greater lake city community foundation

Community foundation announces new scholarship from Ann E. Holt

Feb 2, 2022

Ann E. Holt has endowed a new scholarship with The Greater Lake City Community Foundation that will be awarded annually to a graduating senior at Lincoln High School. The endowment of $25,000 will generate enough in earnings to grant a $1,000 scholarship each year to a qualifying student. The...

Five for Food begins Valentine’s Day

Jan 26, 2022

Five for Food, an initiative of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation for the Lake City Food Shelf, begins its eighth year on Feb. 14. The drive will end on March 31. Returning sponsors have stepped forward with contributions from $500 to $1,000 for a total of $17,000. The sponsors’ funds...

GLCCF gives grant to LCAA for  music, children’s programming

Nov 10, 2021

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation recently awarded Lake City Area Arts a $1,700 grant for its children’s and music programming. Pictured are Jim Schreck (left) of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation and Larry Foster of Lake City Area Arts. People can find out more about the...

Foundation donates to Peters Memorial Fund

Jul 28, 2021

Heather Banks of the Greater Lake City Community Foundation recently presented a $1,500 check to board members of the Peters Memorial Fund. The Peters Memorial Fund is a local non-profit organization formed in memory of teacher Tessica Peters and her son Sawyer, who both died in 2019. The...

Quist: Dedication evident in history essays bodes well for students’ futures

Jun 3, 2021

Last week the Lake City Historical Society, Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF), and high school officials presented $500 in cash prizes to the winning Lincoln High School contestants in the second annual “Why History Matters Essay Contest.” Advanced Placement (AP) History students in...

Thanks to all who made this the biggest Five for Food yet

Apr 21, 2021

As the coordinator for The Greater Lake City Community Foundation’s Five for Food Initiative, I want to thank the greater Lake City community for giving so generously to help those receiving services from the Lake City Food Shelf. Twenty-five businesses, organizations and individuals pledged $17,...

Bremers honor parents with ag scholarship donation

Apr 7, 2021

Chuck and Judy Bremer of Lake City have donated money to the Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF) in honor of Chuck’s parents, Harold and Iris Bremer, who were involved in agriculture their entire lives, according to GLCCF. “My dad also had an interest in education having served on the...

Local foundation launches agriculture scholarship, seeks donors

Mar 10, 2021

The Greater Lake City Community Foundation has created a new scholarship, which will be awarded annually to a graduating Lincoln High School student who plans to pursue studies in an agricultural-related field. “America is blessed with abundant food because of those who sustain the land and...

Help needed to ensure history essay contest has a future

Sep 30, 2020

On Sept. 22, Constance Anderson, president of the Lake City Historical Society, and Jim Schreck, president of The Greater Lake City Community Foundation (GLCCF), jointly launched a formal program to permanently fund the “Why History Matters” essay contest at Lincoln High School, with cash prizes...

Circle of Life sponsors come through for Lake City Rotary Club

Jul 29, 2020

Like the rest of the 2020 Water Ski Days events, this year’s Circle of Life runs were canceled, and disappearing along with them was a source of revenue for the Lake City Rotary Club. Club member Erick Enger said the majority of the event sponsors allowed the club to keep the sponsorship donations...