDATION PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE GRANT TO WORLD THEATRE
July 9, 2010
The Kearney Area Community Foundation announced the Peter Kiewit Foundation has awarded $100,000 toward the renovation of the World Theatre in downtown Kearney through the Community Foundation.
In September 2009, the Kearney Area Community Foundation became the fiscal agent of the World Theatre Foundation which allows for private foundations, individuals and businesses to make tax-deductible gifts and grants to the renovation project.
Judi Sickler, Executive Director of Kearney Area Community Foundation said, “We are proud to partner with the Peter Kiewit Foundation and the World Theatre Foundation to continue to improve the quality of life for those living in the Kearney area.”
The Kearney Area Community Foundation was established 15 years ago to help people do good things in our community. “When the grassroots group led by Jon Bokenkamp approached us 10 months ago to partner with them, we jumped at the chance to help them achieve their philanthropic goals of raising funds to renovate and rejuvenate the World Theatre,” Sickler added.
“Establishing a fund with the Community Foundation, allowed the World Theatre board to immediately start grant writing and fund raising to create and later maintain the momentum these passionate and determined individuals started. We have been impressed with their marked success and we are proud to be partners with them,” Sickler concluded.
The Kearney Area Community Foundation will continue to work with the World Theatre Foundation as they enter the next phase of their fundraising campaign serving as an “incubator” until the Theatre is established and able to stand on its own.