Spring 2017 Newsletter Sweeney, Community Foundation executive director. Top 5 Organizations receiving donations: 1. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 2. Audubon Community Nature Center

Spring 2017 Newsletter

On November 29 from 8:30 a.m.- 5:00

p.m. all donations, up to $25, made to the

Chautauqua Region Community

Foundation for local organizations and

charitable needs, were matched by the

Community Foundation, totaling $62,536

on this one day of giving.

Diana and Randy Ordines, two of the many individuals who donated on Big Match Day, and

Randy Sweeney, Community Foundation executive director.

Top 5 Organizations

receiving donations:

1. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

2. Audubon Community Nature Center

3. Chautauqua County Humane Society

4. Chautauqua Lake Rowing Assn.

5. Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy/

The Relief Zone

Top 5 CRCF Funds

receiving donations:

1. Jamestown Public Schools PROMISE Fund

2. Chautauqua County Rails to Trails Fund

3. Trolley #93 Non Endowed-Fund

4. Alex George Gregory Foulk Memorial Fund

5. Fund for the Region

1,003 Gifts

700 Donors

17 States

86 Participating Organizations

110 CRCF Funds

$62,536 Raised on Big Match Day

A Lasting Legacy

Daniel, Joseph, Carl, and

Timothy Dominick are

pictured at their family

business, Jamestown

Roofing Inc. Together,

with their mother, Mary,

they established a fund in memory of their father, Carl.

The Carl Dominick Jamestown Roofing Fund will provide

financial support to St. Susan Center and the Community

Foundation’s Fund for the Region.

Marjorie Larson graduated from WCA

School of Nursing and spent the next 38

years as a registered nurse at WCA. Her

kind and caring personality resonated

with her patients, as well as her family.

Her recent passing inspired nieces and

nephews to create The Marjorie L.

Larson Memorial Scholarship to assist

second year Jamestown Community

College nursing students.

Although she relocated to South Carolina in 2010, Linda Lee Viney Sharpe never forgot her connection to

Chautauqua County and the kind, unselfish volunteers of her local fire department.

Prior to her passing in November, she established The Bemus Point Volunteer Fire Department

Endowed Scholarship to provide financial support to fire department members, their children and

grandchildren to further their education at a college, university, or vocational school.

A beloved science teacher in the

Falconer Central School District,

G. Merwin Jones, inspired his

students inside and outside the

classroom until his retirement in

1993.

Merwin loved to learn and taught

himself how to sail, carve wood, and even speak German before

passing away in January 2016. His family created the

G. Merwin Jones Memorial Scholarship to support

graduating Falconer Central School students majoring in a

science related or medical course of study.

Members of the Jamestown

High School Class of 1966

created a scholarship fund in

honor of their 50th Class

Reunion. The Jamestown

High School Class of 1966

Scholarship Fund will assist a

graduating JHS senior further

his or her education.

Pictured are class representatives, Sammie Lou Green and Shirley A.

Sanfilippo, and Community Foundation executive director, Randy Sweeney on

the front steps of JHS.

Memorials Gifts were made in memory of the following individuals between

July 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016

William Adam Daniel Paul Bryner Doris L. Danielson John Douglas "Doug" Hay

Leonard Aldrich Rob Buck Meagan Lee Danielson Barbara Hoyt

Donald N. Anderson June Bulman Charles "Chuck" Davis JHS Class of 1950 - Deceased Members

Dorothy Anderson Katherine K. Burch Arnold R. DePetro Sr. Bonnie G. James

Eric Anderson Barbara Burk Ann Dibble Zira and Dee James

Patricia Anderson W. William Burk Candace Lewis Dickinson Casper and Irene Jerge

R. Quintus Anderson Thomas A. Buttafaro Donald E. Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Johnson Sr.

Steven Anderson Carmela Cala Morgan and Mary Doolittle Doris M. Johnson

Willis N. Archer Joseph and Phyllis Cala Thomas B. Dornhofer Frederick M. Johnson Jr.

Wendy Sue Axelson Jane Campbell Richard Dornhorfer George L. Johnson

Stanley L. Bachelor Laura Mains Canavesi Helen Dygert George Merwin Jones

Mable L. Bailey Anthony C. Caprino Lynn Dykes Richard M. Jones

Oliver Bakewell Dorothy Carlson Thomas Eaton Stan and Hazel Jones

Joyce Ball Dorothy H. Carlson Kay S. Edborg Robert G. Josephson

Lucille Ball Genevieve "Jen" Carlson Richard A. Errico Jeffery D. Kearney

Charles E. Bartkowiak Sheila Carlson James R. Everhart Delores "Dee" Hollis Keifer

Spiro G. Bello Tom Carlson Daniel Feather Lois F. Kellgren

Blanche and Joseph Bender Dawn Rowicki Carney Michael Felice Lois Keyes

Mary-Ann Bender Sebastian Charles Caruso Vernon E. Fesco Ryan Mary Kiblin

Robert and Harriet Bender Nathan D. Casement Alton "Punk" Field Ingrid Kilburn

Leslie Bennett Chi Sigma Chi Fraternity - Deceased Members Figaro - Beloved Cat Gunnard "Kinky" Kindberg

Mary Ann Riley Benson Mary Clark Patrick T. Finnerty Sr. Jeremy W. Kinnear

Robert Benson Ruth Marie Clark Josephine Fiorello Patricia Beverly Young Kinney

Sagrid Benson Walter J. Colburn Alex George Gregory Foulk Robert Kochersberger

Linda Berlin Michelle Collins Nancy F. Gaden Heidi Krahn

Raymond Biekert Jerry Conti Tomasina George William and Catherine Joann Krishock

Carl R. Black Nancy Coon Donald W. Giddy LVCS Alumni - Deceased Members

David A. Blixt R. Richard Corbin Virginia H. Griffin Dale K. LaMar

Jeffrey L. Bloomquist Ronald B. Cotten William Bernard Stewart Grossman Douglas Langham

Norman P. Booth Doug Crist Josephine and Samuel Gullotti Donald E. Larkin

Gerald J. Bostaph Bob and Donna Cross D. L. "Danny" Gustafson Alvin Larson

Joyce Bracey Karen R. Crossley James Hall Marjorie Larson

Joan L. Brigiotta Kathryn J. Crossley Sheridan and Dorothy Hardenburg Melvin Gilbert Lewellen

Almet N. Broadhead Harold Crowell Alan L. Harding Marvin and Flavia P. Lindquist

Irving Brott Adeline "Addie" Miletti Cusimano Herbert and Evelyn S. Harkness Marylee Bloom Lindquist

Bettina Metz Brown Carol D'Angelo Richard Hartley Daniel Lockwood

Lucian Lodestro McKenzie T. Paulson Philip Stamatakos Cecelia Liang Tripi

Jonathan E. Long Thomas Paulus William and Carol Stanton Elizabeth Trippi

Richard A. Long Tom Pawelski Jeryl Lynn Sandbloom Stearns Emile and Alice Tropp

David W. Love Donald R. Pembridge June H. Steele Karen Spetz Turcotte

Russell H. Love Lyle and Gladys S. Peterson Christa N. Stineman Glenace Tyrrell

Ann T. Lundberg Pete Pfohl Isabelle Stone Robert and Katherine Van Every

Donald A. Lynn Patricia Phillips Kenneth W. Strickler Joseph W. Varnadore

Robert C. Manno William C. Pihl Michael P. Stronz Douglas J. Vincent

Darren Manzella-Lapeira Mary Foti Pinzone Timothy F. Stronz Howard Vine

Frances P. Marra Angie Pollino Joseph D. Strychalski E.R. "Mike" Walker

Ansel R. and Millie S. Martin Robert "Bobby" G. Pollino II Paul B. and Delores Anderson Sulivan Janet Warner

Steven McChesney Thomas Prechtl LCpl Aaron M. Swanson Gerald C. Wassink

Jackson and Jacklyn McIntyre Charles H. Price Charles O. Swanson Pamela A. Westrom

Lyle McIntyre Audrey Prosser Craig Swanson James M. Wetsel

Arthur and Sara Memmott Mark Putnam Joyce R. Swanson Gloria Wheelhouse

Bill Miller Ronald Putnam Mark Swanson Robert Wheelhouse Sr.

Ernest Miller Priscilla H. Robbins Roy Swanson Warren Whitford

Matthew Miller Walter E. Roode Thomas E. Swearingen Dorothy Wilcox

Richard Miller Sonya Rosedahl Crystal J. Sweeney Kathy Kardish Wilson

Ted Moll James S. Roselle Marilyn Moreen Tane Henry Brown Winslow

Richard D. Moran Raymond Ross Sally Thompson Robert O. Woodard

S. Diane Moss Harold Rowley Todd and Rosanne Traniello

Judith L.C. Myers Ethel Rutland

Sofia Nagy Gene Sadowski

Vincent R. Nalbone Sally - Beloved Cat

Jessie L. Nelson Ashley Julia Sandau

Norman Nelson Wally Saxton

Viola Vanstrom Nelson Dick Schmonsky

Alison Ney James J. Schrantz

Robert North C. Richard Seiberg

Margaret E. Olson John M. Sember

Arthur R. Osborne Wendy Anne Sharp

Stacey Boltz Palasek Linda V. Sharpe

Jody Pappalardo Michael Sisson

Frances Parnow Judy Smith

Evalyn J. Paulson Betty L. Sorg

Did You Know?...

In 2016, the Chautauqua Region

Community Foundation received its

reaccreditation with the nation’s

highest standard for philanthropic

excellence. National Standards for

U.S. Community Foundations ®

establish legal, ethical, effective

practices for community foundations

everywhere.

Honorariums Gifts were made in honor of the following individuals between

July 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016

Annie's 4th Birthday Maureen Diehl Jessie Joy Tom Nagle

Kim Austin Russell E. Diethrick Jr. Jason Kathman Douglas C. Neckers

Laurie Baer Cheryl DiMaio Suzanne Swanson Keppel Phyllis H. Newman

Don and Millie Ball Maureen E. Donahue Celeste Nelson Kerns Lillian V. Ney

Edward C. Bello Benjamin C. Drake Mr. and Mrs. A. David Kerr Lillian V. Ney’s Efforts with

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Bender Julie Dudgeon Michael Kestler Physician Recruitment

Jodell Bender Melissa Emerson Bill Knight Paul O'Brian

Shannon Bessette Falconer High School Class of 1966 Greg and Stephanie Kowalczyk & Family Randall Oberg

Sally Black 50th Class Reunion Jeffrey Kresge Barbara Thayer Olson

C. Jeffrey Bloomquist Pattie Fiorello Tom Langworthy Margaret E. Olson

Chad Bongiovanni Fisher’s Restaurant for their Mr. and Mrs. James Lawton Cathy Panebianco

Christine Booth, honorary member of Work with Veterans Mr. and Mrs. John Lindquist George Panebianco

The JHS Class of 1950 Melissa Forster Wayne and Elizabeth Lindquist - 50th Anniversary John Panebianco

Daniel J. Bracey Connie Foster George Lindsay Gavin Paterniti

Barbara Brown Douglas A. Foster Sharon Lindsay Gregory Pederson

Pam Brown Michelle Frederickson Bill Locke Rosalie Pembridge

Pam Brown's Retirement Walter Gaczewski James W. Lyons G. Thomas Pembridge

CRCF Staff and Board Members Lois T. Galloway Tiffany MacCallum Mr. and Mrs. Emil Peterson

Philip Cammarata Sheryl Garvin Tim O. Mains Karen Peterson

Chris and Mary Campion Jayme Genco Mary Marcum Kim and Becky Peterson

Kimberly Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Goffar Jerome F. Marra Carl Pillittieri

Norman P. Carlson Jennifer Goshgarian Gloria Martin Julie Poppleton

Sue Caronia Marie Zerba Grimm Cheryl Maynihan Conrad Postle

Sue Caronia's Retirement Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gullotti Marie Maxwell Barbara K. Price

Marcella R. Centi Dr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Hagadorn Dave Mazzone Carm Proctor

Barbara Cessna Kirstin Harris Michelle McDowell The Ptak and Heidenreich cousins

Vernon Connors Renee Hartling Michael McElrath Denise Pusateri

Donelle Conti Jennifer Hill Brandi Meacham Annika Putney

Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cotter Douglas Hoisington Leslie Melquist Tamu Reinhardt

Diane G. Crandall Lisa Holt Priscilla Menzies Deborah Reynold’s Retirement

Sue Ann Crytzer Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hood Annette Miller from Smith Memorial Library

Bridget Cummings JHS Class of 1950 Cheryl Moss Kelly Ribbing

David Currie Jamestown Area Railway Heritage Center Donna Moynihan Carrie, Amber and Rinehart Family

Tina Currie Arnold R. Johnson David B. Munella James M. Roach

Stephanie David Tammy Johnson Dan and Donna Nagle Maurice Roach

Jonathan and Cathy Davis Elizabeth C. Jones Janice Nagle Mr. and Mrs. Bill Roberson

Maria C. DeJoy Barbara Josephson Jerry and Denise Nagle Amy Rohler

Danielle Russell Allison Smith Brent Sutter Frank Van Ameringen

Katie Russo Carol Smith Autumn Swanson Jaunita Walter

Tina Sandstrom Jill Smith Donald R. Swanson Janice Walters

Christ and Iris P. Sarro Christina Spontaneo Rev. and Mrs. John A. Swanson Dale Weatherlow

Allison B. Saxe St. Luke's Episcopal Church Sharon Terwilliger Robert Wheelhouse Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Scholla Dan Stone Melissa Thompson Dana Williams

Jacob Schrantz Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Stronz Mike Tuccio Barb Willow

Adelyn Rae Shelters Michelle Stronz Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Turner III Martha Erickson Young

Amanda Sischo Mr. and Mrs. Terry Stronz Richard E. Turner IV Zonta Club of Jamestown - Friends

Pat Slagle Peter and Holly Sullivan

Funding Available for Churches

and Religious Organizations

Through its Karl Peterson Fund and Lynn Foundation Fund, the Community Foundation is able to grant

money to religious organizations for a variety of needs, projects, and initiatives, throughout the

Chautauqua region.

Some examples of what the Community Foundation supports include:

Vacation Bible School

Pew Replacements

Food Pantry Needs

Day Care and Nursery Room Upgrades

New Windows

Office Equipment

Handicap Accessibility Needs

Grants are awarded monthly and requests are due the final Friday of each month. Requests can be

made for projects up to $2,000. Applications are available online at chautauquagrants.org.

Contact Lisa Lynde, program officer, at 661-3390 for more information or for help completing an

application.

Abbe Reformed Church organ upgrade

Hillcrest Baptist Church Vacation Bible School

Park United Methodist Church After-School

Fund for the Region

The Community Foundation’s Fund for the Region provided funds to the

Jamestown Renaissance Corporation making matching funds available for

homeowners, community members, and local businesses to revitalize Jamestown.

Since 2011, The Renaissance Block Challenge, encourages groups of neighbors to

collaborate on exterior improvements to their properties in order to boost

confidence in Jamestown’s neighbors and inspire others to reinvest. This program

brought together 350 homeowners and invested nearly $1 million in neighborhoods

by property owners and matching funds.

The following Jamestown neighborhoods were selected for the 2017 Neighborhood

Block Challenge: Dearing Avenue, Front Street East, Front Street West, Hotchkiss

Street and Widrig Avenue.

Residents and local community representatives plant a tree on

Kingsbury Street as part of its 2016 participation in the

Renaissance Block Challenge.

Randy Sweeney, Community Foundation executive director, and Joe

Hoose, Southwestern Soccer Club president, review plans for a new

concession stand to be constructed at Loomis Bay Park in Ashville. A

grant from Fund for the Region supported this project that will also

serve as additional storage space for equipment.

Rev. Leecroft Anthony Clark, pastor of Healing Word Ministries of God,

stocks food items for the church’s Bread of Life Food Pantry on new

shelving purchased through a grant from the foundation. The pantry

follows guidelines established by the Food Bank of WNY and allows its

users an opportunity to select items based on their family’s needs.

Pictured at right is an example of a restored waterfront buffer near Chautauqua

Lake. According to the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, these buffers

significantly reduce excessive runoff, flooding, erosion, and nutrient loading into

tributary streams and lakes.

In order to help restore these aquatic ecosystems, Fund for the Region

provided a grant to CWC to educate landowners on these needs and offer

landscaping assistance to benefit the lake.

Fund for the Region provides the broadest range of support for the community’s well-being

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It is with a heavy heart we learned of the passing of Robert A. Sundell on Feb. 15, 2017.

A Jamestown native, Bob graduated from Jamestown High School and received a Bachelor of Science

degree in Biology from Allegheny College and a Master of Science degree in Wildlife Management from

Michigan State University.

He enjoyed teaching and completed his formal career as professor of biology and environmental

science at Jamestown Community College.

His expertise in ornithology aided in his leadership of the City of Jamestown Parks, Recreation, and

Conservation Department; Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History; and Audubon Community

Nature Center.

A member of the Community Foundation’s Legacy Society, Bob, along with his wife, Pat, established The Robert and Patricia Sundell Environmental

Fund to provide financial support to RTPI, Audubon Community Nature Center, and the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy.

The city’s future is brighter because of him.

An Extraordinary Leader