What do you do when you love all your small town has to offer? How do you choose just one cause to support? Jack and Dorothy Jarrett spent 60 years of marriage just outside Pendleton. She was a nurse, he was an engineer. She was a golfer, he was a woodworker. Together...
A Named Bright Future Fund at South Madison Community Foundation is a way to express your priorities your community within the broad scope of the Foundation’s grant-making. In creating a Named Fund, a donor is asked to write a statement of priorities that is...
When designing a charitable endowment to benefit your community, it’s practically impossible to imagine an unknown future. What happens if a benefitting organization changes significantly, or closes its doors? By definition, a permanent endowment lasts forever – the...
Conversing with Margaret Comarella about her neighbors Joe and Myrtle Montgomery has a way of erasing time. Pointing out tiny stitches on a stack of handmade quilts, Margaret recalls Myrtle cutting, pinning, and stitching for hours. This was how Myrtle spent evenings,...
Local companies are the backbone of community. They shore up our civic organizations, support our sport teams, and provide a stable living for generations of workers. Their legacy is broad and deep. In the case of the Fredericks, Inc./Markleville Lumber Co., their...
