Enhancing Classroom Experiences: Community Funds Award Mini Grants to Teachers
![An elementary student points out the words as he reads while sitting on the floor of a school library.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Web-Photo-Mini-Grants-1024x576.jpg)
Community Funds in Alexis, Knoxville, Monmouth, and Roseville are supporting local teachers by awarding mini grants to enhance the classroom experience. Some of the projects that will be funded include forensic science lab materials at Knoxville High School, an outdoor learning oasis at United Junior High School, and an American Sign Language Curriculum at Monmouth-Roseville High School.
Community Funds Across Knox and Warren Counties Empower Local Initiatives with 15 Grants
![Caregivers and the infants and toddlers they care for at Roseville Kids Place.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Web-Photo-Roseville-Kids-Place-1024x576.jpg)
Community Funds in Alexis, Knoxville, Monmouth, Roseville, and Williamsfield recently distributed 15 grants to organizations that serve their communities. Roseville Kids Place was one of the recipients.
Connecting the Community: Grant supports multi-purpose Community Room
![Event in the community room at the Galesburg Public Library](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Web-Photo-Library-Community-Room-1024x576.jpg)
The Community Room at the new Galesburg Public Library is a wonderful example of what can happen when people come together. Through unwavering community support, we created a welcoming space where residents can gather, learn, and connect with one another.
The Turnout strikes a high note for area children and students
![Children gather to listen to jazz professionals play at the Rootabaga Jazz Festival, which is supported through a grant from Galesburg Community Foundation's The Turnout.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Web-Photo-Rootabaga-1024x576.jpg)
Knox College’s Jazz Year brings artists from the world’s stages to the region for multiple events and educational programming. Through The Turnout, area children and students of all ages can participate in these immersive experiences.
Inclusive play: new accessible playground in Knoxville honors Maci Mulvey
![Children play on the playground equipment build and dedicated to Maci Mulvey.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Web-Photo-Mulvy-1024x576.jpg)
The Knoxville Community Fund provided a grant to help fund the installation of accessible playground equipment in James Knox Park in honor of Maci Mulvey.
Exploring innovative solutions to support food pantries
![Volunteers unpack food received at Helping Hands of Roseville food pantry.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Web-Photo-Food-Pantries-1024x576.jpg)
Galesburg Community Foundation invited local food pantries to come together to discuss the obstacles they’re facing and best practices to help them meet their missions.
Collaboration builds stronger teacher pathways
![Participants in the teacher pathways gathering funded by grants from Galesburg Community Foundation and the Compeer Financial Rural Collaboration Project.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Web-Photo-Teacher-Pathways-1024x576.jpg)
Investing in the development and retention of talented teachers does more than enrich the lives of students. “It also serves as a catalyst for economic growth and vitality within the region,” says Joshua Gibb, President & CEO of Galesburg Community Foundation. To find ways to attract and retain teachers in Knox, Warren, and Henderson counties, […]
Generations apart, impact of two nurses resonates through the region
![Jennifer Hamilton in an exam room at the Galesburg VA Clinic.](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Web-Photo-Jennifer-Hamilton-1024x576.jpg)
Helen Wetherbee and Jennifer Hamilton were born decades apart but have the same thing in common—to improve the quality of healthcare in Galesburg.
Two initiatives increase awareness, combat root causes of hunger
![Jamie Stark, Adult Systems of Care Coordinator at Bridgeway](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Photo-HC-Info-1024x576.jpg)
The Hunger Collaborative is working to develop strategies to reduce hunger. Two of those strategies aim to increase awareness of services in the region.
Endowment aims to lift families in Warren County
![A patron at the Jamieson Community Center Food Pantry](https://yourgcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jamieson-Pantry-1024x576.jpg)
To help Jamieson Community Center meet the growing needs of the region, they are working with Galesburg Community Foundation to build their endowment.