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GIVE 365 Wayne County is accepting grant applications from area nonprofits. This year's application theme is "Addressing Children's Health and Development in Wayne County".

WCCF is pleased to announce the 2017 grant award from The Women's Fund.

The WCCF Board of Trustees met in November and approved grants totaling $105,698 to 10 organizations for the Fall 2017 competitive grant cycle.

Creston native, Barry Romich, has been named the 2017 Friend of Philanthropy Award recipient by Wayne County Community Foundation (WCCF). Romich will be recognized at the WCCF Annual Dinner on October 10.

Steve Matthew, President of WCCF, announced the appointment of Adam Briggs to the Foundation's Board of Trustees.

WCCF awarded 261 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 for the 2017-2018 academic year. See the complete article for a listing of recipients.

The GIVE 365 committee awarded its first grants to area nonprofits for Drug Prevention in Wayne County.

The WCCF Board of Trustees met in May and approved grants totaling $203,570 to 16 organizations for the Spring 2017 competitive grant cycle.

The Wayne County Community Youth Foundation awarded $4,710 in grants to three organizations.

WCCF has opened up the nomination process for the Friend of Philanthropy Award. Nominations due by noon on July 1.

WCCF is honored to be the recipient of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation's grant to establish the Stanley C. Gault Philanthropic Leadership Fund, which will perpetuate the ideal of service and active involvement in philanthropy that Stan embodied throughout his life.

For Wooster area elementary school educators, the Albert "Koby" Kobilarcik Educational Fund has funds available to provide library materials and literacy teaching aids.