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Spring 2013 Newsletter

A group of nonprofit agency partners will participate in the first class of “The Resilient Community” to improve their preparedness so they can respond as quickly as possible to their own clients or community needs after a disaster.

They will be part of a pilot project to offer customized nonprofit disaster resiliency plan-ning, which is made possible through a $248,000 grant to the CFO from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, based in Eden Prairie, Minn.

The program will start on March 12 with par-ticipants from Springfield-Greene County and the Rolla area; a second cohort of agencies from the Joplin-Carthage area will begin in the fall.

The CFO is partnering with Nonprofit Ser-vices Center from St. Louis to conduct the ac-tual training. The national grant also makes implementation grants of up to $5,000 available for the agencies that have needs as a result of

successfully building a disaster plan.Disaster preparedness is designed to build resil-

iency for a variety of circumstances, ranging from an emergency specific to the agency, such as a fire, to a community-wide situation such as a natural disaster. The more prepared an organization is to deal with a disaster, the more quickly it will be able to resume some level of continuity of operations.

That’s why the project also has the sup-port of the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management. OEM Director Ryan Nicholls hopes graduates of the program will strengthen his network of “next respond-ers” — the type of agencies needed to provide services after the immediate response in areas such as child care, legal aid, counseling, animal welfare, housing, and vulnerable populations.

For more information contact Bridget Dierks or Louise Knauer at (417) 864-6199.

Yes to the many trails and nature outlets inside or close to the city. Yes, as well to public art, a growing downtown and cashew chicken.

No to graffiti. No to homelessness, litter and empty, forlorn businesses that offer no job pros-pects for young adults.

These were among the features cited by Springfield’s Youth Empowerment Chapter for its debut “photovoice” project. The students, rep-resenting Springfield’s five public high schools, Bailey Alternative School, Greenwood and Springfield Catholic, were asked to document as-pects of their hometown that make them want to stay, or return after college, as well as those that make them want to leave the area.

Photovoice is a term used for a process in which people use photo and/or video images to capture aspects of their environment and experiences and share them with others. The pictures can then be used to share with leaders

and policy makers to influence decisionmaking or spur change.

The students have made their presentation for Springfield City Council, the Good Commu-nity Committee and the CFO Board of Directors, with several others planned. In addition, a selec-tion of the photos was displayed at The Creamery Arts Center during the latter half of February, and a reception took place on Feb. 21.

The CFO’s own Randy Russell was honored as the 2012 Humani-tarian for his work in education and the arts, and he combined both interests in donating his award money to the Arts in Education Endow-ment Fund to benefit children long into the future.

The Junior League of Springfield nominated Russell for the award, pre-sented at a December luncheon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Springfield. Representing the JLS to present the 23rd annual award, Care to Learn Ex-ecutive Director Morey Mechlin described Russell as “an inspiration to me, the 642 women of the Junior League of Springfield, and our community.”

Russell is the 26th person over 23 years to provide such inspiration for the award, given to individuals who place service to others as the primary motivating force in their lives. The Humanitarian was estab-lished by longtime CFO supporter Jewell Thompson Schweitzer and includes a $3,000 cash award, which the recipient traditionally donates.

The 2012 selection committee, organized by the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, was chaired by John Wilson and included Ja-net Dankert, Dan Friberg, Tom Slaight, Dr. Robert Spence, Rev. Mark Struckhoff and John Twitty.

Russell, senior program officer at the CFO, selected the Arts in Educa-tion Endowment Fund because it also supports the Springfield Arts Col-laborative Endowment Campaign. (See related story, page 2.)

“As an educator, I have seen the arts provide an easy avenue for children to build the strong foundation needed to succeed in school,” Russell said. “The dona-tion of the award to the Springfield Arts Collaborative Arts in Education Fund seemed like a great choice to assist in providing that opportunity.”

The JLS nominated Russell for his commitment to education as both an art teacher and staff member at SPS, where his accomplishments in-cluded turning the district’s Partners in Education program into a na-tional model for businesses adopting schools. He continues to volunteer weekly at Watkins Elementary School, and serves on a number of civic committees working to improve the lives of children in the Ozarks.

A working artist himself, Russell has volunteered countless hours for Springfield Little Theatre, Springfield Regional Arts Council, First Night, and Urban Districts Alliance. He also was instrumental in creat-ing Springfield’s initial Cultural Plan, a strategic plan focused on sus-taining and promoting local arts. He received the annual Ozzie Award for service to the arts in 1992.

CFO Wins Grant for Disaster Resiliency

Photos Give YEP Students a Voice

Randy Russell Named 2012 Humanitarian

Presenting the pho-tovoice to Spring-field City Council were Springfield YEP members (from left): Julia Brents, Kickapoo; Alex Drake, Bailey; Steph-anie Holesapple and Kelsey Williams, Hillcrest; and Ashley Ecker, Kickapoo.

Joining Randy Russell are JLS President Pam Leggett-Lutes, Morey Mechlin, CFO Board Chair Jill Reynolds, Humanitarian Founder Jewell Thompson Schweitzer and Mary Kromrey.

Photovoice in Your Town?Regional YEP Chapters are encour-aged to do a photovoice project in their communities. The CFO has 35mm digi-tal cameras available for loan; students also can use their own equipment. For more information, please contact YEP Coordinator Bridget Dierks at [email protected]; or (417) 864-6199. Past Humanitarians

For a full list of previous Humanitarian award win-ners go to www.cfozarks .org/Humanitarian.

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Anniversaries serve several pur-poses. They are a time to cel-ebrate shared lives and mile-

stones. We use them to reflect and pay tribute, especially the difficult ones mark-ing deaths or crises. We also use them to take stock of where we’ve been and where we’re going.

We plan to do all of the above over the next year as the CFO marks 40 years of serving as the Ozarks’ regional charitable foundation. Did the 11 men who recog-nized the value of a public foundation expect it to be a $200 million plus, multi-faceted organization 40 years later? We are certainly grateful for their vision and lead-ership.

Today, with a broad-based mission of public leader-ship, collaboration and resource development, the CFO is at the table for many discussions about community is-sues, resources and priorities. In fact, the CFO often pro-vides the table, as a convener and “safe space” for frank discussions. We’re encouraging our 44 affiliate founda-tions to do the same in their communities as well as ask-ing our community and school partners to work together to sustain our rural areas.

Our role has evolved over the years as the region’s needs and priorities evolve. It’s not enough to develop and manage charitable assets and make grants. We want to ensure our grantmaking is as effective as possible so

we can apply our resources — your gener-ous giving — as wisely as possible. That’s why we also focus on strengthening non-profits and schools, and participating in leadership roles to make sure there is con-sensus on the most effective approaches for community building.

This work takes resources as well. We operate with very low administrative fees and a lean staff and want to keep it that way. We hold one campaign a year for sustaining funds to help operate the

CFO. Last fall, we renamed that annual campaign as the Founders Fund, in honor of our anniversary year, and doubled the goal for this operating money to $100,000. I’m very pleased to let you know that we are getting close to that mark, thanks to many of our longtime friends as well as a number of new sustaining members.

So, I want to thank our faithful returning donors and new Founders Fund members very much for believing in our role. Putting Community and Foundation together is a powerful combination. It has inspired our work for 40 years, and that is just the start of many more to come!

—Jill ReynoldsCFO Board Chair

the O’Reilly family announced a gift of $1.365 million for the Springfield Collaborative Arts Endow-ment campaign at a December ceremony commemorat-ing O’Reilly Automotive’s founding at what is now The Creamery Arts Center building. The gift serves as a cor-nerstone of the final phase of the Springfield Arts Collab-orative campaign, which announced a goal to raise an ad-ditional $2 million by October 2013 to support long-term financial stability for community arts.

The O’Reilly gift is made possible by Charlie and Mary Beth O’Reilly, Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten, Larry O’Reilly, David O’Reilly, and Dr. Nancy O’Reilly.

The Collaborative Endowment Campaign is an inno-vative effort to collectively build long-term endowment funds that can help sustain Springfield’s community arts organizations. This collaborative campaign will benefit the Springfield Symphony, the Springfield Ballet, Spring-field Little Theatre, Springfield Regional Opera Lyric Theatre, and the Springfield Regional Arts Council, along with existing endowments for Arts in Education, the Landers Theatre and the Creamery Arts Center.

The O’Reilly family has long ties to The Creamery Arts Center because the building housed the auto parts com-pany’s original store and distribution center for 17 years beginning in 1957.

“The O’Reilly family and O’Reilly Auto Parts are happy to permanently memorialize the role this building played in the beginning of our company,” said CFO board member Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten, the daughter of Charles “Chub” O’Reilly, who co-founded the company with his father, Charles F. “Pops” O’Reilly. “We’re pleased that it has been preserved and now serves such a positive function for our Arts community.”

The plaque honoring the company’s history at The Creamery was unveiled at the main entrance on the south side of the building.

“We are so fortunate to have a family like the O’Reillys, who built their success right here in Springfield and, in turn, have given so much back to the community through both their service and their financial support for a wide range of projects and institutions,” said Dr. Carl Price, chairman of the Collaborative Arts Endowment Campaign.

The Springfield Arts Collaborative was formed to ad-dress sustainable arts funding, a consistent red flag found in the area’s biennial Community Focus Report.

In addition to the O’Reilly contribution, the campaign has received a generous pioneer gift from the Freelander Family Trust of $500,000 as well as $100,000 from the program’s Leadership committee.

O’Reillys Make Cornerstone Gift to Arts Endowment

Pictured (from left): Springfield Arts Collabora-tive chair Dr. Carl Price; CFO board member Rosalie O’Reilly Wooten; Springfield Arts Collab-orative Executive Vice President Scott Giffen.

LEGACY SOCIETY

CFO CALENDAR

Message from the Chair

CFO Board Chair Jill Reynolds

The CFO would like to recognize these new Legacy Society members who have joined via the CFO or one of its affiliate foundations. We appreciate the commitment of donors who choose to give back to their communities through a gift to one or more of their charitable interests as part of their estate plans.

For more information on joining the Legacy Society, please contact Winter Skelton at [email protected].

Springfield• Karen & Larry Catt• Jennifer Ailor• Clark & Collene Rand

Marshfield Area Community Foundation• Steve and Harriett Freeman

Nixa Community Foundation• Chris and Regina Thomas

March 8: Coover Place–Based Education grant deadline, 5 p.m.

March 8: Metro Springfield Community Innovation grant deadline, 5 p.m.

March 14: Past CFO Board Chairs Luncheon, 11:30 a.m., CFO

March 19: Regional Agency Partner meeting, 10 a.m.–noon, St. James

March 20: Executive Committee, noon, CFOMarch 21: Regional Agency Partner meeting,

10 a.m.–noon, Mountain Grove March 26: Regional Agency Partner meeting,

10 a.m.–noon, ClintonApril 2: Regional Agency Partner meeting, 10

a.m.–noon, JoplinApril 5: Metro Springfield Community

Innovation grant presentation, 2:30 p.m., CFO

April 11: Annual Affiliate Conference, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield

April 17: Executive Committee, noon, CFOApril 17: Board Meeting, 3:30 p.m., CFOMay 2: Rural Schools Rendezvous, all day,

Thomasville, Mo.May 15: Executive Committee, noon, CFOJune 4: Agency Partner Workshop: Donor

Input Panel, 10 a.m.–noon, CFOJune 13: Community Open House, 4-6 p.m.,

CFOJune 26: Executive Committee, noon, CFOJune 26: Board Meeting, 3:30 p.m., CFO



W hen Linda Duncan was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1980, her physician asked her what activities

she liked to do. Gardening, hiking, and biking were among

those she reeled off. How about old movies, he asked? Did she like to watch those? He suggested that she gather up a lot of them and plan on a more sedentary lifestyle watching movies and reading.

Two years ago, her “flea-market” garden was included in a Better Homes & Gardens feature.

When Janie Bru-nette was diagnosed in 1981, she was told she would be in a wheel-chair by the time she was 30. Instead, she went on to show award-winning Papillon dogs. Today, she has a scooter for when she needs it, but walks on her own much of the time.

When the two women met through the local MS Society chap-ter in 1990, it was this mutual positive outlook that forged a friendship and partnership that en-dures 23 years later. Now they are sharing their philosophy of living positive, well lives with MS in a more deliberate way through a new program established at the Jordan Valley Community Health Centers in Springfield and Marshfield.

This winter, their MSWellness Fund estab-lished at the CFO began supporting co-pays for routine doctor visits, lab work, medication, and related expenses for Jordan Valley’s patients with MS. In this trial phase of the project, pa-tients can receive up to four $25 co-pays a year.

MS is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system. Its symptoms may be episodic and unpredictable. It’s also been his-torically difficult to diagnose and affects every-one from children to adults.

Both Brunette, a Registered Nurse, and Duncan believe that routine health, wellness and preventive care, along with maintaining a positive outlook, will best manage this chronic condition. That’s why they hope their financial support for these co-pays will encourage Jordan Valley’s patients with MS to make regular doctor visits before health issues become acute.

“This just might get them here for medi-cal treatment and help keep them as well as

possible,” Duncan says.After Janie and Linda first met, they quickly

bonded over their mutual desire to support and encourage fellow people with MS. Along with others, they surveyed members of the Spring-field support group to find out their main needs and desires. Janie started an aquatics program, a great therapy for MS patients, which is still active today through the Mercy Health System. Linda got a newsletter going to connect the lo-cal MS community. They organized trips to Bran-

son shows and bingo games. They even sold Janie’s apple butter to raise funds for their activities.

“I have always had a philosophy that you have a decision in looking at a cup and seeing whether it is half empty or half full,” Brunette says. “I be-lieve that people who

can look at something positively can do better.”In 1994, the two were named Humanitarians

of the Year through the program established by Jewell Thompson Schweitzer. That comes with a cash award, which they deposited into a fund at the CFO. Anytime they had extra proceeds from their activities, they put the money into the fund. They always knew they wanted to do something specific with the money, but weren’t quite sure of the right fit. They just knew they wanted the mon-ey to stay local and they wanted to promote their commitment to wellness and positive thinking.

They also know Dr. John Bentley, himself a former Humanitarian, and a longtime physician who was instrumental in Jordan Valley’s start up. Brunette asked Dr. Bentley how they might work with Jordan Valley helping others with MS.

He encouraged them, and they eventually decid-ed it fit their goals. They developed this program not only to help people with MS, but also to en-courage them to “pay it forward.” After the first year of the new program, they will see how many patients use the money and whether any tweaks are necessary. They want to continue to grow the fund, but have endowed it so it can live off of its annual distribution.

Jordan Valley’s services are available to ev-eryone in the community and use a sliding scale based on patients’ ability to pay and any insur-ance coverage. Molly Nelson, Jordan Valley’s care coordinator for patients with MS, described one patient who had insurance, but used the MSWellness Fund to cover a $2 co-pay. He was so grateful because that $2 represented bus fare.

“I know $2 doesn’t seem like a lot, but it adds up for some people,” Nelson says.

Duncan and Brunette also hope their deci-sion years ago to use their own experience with the disease to help fellow patients with MS will encourage others to do likewise — whether it’s volunteer, financial or emotional support. When MS strikes young people, in particular, they may get depressed, worrying about whether they’ll have to give up their jobs or how they will tell dates about their condition.

“Give forward,” Brunette says. “This is not a death sentence. You can be yourself and still help someone else.”

How to HelpIf you would be interested in donat-

ing to the MSWellness Fund, checks can be mailed with that notation to: Community Foundation of the Ozarks, P.O. Box 8960, Springfield, MO, 65801; online donations can be made at: www.cfozarks.org/donate. All donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent al-lowed by the IRS.

Above: Janie Brunette talking at Jordan Valley Community Health Center; left: Linda Duncan describes their work on behalf of people with MS.

GIVINGit ForwardMSWellness Fund Launches New Program with Jordan Valley.

Magnets and bookmarks encourage people with MS to live well.



It’s been almost two years since the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and Marlin began working to bring the power of crowdfunding - then a fairly new online concept, pioneered by platforms like Kickstarter and Razoo - to the CFO’s network of Ozarks nonprofits. Since then, a team of developers has been at work on Cause Momentum, the platform designed for project-based fundraising and custom-ized for the CFO and its partners. Late last summer an alpha — or test — launch of seven projects introduced the platform for a trial run. A period of secondary de-velopment followed.

Finally, on Jan. 30, about 60 represen-tatives from agencies across the region attended a launch workshop for Cause Momentum. They were treated to a first look at the beta version of the site and its operating sys-tem, which was scheduled to go live for the public in February. A dozen or so agencies were poised to have projects ready at or near the time of launch, while the rest, with the help of Marlin and CFO

staff, were given one-on-one help navigat-ing the Cause Momentum program and brainstorming ideas for projects to post in coming weeks.

In a short introduct ion, Marlin Digital

Director Scott Bratcher shared a bit of the Cause Momentum vision.

“Collaborating on a project, that’s mo-tivating,” Bratcher said. “Being the one to find a project online, identifying with that need and then sharing that project with your friends - as an individual, that is motivating deep down in your core it causes you to feel like you’re part of a community.”

The Q&A session also addressed why Cause Momentum is project-based, as opposed to strictly a straight-donation portal. Bratcher explained how it seeks to harness the online sociability of the Internet generation to supplement the traditional donors who currently support most non-profits.

“This is about a sizeable market out there, a big group of people, that don’t even have a checkbook,” he said. “We can tap into those individuals by letting them communicate with their communities and fellow giving individuals about your projects.”

Meet Cause MomentumThe crowd-funding platform was introduced to agencies in late January and launched to the public in February.

For the first time, the CFO is hosting four regional meetings specifically for its nonprofit agency partners in rural communities. These meetings will last from 9:45 a.m. to noon (coffee and pastries will be served before each meeting), and they will focus on one of two topics: Finding donors and board development.

Sessions will be led by either Carol Silvey, CFO’s Senior Associate for Advancement in the South-Central Region,

or Bridget Dierks, Director of Nonprofit Services. There also will be updates on CFO communications offerings, the new Cause Momentum crowdfunding platform, and the redesigned Donor Central fund-management website.

The Regional Agency Partner Meeting schedule is as follows:• Tuesday, March 19: St. James (Donors)• Thursday, March 21: Mountain Grove (Donors)

• Tuesday, March 26: Clinton (Board development)• Tuesday, April 2: Joplin (Board development)

Please choose the subject, date and location that works best with your organizational needs, schedule and travel situation. Check your mail and e-mail for more in-formation from Bridget Dierks about specific locations and how to RSVP. Contact Bridget at (417) 864-6199 or [email protected] for more information.

CFO Hits the Road to Meet With Regional NonprofitsFour cities will host Regional Agency Partner Meetings in March and April.

To optimize the fluid, split-second nature of online givers, Cause Mo-mentum has been created with a few special features that you may want to be familiar with before you create a profile and start giving. Here are a few of those highlights.

1 Give Now, Decide LaterWhen creating a profile and mak-

ing a donation via Cause Momen-tum, you will immediately receive your tax-deduction acknowledge-ment via e-mail from the Commu-nity Foundation of the Ozarks. This is the case even if you want to bank a certain amount of money in your CauseMO account — let’s say $200 after your get your tax return — and distribute that out over time to proj-ects you want to support.

2 Forward MomentumAlong those lines, the Forward

Momentum feature allows donors to “gift” donations to others. Say your niece or nephew is having a birthday and you want to help them make a fun charitable gift: Just

“Forward” them the desired sum, and the Cause Momentum system will invite them to create an account and give that money to the projects they choose. This is also a great option for employers who want to reward employees by letting them make charitable gifts (which are tax-deductible for the business).

3 Cover Your FeeUnfortunately, credit-card

transactions are not free. We have worked hard to keep the costs as low as possible, but each agency will have its transaction fees de-ducted from its final distribution for a project. Donors have the op-tion to increase their donation by 3 percent to help cover those fees.

4 Give AnywayLike the Kickstarter platform,

Cause Momentum is designed to only pay out to the agencies if they reach their project goal. By design, this creates urgency among do-nors and the organization alike to create as much “momentum” as possible, as quickly as they can. However, at the time of the dona-tion to the project, donors are in-vited to give their intended sum anyway, even if the project doesn’t reach its goal. This allows donors to support their favorite organiza-tions financially even if they hap-pen to fall short of their goal.

Important Note: If donors choose NOT to “give anyway” and the project fails, they will not re-ceive a refund, because they have already received a receipt for a tax deduction. Instead their donation will be returned to their profile as a credit to be donated to a different project, now or in the future.

5 Straight DonationSometimes you just want to

give. That’s why each organiza-tion that creates a profile on Cause Momentum also will have a page where you can simply donate to their ongoing fundraising and ad-ministrative efforts, regardless of whether they have a project live at the time.

6 Share, Share, ShareSocial media and online in-

teraction are at the very core of Cause Momentum. To that end, each and every project is easy to share via Facebook or Twitter (you can even log in using your favored social media account). So share the love and tell your friends to rally around the projects you find worthy. Cause Momentum.

6 Things to Know About Cause Momentum

Marlin Digital Director Scott Bratch-er leads an overview of Cause Momentum for a full house of CFO agency partners.

How to get a project on Cause MomentumIf you are a nonprofit agency part-ner or school partner of the Com-munity Foundation of the Ozarks (must have 501(c)3 status and at least one fund with us), you are el-igible to participate in Cause Mo-mentum. Nonprofit partners in the process of applying for 501(c)3 status also may be eligible.

If you meet these criteria and are interested in the platform, please contact Bridget Dierks at (417) 864-6199, or via e-mail at [email protected] to get started.



In September, Marvin and Lucile Silliman issued a challenge grant through the Community Foundation of the Lake that matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $5,000) any donations made to Share the Harvest Food Pantry. On Dec. 5, 2012, Marvin Silliman — the newly elected president of the CFL — announced that the challenge had been met and the Marvin & Lucile Family Foundation and Share the Harvest had turned $5,000 into $10,000 in less than three months.

The Community Foundation of the Lake and Marvin and Lucile Silliman pre-sented Share the Harvest Food Pantry director Judy Wimmer and husband Nor-man with a check for $10,000 on Dec. 13, helping make it possible for Share the Har-vest to continue serving families and indi-viduals in need throughout the lake area.

Share the Harvest Food Pantry cur-rently serves 700 to 800 Camden County area families each month, or more than

2,400 individuals. Individuals and fami-lies who meet government income eligi-bility can select about 28 pounds of food per person once a month. This challenge was issued to the lake community to help fill the gap left by a struggling economy.

“Since retiring, we became aware of the great need right here in our own backyard,” Silliman said. “Share the Harvest Food Pantry is very well managed and no dol-lars are wasted. Judy and Norman WIm-mer have done an excellent job in manag-ing the facility and were instrumental in making this challenge grant a success.

“The Community Foundation of the Lake, along with Share the Harvest Food Pantry, would like to thank all the indi-viduals and organizations that helped us meet this challenge so that people who so desperately need food in our area can continue to be helped,” Silliman added.

Contributed by the Community Founda-tion of the Lake.

Garrett Fairchild Muench Hendrickson Sorbo

Sarcoxie Funds Field Inch at a Time

It’s a core tenant of the Rural Schools Partnership that a school foundation is a tool available to citizens to help support the needs of the local school district and its students. And nowhere is that phi-losophy being carried out more perfectly than in Sarcoxie.

The Sarcoxie School Foundation formed in August 2012. Shortly after, lo-cal physician and school board member Dr. Debbie Royce approached the founda-tion with an idea: Funding a new football field, stadium and track for Sarcoxie High School. The gravel track is so outdated, the Missouri State High School Athletics Association won’t allow track meets to be held there, says SSF president Mela-nie Goddard. The school’s own successful track teams couldn’t even practice on it.

So, the Inch at a Time Fund was born. In the first five months, the founda-tion has been able to collect more than $24,000 toward its $500,000 goal (the Sarcoxie school board has said it will match that amount). Goddard said most of that has come in through the work of Dr. Royce, primarily in small donations from constant fundraisers.

“She’s been the ring-leader,” Goddard said, selling tacos or desserts at football games and starting a successful penny drive at the local schools.

The Inch at a Time Fund is so named because Dr. Royce and the foundation have broken down the new football field to the inch, and used that to urge people to make smaller donations. For $70, a do-nor can pay for a half-inch of the field. A full inch is $140. Before the holidays the foundation offered seat plaques in the new

football stadium to donors who purchased a “yard” of the football field. One family purchased enough to give to each of their children for Christmas, Goddard said.

“This is such a high dollar amount, and Sarcoxie has such low income lev-els, we felt going to the community and saying ‘we need $500,000’ would seem overwhelming,” Goddard added. “But in smaller pieces, breaking it down to say each inch of the football field is worth so much money, it sounded good.”

With spring approaching, bigger piec-es of the funding puzzle are in the works, including pitches to local businesses, but the spirit of the drive won’t change, God-dard said. “Little by little we’ll get to our goal, without it seeming huge, and some-thing we can’t follow through with.”

BACF Dedicates Bench to Wollard

The Bolivar Area Community Founda-tion cemented a visual legacy for its long-time leader in January when the board commemorated a permanent bench in memory of Don Wollard, who died last summer after a battle with cancer.

The bench is located just off the square in Bolivar, in front of Modern Barber Shop, where Don gave generations of haircuts and laid the groundwork for establishing the BACF. The shop is still owned by Don’s son, Jared. The Jan. 28 dedication was attended by Jared, Don’s wife, Linda, and daughter Amy.

The bench features engravings of a steer and a barber pole, and bears the epi-graph “God is Good,” a common footnote to Don’s e-mails. It sits next to a similar bench, which Don helped establish.

The CFO’s Annual Affiliate Con-ference, designed to bring our 44 affiliate foundations together for a day of learn-ing, sharing and discussion, is scheduled for 9 a.m., Thursday, April 11 at Christ Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 601 E. Wal-nut St., Springfield.

This year’s theme is “The State of the Rural Union.” The centerpiece of the day will be a panel focused on rural affairs and defining the affiliate agenda.

The day also will include short break-out sessions featuring CFO staff and rep-resentatives and members of the Truman Lake Community Foundation board, who will share details of their best practices.

Lunch will feature CFO President Brian Fogle sharing information about recent giving data and a statewide trans-fer of wealth study. The conference will conclude with the introduction of the new Affiliate of the Year program by Mi-chael Chatman, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy and Regional Community Partnerships, and a roundtable on fund-raising ideas, featuring members of affili-ate boards from around the region.

Affiliate leaders should watch their mailboxes in early March for conference registration information. Contact Travis Liles at (417) 864-6199 or tliles@cfozarks .org with questions.

AFFILIATE NEWS IN BRIEF

Explore the State of the Rural Union

CF of the Lake Challenge Grant Pays Off in 3 Months

Pictured (from left): Trenny Garrett, CFL Past President; Marvin Silliman, CFL President, Marvin & Lucile Family Foundation; Lucile Silliman, Marvin & Lucile Family Foundation; Judy Wimmer, Share the Harvest Food Pantry Director; Lynn Griswold, CFL board member; Norman Wimmer, Share the Harvest Food Pantry.

Several CFO affiliate foundations have changed leadership since fall 2012. We appreciate the efforts all of these past presidents have made on behalf of their communities, and wish the new volunteer leaders much success in building their af-filiate’s role in community betterment.

Community Foundation of the LakeOutgoing: Trenny GarrettIncoming: Marvin Silliman

Mount Vernon Area Community FoundationOutgoing: Steve FairchildIncoming: Brian Daugherty

Republic Community FoundationOutgoing: Cyndy MuenchIncoming: Joshua Mathews

Stockton Community FoundationOutgoing: Ginger HendricksonIncoming: Marilyn Ellis

Truman Lake Community FoundationOutgoing: Sandie SorboIncoming: Randy Shipman

Five CFO Affiliates Change Leadership



The Rural Schools Partnership awarded six student conservation grants to schools across the Ozarks. These grants are supported by the CFO’s Rural Schools Conservation Fund.

Stockton elementary and middle-school classes will use a $1,500 grant to develop a quarter-mile education trail near the school in partnership with the Stockton Trails Initiative Coalition and the U.S. Army Corps of En-gineers.

Republic Middle School will use its $1,500 grant to create an outdoor learning environment at the school. A currently unused, unmaintained space will be trans-formed into an outdoor classroom for activities or other learning projects.

Willow Springs Elementary teacher Kelly Wardle, a graduate of the RSP’s Ozarks Teacher Corps program, re-ceived $1,200 to extend a Placeworks grant. Students will build raised beds and buy seeds and plants for an outdoor garden project.

The Purdy High School Youth Empowerment and Leadership Project received $1,260 for the purchase of 750-gallon, UV-stabilized, green plastic storage tanks to extend the garden project begun last year. Funds will be matched by the district.

The Hollister STAR Alternative School received $1,500 to complete the renovation of a former swamp area on the campus into an outdoor classroom called Tiger Springs. The goal is to build a boardwalk over the wetland area

The Bakersfield High School FFA chapter received

$1,000 to help build and maintain three concrete bins for composting old plants from the greenhouse, trimmings from the pruning of landscaping plants, leaves during the fall and vegetable waste from the cafeteria. Students will rotate materials as they break down and the material will be used for landscaping beds.

Conservation Grants Support Student Projects

Stockton Elementary students accepted a $1,500 grant for a trail project near the school. They’ll work with teacher and coach T. Jay Sanderson, top center.

CFO Board member Stephanie Stenger

Montgomery presents a $9,200 Early Childhood

grant to Operation US director Jennifer Baker

and board members Joan Whitaker and

Conrad Griggs.

The first two cycles of the Metro-politan Springfield 2012–13 grantmaking program awarded $125,000 for “red-flag” issues and early childhood programs. The total funding reached $250,000 because the “red-flag” grants require matching funds, so recipient agencies raised an ad-ditional $125,000.

The Metro Springfield Community Response Challenge Grants are intended to support strong existing programs that address “red-flag” issues identified in the Community Focus Report for Springfield-Greene County. The 16 grant recipients were selected by a volunteer committee comprised of: Dr. Gloria Galanes, Chair:

Carol Cruise, Tom DenOuden, Doug Mc-Neal, Debbie Shantz, and David Yaktine.

In November, a total of $50,000 was awarded to seven agencies for programs focused on early childhood. The Early Childhood grant committee includes Dot Atkinson, Laurie Edmondson, Ashley French, and Erica Harris. No matching funds were required for the early child-hood grants.

The Metro Springfield grant cycles continue this spring with Community Innovations grants due on March 8, and Senior Issues grants being reviewed peri-odically by the Greene County Senior Citi-zens’ Services Tax Fund Board.

First 2012–13 Metro Springfield Grants Awarded

Community Response Challenge grant recipientsThe Child Advocacy Center:

$9,500 for forensic interviews.The Arc of the Ozarks: $7,500 for

its long-term care home.CASA of Southwest Missouri:

$9,500 for its program to advo-cate for children in court.

Boys and Girls Town of Missouri: $7,500 to support residential and short-term wrap-around services.

Council of Churches of the Ozarks Ambassadors for Children: $9,500 for needs for foster children.

Council of Churches of the Ozarks Safe to Sleep: $2,500 to support families facing is-sues of domestic violence.

Boys and Girls Club of Spring-field: $9,500 for its health and wellness program.

The Victim Center: $9,500 to address the effects of violent crime.

Ronald McDonald House Chari-ties of the Ozarks, Inc.: $9,500 for the Tooth Truck.

Watershed Committee of the Ozarks: $5,000 to promote high-efficiency toilets.

Care to Learn: $7,500 for health, hunger and hygiene supplies.

Sigma House of Springfield: $2,000 for materials and ex-penses for counselor training.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks: $8,500 to support an additional case manager.

The Kitchen, Inc.: $8,500 to ex-pand health partnerships.

Ozarks Literacy Council: $9,500 for training supplies.

Harmony House: $9,500 to pur-chase materials for survivors of domestic violence.

Early Childhood grant recipientsFriends of Operation US: $9,200

to support the Hatching Proj-ect.

Ozarks Literacy Council: $4,000 to improve Kindergarten readi-ness.

University Child Care Center: $2,000 to support the Project Construct learning model.

Ozarks Area Community Ac-tion Corporation Head Start: $13,750 to improve early child-hood education and Kindergar-ten readiness.

Community Partnership of the Ozarks: $8,000 for the Strengthening Families Pro-gram to reduce child abuse.

Lighthouse Child and Family De-velopment: $6,000 to support high-need families.

Springfield-Greene County Library District: $7,050 for the district’s “Destination for Literacy” Program.



The ongoing discretionary community grantmaking program of the CFO and its affiliate community foundations is funded with distributions from unrestricted and field-of-interest funds ear-marked for specific communities or foundations. Grants listed below were made from Sept. 1, 2012 through Feb. 1, 2013.

Aurora Area Community Foundation YEP Grants $200Verona R-VII, special ed tech for communication $750Verona R-VII, elementary special ed/technology $750Verona R-VII, high school special ed books $500Verona R-VII, Parents as Teachers $1,000For the Kids, supplies for foster kids $500New Veteran’s Memorial $500Aurora Trails Fund $500Aurora R-8 School District: Bright Futures $500Aurora R-8 School District: reading program $500Aurora R-8 School District: Dawggie Bag program $500

Benton County Community Foundation Kaysinger Bluff Pioneer Heritage Association, books $500Benton County Human Services Council,

Smart Start school supplies $1,000Warsaw Senior Center, Miles for Meals $1,000Cole Camp Senior Center, Miles for Meals $1,000Benton County Historical Society, museum sign $600

Bolivar Area Community Foundation Care to Learn-Bolivar Grants for Student Needs $7,303Community Connections, banners for city streets $1,000Bolivar R-I School District, Reading is Fundamental $1,000Keeling Foundation for Kids, Inc.,

Humansville band instruments $1,000Ozark Greenways, Polk County Bike Club benches $600Polk County Christian Social Ministries,

Share Your Christmas $2,000Newborns In Need $1,000Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Table of Blessing Ministry $400Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland, Inc.,

leadership experience $1,000Young Life — Bolivar, Wyldlife Ministry $1,000Citizens Memorial Hospital, grant for

Pediatric Rehab services $1,000

Bourbon Community FoundationBourbon Community Center repairs $1,000

Carthage Community Foundation Leggett and Platt Benevolence Fund:

Hurricane Sandy relief $1,000

Cassville Community Foundation Arc of the Ozarks, iPad $325Cassville R-IV School District, lice removal kit $500Cassville Fire Protection District, air bag system $750Cassville R-IV School District, Discovery Center program $675Cassville Senior Center, Meals on Wheels $750Cassville United Methodist Church, food pantry $750Cassville YMCA, Strong Kids financial assistance $400Kornerstone, Inc., Teen Mom Program $350

Crawford County Foundation, Inc. All Aboard Learning Center $940Bourbon Community Center $3,000

Dade County Community Foundation Brown Bag Buddy Program supplies $500

Dallas County Community Foundation Dallas County Betterment Association, Dallas County

emergency response unit $4,000

Douglas County Community Foundation Ava R-1 School District, Character Building Program $500Skyline School Foundation Fund, Dolly Parton

Imagination Library $2,000Ava Animal Welfare League, Jr. $1,000

El Dorado Springs Community Foundation El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools, sound equipment $1,440El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools, e-readers for elem. library $740El Dorado Christian School, e-readers for

Christian High School $238Wings Refuge — Arc of Hope $698Church of Christ Food Pantry $806United Seniors, Inc. of El Dorado Springs, senior meals $2,280Reynolds Family Arts & Education Fund $1,000Salvation Army $250Heart to Heart International $500Food for the Poor, Inc. $250Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences $500Catholic Relief Services $500Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas $250Rainbow Network $125Oxfam America $125Grinnell College $500

Eldon Community Foundation Sacred Heart Catholic Church $2,000

Finley River Community Foundation Care to Learn-Ozark grants for student needs $108,058.30YEP Grant: Ozark High School, Student Council cabinet $400YEP Grant: Ipourlife, value-based learning

program for Upper Elementary $200YEP Grant: Ozark Junior High School, Science Olympiad $200YEP Grant: Little Shoots Nursery, vegetable dehydrator $80YEP Grant: Ozark North Elementary, magnet boards $100

Community Foundation of the Hermann Area, Inc. Services to support cancer patients in need $20,323.09River Bluff Industries, Inc $1,000Gasconade County R-1 School District, music trailer $500Gasconade County R-1 School District, printing costs $30Gasconade County R-1 School District,

matching grant for music trailer $500Gerald Engemann Memorial Fund $2,250

Jacks Fork Community FoundationMtn. View Family Youth Center $11,796

Lockwood Community Foundation Lockwood Public Library, Historical Data

section cabinets $412.50

Marshfield Area Community Foundation Dental expenses for kids $1,572.75Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation $1,000Webster County Victims Assistance Shelter Program $1,000Marshfield R-1 School District, iPad Collaboration Team $500Marshfield Christian School $500University of Missouri Extension Webster County $1,000Elkland Christian Church Fund $1,500Greenwood Community Club Fund, challenge grant $1,000Elkland Christian Church Fund, challenge grant $1,500

Meramec Regional Community Foundation Helping Hands Outreach Center, Operation Christmas $500Gasconade R-II (Owensville) School District

volunteer program $400Mid-Missouri Outdoor Dream Inc., outdoor classroom $500Gasconade R-II (Owensville) School District Project

Graduation $500Gasconade R-II (Owensville) School District,

Positive Behavior Support team $500

Mountain Grove Area Community Foundation Unique Services Inc., trailer for sheltered workshops $3,000Ozarks Family YMCA, Mtn. Grove and Cabool treadmills $1,500Missouri State University $1,500Mountain Grove Central Arts Council, floor replacement $1,500Mountain Grove Central Business District — Downtown

Association, roof repair $1,250Mountain Grove Senior Center Fund, matching grant $1,000

Monett Area Community Foundation Monett Community Outreach $1,000Ozark Festival Orchestra $2,500Purdy Renewal Project: Miracle Recreation,

Tots Choice playground $4,850Monett Area YMCA building campaign $5,000

Mt. Vernon Area Community Foundation Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, victim advocacy

program $350St. Susanne’s Catholic Church food pantry $350Mt. Vernon Community Betterment, Regional Arts Council $1,000Emergency Services for Children $1,000First United Methodist Church Mt. Vernon

backpack program $1,000First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Vernon diaper pantry $1,000

Neosho Area Community Foundation Newton County Food Basket Brigade, Inc. $500

Nixa Community Foundation Care to Learn-Nixa Grants for Student Needs $24,709Neighbors Helping Neighbors $120Christian County Emergency Management,

weather radios for disabled $1,200Children’s Smile Center, Crown Program $2,500Least of These $2,500Christian County Family Crisis Center $2,500Champion Athletes of the Ozarks $1,000Champion Athletes of the Ozarks, Project Lifesaver $900Nixa Azalea Festival Association, Inc. $1,200OACAC Christian County Neighborhood Center $1,500Boy Scouts of America — Nixa, scholarships $600The Child Advocacy Center $3,600Nixa Police Department, Smart document camera $1,492Mathews Elementary School literacy materials $694.45Summit Intermediate School, science needs $1,168.44High Pointe Elementary, technology needs $1,945Nixa Junior High School, books for 7th grade $1,500Nixa Junior High School, classroom keyboards $1,614Nixa Junior High School, projector and cables $1,956Nixa Junior High School, iPad $399Nixa Junior High School, e-readers $1,075Nixa High School, electric pianos $1,500

Nixa High School, student store $5,800Nixa R-II School District, Safety Team $3,270Bricks & Mortar Fund $1,775.62

Republic Community Foundation Care to Learn-Republic grants for student needs $2,469.11

Sarcoxie Community FoundationFreedom Christian Fellowship Church, community outreach $500Freedom Christian Fellowship Church, cemetery grant $500

Greater Seymour Area FoundationDollywood Foundation, cost of books and postage $696.16YEP Grant: Ozarks Family YMCA, after-school program $150YEP Grant: Seymour R-2 School District,

FCCLA backpack program $150

Ste. Genevieve County Community FoundationCity of Ste. Genevieve, directional signage $4,800Ste. Genevieve Lions Charitable Foundation,

rural heritage $1,800Ste. Genevieve Community Services Forum,

Holiday Christmas Festival $2,873City of Ste. Genevieve Police Department,

mobile data access for police cars $3,200

Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri, Inc. Benevolence Funds: Tornado damage assistance $9,024Benevolence Funds: Medical expenses $3,179Arc of the Ozarks, housing construction $100,000Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity, storm shelters $62,500St. Bernard Project/Rebuild Joplin, home repairs $125,000Art Feeds, therapeutic art for kids $25,000Duenweg Fire Dept., boots for firefighters $9,000Daybreak Rotary Foundation, Miracle baseball

field and playground $20,000Southern Missouri Emergency Communications Fund $20,000Southwest Missouri Arthritis Association, Inc. $8,408Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Missouri,

transportation needs $22,755Joplin Long Term Recovery Committee,

Rebuild Joplin housing grant $500,000

Stockton Community FoundationStockton Teen Empowerment Program Grant Fund $209.60Stockton R-I Public Schools, STEP conference

transportation $95.30SMP Landscaping, trail completion and brush removal $495

Table Rock Lake Community FoundationYEP Grant: Reeds Spring R-IV School District,

middle school defibrillator $300YEP Grant: Reeds Spring R-IV School District,

special education project $300Southern Stone County Fire Protection District

Auxiliary, equipment $300Central Crossing Fire Protection District, equipment $2,000Children’s Smile Center, school dental screenings $3,000Galena Vision of Hope Fund, Paint the Town co-op $615Lives Under Construction Boys Ranch,

community assistance program $2,000OACAC, preschool screenings $2,300Stone County Council on Aging, Good Neighbor program $3,000

Community Foundation of Taney County OACAC of Taney County, tornado assistance $9,303.47Hollister Youth Empowerment Fund $500

Truman Lake Community Foundation Sherwood Cass R-VIII School District, wellness committee $1,000Henry County Prosecutor, victim advocate support $300Clinton First Grade, iPad $717Clinton Parents as Teachers, Down and

Dirty with Mom event $1,085.22Henry County Historical Museum, artwork

cleaning and preservation $1,000Appleton City R-II School District, Booster Club

for football field $2,500Neighbors Helping Teachers, shelving units $390Windsor Chamber of Commerce, Farrington

Park improvements $750Sherwood Cass R-VIII School District,

after-school program $1,950Living Waters Ranch, Christmas from the Heart $200Living Waters Ranch, Prom-a-Palooza $200Atchison Monuments, memorial brick $45Leesville R-9 School District, field trip $500Henry Elementary, “Sherman” the Therapy Dog $200Gifford Scholarship Fund challenge grant $1,000Peggy Poague Bollin United Methodist Church

Endowment Fund, challenge grant $1,000Clinton Scout Center Endowment Fund, challenge grant $1,000

Community Foundation of West Plains, Inc. Samaritan Outreach Center, anonymous grant $100Boys & Girls Club of West Plains $2,500

Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation Willard Children’s Health and Dental Fund $9,855.76Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation

Scholarship Fund $4,903.74

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