Skokie News - Skokie Community Foundation board members pictured here lent a hand on a sunny Saturday afternoon and participated in the Clean, Green Skokie! clean up event bagging trash throughout the neighborhood.
NewSkokie Newsletter - Village employees generously contributed more than $19,000 to SCF through their 2020 Giving Campaign. The employee donations support SCF's grant awards to local organizations whose projects benefit Skokie residents.
NewSkokie Newsletter - page 11 - The Skokie Community Foundation’s Skokie Spirit Shines Through Campaign is featured in SkokieNews’ “2020 Year in Review.” The campaign began in late March of 2020 and raised over $60,000 to assist Skokie residents identified by Skokie Human Services as suffering financial hardship due to the pandemic.
SkokieNews - The Workforce Training Initiative, which is funded by one of SCF’s 2021 grants, is spotlighted in the January 5th edition of SkokieNews. The program will offer workforce employment training for Skokie residents who are unemployed or underemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pioneer Press - "The foundation awarded $28,000 in grants to proposals specifically designed to address the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which it affects Skokie residents, according to a news release announcing the awards." Read More
Skokie Patch - "This year SCF is awarding a total of $28,000 in grants. The Foundation sought proposals specifically designed to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on Village residents. All of the grants support residents negatively impacted by the pandemic." Read More
Skokie Patch - "You are invited to join other members of the community on Thursday, November 12, from 6-7:30pm, to hear about current COVID-19 trends, with opportunities to learn and share practical strategies to combat related stress." Read More
NewSkokie Newsletter - page 10 - The Skokie Community Foundation announces their public healthcare symposium "Coping with COVID-19" - a virtual event, free to the public, which will be held Nov 12th at 6 pm. The program will offer information and practical strategies for dealing with the pandemic and its impact on our lives.
Philanthropy News Digest - This year the Skokie Community Foundation is seeking to fund proposals that address needs that have arisen in Skokie due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. We invite proposals in which two or more organizations collaborate for the benefit of Skokie residents. Proposals are due September 9, 2020.
SkokieNews - The Skokie Spirit Shines Through fundraising campaign hosted by the Skokie Community Foundation (SCF) ends July 31. SCF raised over $55,000 to help nearly 100 Skokie households impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to all the generous donors for making this possible!
