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From Robotics to Software Engineering: Smiddy Scholarship Supports Klevorn’s Dreams

Thanks in part to the Emily & Frank Smiddy Scholarship through the Community Foundation for Mason County, Ludington High School graduate Olivia...

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Melissa and Cornell Boggs Create Fund to Support Lakeshore Children’s Advocacy Center

Melissa and Cornell Boggs, Ludington residents and dedicated community advocates, recently established the Lakeshore Children’s Advocacy Center Fund...

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Community Impact Spotlight: Patti Klevorn

Q: What is your position within the Community Foundation for Mason County and how did you begin your connection with the Foundation? I currently...

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Community Impact Spotlight: Julie VanDyke

Q: What is your position within the Community Foundation for Mason County? I am the Program Coordinator for the KickStart to Career (K2C) Program...

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Nancy Hesting on Generosity

Nancy Hesting has always been involved in nonprofit work, from when she was a finance director for a consulting firm that supported fundraising...

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Laird Rambasek Family Scholarship Fund

Rik Laird and Patti Rambasek have always valued education and given their time and talents to community service: Rik, through his work with the...

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Gene & Ruthann Kyle: Leaving a Legacy

Gene and Ruthann Kyle grew up in a small town in Indiana and were introduced to philanthropy from a young age by their families. When they moved to...

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Making a Difference One Cup at a Time

Carmen Biggs and Chris Turnbull Carmen Biggs believes there’s a misconception that human trafficking doesn’t exist in small communities. “Really,...

Spring 2023 Deposit Days

The KickStart to Career Program was established in Mason County in the fall of 2019 to support students in reaching their post-secondary goals. The...

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Scholarship Recipient Marches with Gratitude

Kathleen “Kat” Wang, a 2023 Community Foundation for Mason County scholarship recipient, was reminded of how much her world had expanded when she...

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Biggs Inspired by Family and Love for Community

When Kristen moved to Ludington during a blizzard in 2009, the school superintendent joked it would take 20 years to become a “local.” Fifteen years...