{"id":118951,"date":"2019-06-07T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=118951"},"modified":"2019-06-07T07:14:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:14:50","slug":"convoy-foundation-seeking-fund-donors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/06\/07\/convoy-foundation-seeking-fund-donors\/","title":{"rendered":"Convoy Foundation seeking fund donors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; In May 2019, the Convoy Community Foundation received an anonymous donation from a family that has strong ties to the Crestview community. This donation of $10,000 will be supplemented with a similar donation next year, 2020. The legacy monies will be used for scholarships for Crestview graduates who are pursuing four-year degrees in either engineering or the medical profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Convoy-Foundaton-trustees-6-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118952\"\/><figcaption><strong>Shown (from the left) are Convoy Community Foundation Trustees Greg Kulwicki, Ron Schumm, Denise Frey, Marcia Germann, and Gary Weck.<\/strong> <br><em>photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Convoy Community Foundation is a nonprofit charitable organization founded in 1980. Its purpose is to undertake and promote charitable activities for the benefit of individuals, groups, and communities in the Crestview School district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEndowment Fund donors have an opportunity to leave a legacy to their communities,\u201d said President Greg Kulwicki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All assets received remain in perpetuity in a trust under the supervision of a local financial institution. The foundation conducts its charitable activities using only the investment revenue generated by the principal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose who donate $ 5,000 or more will have a plaque containing biographies of the donor(s) and the purpose of the fund,\u201d Kulwicki added. \u201cThe plaque will be permanently installed at the Crestview School.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in making bequests or donations to the Convoy Community Foundation Endowment Fund are encouraged to contact a foundation trustee. Trustees include Kulwicki; Marcia Germann, vice president; Denise Frey, treasurer; Kristi Gamble, secretary; and Trustees Ron Schumm, Bob Schumm, Gary Weck, Bob Hall, Craig Miller, Carl Etzler, Jean Leary, and Patty Keipper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information CONVOY &#8212; In May 2019, the Convoy Community Foundation received an anonymous donation from a family that has strong ties to the Crestview community. This donation of $10,000 will be supplemented with a similar donation next year, 2020. The legacy monies will be used for scholarships for Crestview graduates who are pursuing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 18:04:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}