Columbus benefits from Foundation
One of the largest successes of the Horizons Steering Committee was the creation of the Columbus Community Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is “to promote philanthropy, receive and administer charitable gifts and invest in programs that improve quality of life by building a permanent endowment perpetuating the vitality of the community.” Through generous donations from the community the Foundation was born.
The benefits of this Foundation can already be seen in Columbus. They have recently provided the money necessary to purchase a refrigerator at Kids’ Club Daycare. The Foundation is a project that will continue to grow and help the community for years to come.
Newspaper articles about the Foundation can be found at both the Stillwater County News and Billings Gazette websites, respectively:
Foundation helps Columbus in wide variety of ways
Everybody can be a philanthropist
Sue Geraghty and Heidi Claunch receive the grant to finish the Kids’ Club kitchen project
Stillwater Community Coalition directors Joey Hegstrum and Sharon Diane
Stillwater Community Hospital received a grant for a video surveillance and security system (pictured are Tim Russell and Sandra Prophet).
Stillwater Youth Center received a grant award to remodel their kitchen and create a youth run coffee shop. (Craig Whitlock and Joanie Matovich pictured)
Columbus Evangelical Church will be sponsoring Upward Youth Basketball and the grant will provide scholarships to kids who are less fortunate. (Pastor Jay Forseth pictured)
Bill and Betty Hart receiving a grant on behalf of the Museum of the Beartooths for increased signage