November 13, 2008 ... As America faces increasingly hard economic times, a promising $30 million national initiative to address the nation’s workforce shortages is gaining momentum with communities looking for both innovative ideas and proven solutions to grow their economies. The National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS) announced today the addition of 11 regional collaboratives including Partners for Workforce Innovation (PWI) serving south Wood County, WI to its national effort to move low-wage workers into higher paying jobs while providing employers with the skilled workers they need. ...
November 6, 2008 ... Partners for Workforce Innovation (PWI) will include funders, private and public organizations, labor, faith-based organizations, employers, employees and civic leaders coming together to build a skilled and thriving workforce contributing to a vibrant, inclusive community with a prosperous local economy ...
August 6, 2008 ... CEO Kelly Lucas focused on annual highlights and the year ahead at Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County's Annual Meeting and Community Celebration . . .
June 12, 2008...On June 26, Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County will sponsor what has become a summer tradition in our community, Lunch by the River. As part of the sponsorship, the Foundation is asking all those who attend to help support the local food pantry by bringing a canned good or personal care item to the afternoon event. In exchange for your donation you will receive...
We live in a community with great assets, including committed people who are working together to capitalize on its stengths. Earlier this week we were fortunate to have...
Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County will join more than 700 community foundations across the country to celebrate national “Community Foundation Week,” November 11 – 17, 2007.
April 10, 2007 ... Ms. Berresford was named by Forbes Magazine in 2006 as “one of the most powerful women in the world.”This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to hear Ms. Berresford speak in Wisconsin Rapids about communities throughout South Wood County and Rome uniting to ‘Make It Happen.’
January 25, 2007 … Community Progress Initiative organizers – Community Foundation of South Wood County and Heart of Wisconsin Business & Economic Alliance – announced today that the Community Progress Initiative will continue.
October 19, 2006 ... Gilbert Mead was back in town to tour the renovations to the Community Foundation building he purchased and the reconstruction he is funding …
September 2006: There is good news for donors age 70 1/2 or older, and for the community they care about. A new law makes it possible to give individual retirement account (IRA) assets to charity during 2006 and 2007, free from federal tax. Formally, all lifetime distributions from IRAs were taxed - even those given to charity ...
September 2006: New study projects generations to transfer $687 billion in 50 years. Read about a study of Wisconsin counties statewide and the projected transfer of wealth ...
