Cover and inside aerial photography by James M. Roach, Falconer Printing and Design CHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ~ The Road to 35 ~ 1 or 35 years, the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation has been a supporter of local nonprofit organizations by providing financial assistance through our extensive fund base. While we have many funds whose awards have a designated purpose, our most coveted funds are those with no designation at all. Through the years, this money has been called unrestricted, community service, special projects and most Frecently the Fund for the Region. We have learned that whatever one chooses to call it, these donations fall into the category of caring and giving. An individual must care for his or her community to give a donation without designation. It is that sense of caring that gives our Board of Directors full authority to direct this money to projects and initiatives that will better our community for future generations. As we embark on the “Road to 35,” we look at these types of donations to lay the pavement for our success. This proverbial road takes us through the communities of Randolph, Clymer, Mayville, Falconer and others around the region, to make good things happen. We may not know what the next 35 years hold, but, by following in the footsteps of the founders, donors, Board of Directors and volunteers who have come before us, we can be sure that the Community Foundation will remain a place where caring and giving prevail… Jennifer L. Satalino Pamela D. Noll Denise R. Jones Carol S. Hay Stephen J. Wright President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Past President Michael C. Bird Donald L. Butler Christy L. Brecht P. Richard Fleurant 2012 Board of Directors Ronald W. Kohl Dana A. Lundberg 2 ~ The Starting Point ~ CHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION • E D A V T H P E Y W E A H 1 Y T 2 7 3 6 8 1 Kenneth W. Strickler 2 Miles L. Lasser 3 Betty J. Erickson 4 4 Francis B. Grow 5 5 Marion A. Panzarella 6 Carl M. Cappa 7 Elizabeth S. Lenna 8 John D. Hamilton “This team of Founders began the initial strategy of focusing on growing unrestricted endowment assets which are needed to address emerging, community issues.” — Kenneth Strickler President Board of Directors 1978-1987 Thirty-five years later we pay tribute to these beliefs through the promotion of the most coveted of all our resources — unrestricted endowment assets or the Fund for the Region. Founding Members • www.crcfonline.org Caring ~ Giving 3 Caring for your fellow man. Giving the ultimate sacrifice. he Town of North Harmony is looking to renovate Veterans Park in Ashville. Ralph n November, Clymer Central School dedicated TWhitney gathered with Ron Saxton and a wall of honor to all American military veterans Frank Stowe to discuss plans for the future Ifrom the Clymer, French Creek and Mina memorial with Randy Sweeney and Sally Carlson. communities. So far, the wall boasts 1,083 names Town Board Members are asking residents, past of individuals representing conflicts since World and present, who have served in the military, to War II. All proceeds for this wall came from submit their names to the Town Clerk’s Office for community members and were held in the inclusion on the memorial. Donations may be Clymer Central School Veterans Honor Roll made to the Town of North Harmony Veterans Non-Endowed Fund. Memorial Non-Endowed Fund. andy Sweeney presents awarded a total of $95,000 a check to Mary Ann to support emergency home RSpanos and County repairs for veterans and veterans’ Executive Greg Edwards for families. Some of the completed the Office for the Aging/Veterans Agency. In projects include wheelchair ramps, roof repairs and 2012, the Chautauqua County Assistance Fund new windows. 4 Caring ~ Giving CHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION • Caring for their future. Giving them a helping hand. aley Kulakowski, a 2012 Jamestown High School graduate, received the HAlison Ney and Christa Stineman Memorial Scholarship to study International Relations at Syracuse University. Also pictured are Alison and Christa’s parents; Dr. Lillian Ney, Mary Stineman and Richard Stineman. hristopher Proctor received his associate degree in applied science Cin May 2012. SEABEE Roland Swanson, right, presents Christopher the first Island X-11 N.Y. Navy SEABEES/ John Oleszak Memorial Scholarship to further his education at Pennsylvania College of Technology. lex Beckerink, currently a sophomore at Southwestern High School, received the ALucile M. Wright Air Museum Scholarship to attend a five-day long space camp at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. A Civil Air Patrol member, Alex’s dream is to someday work for NASA. Alex poses with his mom, Lisa Beckerink, and Richard Fessenden, President of the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum. • www.crcfonline.org Caring ~ Giving 5 Caring for today. Giving us tomorrow. ver the past six years, more than 350 trees have been planted throughout the city of Jamestown’s school Oneighborhoods. In May, students at Lincoln Elementary collected $281.66, in change, to put towards planting five new trees along the school’s front entrance. Students were inspired to do something for the environment after reading Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” The Community Foundation matched the school’s donation. he Chautauqua County Assistance Fund granted $10,000 to the American Red Cross, Southwestern TNew York Chapter, in July to benefit disaster relief services. Executive Director of the Red Cross, Bill Tucker, and Randy Sweeney stack cleaning buckets that are distributed to flood victims. In 2011, the Red Cross responded to over 50 incidents throughout Chautauqua County and assisted over 200 individuals. Their services are free of charge and only possible through the generosity of the public and other nonprofit organizations. t the end of 2012, $470,010.27 was awarded to 93 churches and charitable agencies throughout the Chautauqua Region from designated/agency funds. These are funds that have been established for a Aspecific purpose or organization. A total of $1,993,380 has been given back to the community, through all fund types, to support religious, educational, arts and humanities, youth, and human service projects and initiatives. 6 GIFTS ~ In Honor of CHAUTAUQUA REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION • — Gifts — in honor of ~A Lynn Kinnear William Schuyler Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Alessi Erin L. Kling Noah Nicholas Shelley Mr. Alexis Linda Knight J. Timothy Sherwood, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Donald N. Anderson William Knight Dr. Charles E. and Nancy Sinatra’s John E. Anderson Joan Kojm 80th Birthdays Greg and Stephanie Kowalczyk & Joshua A. Stafford ~B Family Kathleen Krishock Stone John Bauer Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Stronz & Gregory Bender Family ~L Family Jodell Bender Miles L. Lasser Mr. and Mrs. Terry Stronz & Family Living Members of the Bender and Miles Lasser’s Birthday Lance Corporal Aaron M. Swanson Nagle Families David S. Lawson Jr. Roland A. Swanson C. Jeffrey Bloomquist Mr. and Mrs. James J. Lawton Peggy Sweeney Retirement of Steve Bush Stanley Lundine Randall J. Sweeney ~M Randy Sweeney and CRCF Staff ~C Rev. Thomas Sweet Mr. and Mrs. Chris Campion S. Ralph and Frances Marra Anthony C. Caprino James McElrath Sr. ~T Jim and Marsha Cirbus Diane Melson Melissa Kinnear Thompson Duane Croscutt Marriage of Tammie Fleeger and John Merino ~U ~F Norman D. Merrill U.S.N. SEABEES Patrick J. Federico Marriage of Caitlin Salter and First Presbyterian Church Music Daniel Morales ~V Ministry Paul and Marian Moynihan Katherine Van Every Andrew Freeman All Veterans ~N Veterans Park Relocation Fund ~G Rev. and Mrs. Daniel Nagle & Family Joseph and Mary Vicario Marriage of Megan Peterson and Janice Nagle Adam Galea Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Nagle & Family ~W Mrs. Lois T. Galloway Thomas Nagle Family Gloria Wheelhouse Gary and Mike Mark Nagy, M.D. Richard D. Wight Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Goffar Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. Neckers Wolcott Family Lyndon S. Gritters, M.D. Marion and Norman Newhouse’s ~X CSM Daniel L. Gustafson Jr. 60th Anniversary All X E X and Bill Beck Dr. Lillian V. Ney ~H ~Y Dr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Hagadorn ~O Jane Young Mrs. Mary E. Hirsch Paul O’Brian Martha Erickson Young Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hood Mary Ann Green Olson Robert D. Young Jr. Helga Hulse Robert E. Olson ~J ~P J.H.S. Class of 1950 Gregory L. Peterson J.H.S. Class of 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Kim C. Peterson J.H.S. Class of 1962 Patricia Phillips J. Norman Johnson, D.D.S. Marie Plumb Mr. and Mrs. Robert Josephson ~S ~K Retirement of Cynthia Sapp Suzanne Swanson Keppel Retirement of Dr. Rick Sapp Mr. and Mrs. A. David Kerr Mr. and Mrs. Eric Schaefer & Family Emily C. Kidd Don Scholla Family • www.crcfonline.org GIFTS ~ In Memory of 7 — Gifts — in memory of ~A Robert Boozer Daniel DeKimpe H. James Abdella, Esq. Rose G. Bower Thomas Aquinas Delaney Glenn Lee Akam Jr. Patricia Jones Boyer A. Esther DeLeon Donald Alden Marjorie S. Broadhead Donald A. Dennerlein Phillip Alfonsi Denise Elaine Tryon Brown Arnold R. DePetro Sr. Paul E. Allen Gale Gokey Brown Carolyn Dibs David and Lillian Anderson Robert B. and Edith M. Buchan Candace Lewis Dickinson Elizabeth A. Anderson Rob Buck Morgan and Mary Doolittle Eric Anderson Salvatore J. “Sam” Buttafaro Daniel Drake Erik Anderson Thomas A. Buttafaro Roger W. DuBois Martin L. Anderson, WW II Veteran Lois Bylund Lottie G. Dunker Pat Anderson ~C ~E Patricia Lund Anderson Gunvor L. Ecklund Robert W. Anderson Merle Cady Sr. LTC William J. Cahill Mary Lou Edwards Willis N. Archer Dolores A. Carlson Endersen Rita Arisman Anthony C.