Oregon Trail Community Foundation
Issue 14
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Oregon Trail Community
Looking Back / Moving Forward
April 2016
Editor- Julie Marshall
Marketing/Membership Director
CELEBRATING 39 YEARS OF BUILDING BETTER COMMUNITIES
By: Marilyn Rahmig
OTCF Scholarship Committee
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Each year, over 80 students turn in
scholarship applications to the Oregon
Trail Community Foundation. I have
served on the Scholarship Committee
at the Foundation, and I’ve witnessed how
scholarships have changed lives for both
traditional and non-traditional students.
Many students realize their parents
can provide some assistance; however, most
agree that the Oregon Trail Community
IN THIS ISSUE- Scholarships
“Tell me and I forget; teach me and I
may remember. Involve me and I
learn.” – Albert
Einstein
Our Mission:
The Oregon Trail Community Foundation
is a 501c3 organization that improves the
quality of life in our communities by
offering scholarships and grants through
funds
provided
by
memberships,
donations, bequests, trusts and more.
Foundation can help fill in the gaps. OTCF provides financial relief for
st students when they need it most! In 2015 OTCF awarded $89,450
in scholarships to both traditional and nontraditional students.
One of our nontraditional recipients was a young woman from
Gering who had worked in Lincoln to help support her family while
her husband attended UNL. After graduation they moved back to the
vvvalley and she began attending WNCC with future plans to become
a teacher. As required, she faithfully turned in her grades each seme ester, earned her education degree, began teaching in the Scottsbluff
S School system, and now has her Masters Degree.
I think the Oregon Trail Community Foundation does a really good
j job supporting individuals through our scholarships, and groups through
our grants. What’s important is, that, through our donors who create
scholarships under their family name, or anonymously, OTCF is able
to help students accomplish their goals toward earning their degree
and securing their career. So, that’s why we say, “Don’t just ‘GIVE’
to the future, CREATE it!”
START A SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT THE OREGON TRAIL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TODAY!
You can help students “create their future” by contacting the Oregon Trail Community Foundation.
Call Bev, Travis, or Julie at 308-635-3393.
or go to the OTCF website: www.otcf.org
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The Value of Giving
Back
Boy Scouts- new well at
Camp Laramie Peak
Fortis Boy Choir- grant
for sound equipment
Frank Sinatra’s acrid tongue
and quick fists were just as
legendary as his spellbinding voice.
But that was his tough-guy public
persona. The private Sinatra was
known
for
his
tremendous
generosity, having given away
millions of dollars during his life,
according to some estimates. “The
public should know that Frank
Sinatra was one of the greatest
humanitarians in this century. He
gave from the heart, no questions
asked. Ol’ Blue Eyes was truly The
Man with the Golden Heart” (Hall &
Kadaba, 1998) Inquirer.
West NE Housing Opportunities–Eastwood Apartments renovation
Apartmentsssrerenrererenovation
Wildcat Hills Nature Center-grant for new facility
Camp Rock
Twin Cities Baseball- new
dugouts at Cleveland Field
at Cleveland Field
Camp Rock- supplies for a new amphitheater
Establish
a Scholarship
Nerous
Fund or Donor-Advised
Fund by Donating:
*Commodities *Real Estate
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*Securities
*Retirement Plans
*Cash
*Gift Annuities
*Bequests
*Stocks
*Endowments *Life Insurance
*Personal Property
Potter’s Wheel Ministrieskitchen renovation
Violin Sprouts–grant for additional violins for Scottsbluff
proprogram
Congratulations to these
WELCOME
New Members !
Rod & Kathy Schildt
H philanthrop
Tony & Libby
Kaufman
organizations that
received grants from OTCF:
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Camp Rock
Panhandle Mental Health
Foundation/Recovery House
West Nebraska Arts Center
Twin Cities Baseball
Fortis Boys Choir
Dear members,
I’m Dr. Tom Rohrick, and I am proud to serve as the new Chairman
of the Board of Directors for the Oregon Trail Community Foundation. I’m
equally proud of this dynamic organization, and what we are able to achieve
in our communities because of our donors’ generosity and our members’
commitment to our mission - to improve the quality, vitality, and safety of life
in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming. I look forward to 2016-17 and
the vital work we’ll do together in our communities.
– Dr. Tom Rohrick
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OTCF gave a total of
$535,756.39 in gifts
and grants in 2015?
How to Apply
for a grant
from
OregonTrail
Community
Foundation
Go to the
OTCF website:
www.otcf.org
Click on the
“Applications”
tab on the
home page.
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“You can see direct evidence of the work OTCF does throughout our communities and panhandle – education, wildlife
preservation, historical landmarks, our schools, the arts, healthcare and scientific research.”
- Chairman of the Board, Dr. Tom Rohrick