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BARAGA COUNTY C OMMUNITY FOUNDATION

   $3,000 CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Year End 2023                             

        WHETHER YOU GIVE $500.00 OR $5.00

We need your support to operate in Baraga County

The Baraga County Community Foundation has provided the following services and funding supporting our community:

  • Grant writing
  • Grant making
  • Fiduciary funding
  • Scholarship funding
  • Program and volunteer supports
  • Community convening
  • Youth leadership development
  • Funding has included long term program support for
  • Afterschool family programs
  • Parent education
  • Arts programs
  • Athletic and recreational programs
  • Grief and bereavement support
    • Youth activity funding has been provided for
      • program attendance, equipment, and other participation costs of programs in order to make sure that area youth can participate, so that no child is denied accessibility due to lack of financial capacity
  • Support of area schools in their technical development, educational, cultural, and other student activity and classroom funding needs
  • Support for athletics and recreation in the
    • funding of buildings, parks, ice arenas, handicapped accessibility improvements, as well as equipment and other costs
  • Support of literacy and library programs
  • Providing Scholarships for Degrees & Certifications in supporting students in higher education studies
    • Support of our elderly community in the funding of
      • permanent recreational, vocational, and technical programs provisions
      • transportation services, personal needs provisions, and emergency preparation
      • living space and outdoor recreational improvements
        • Support for emergency services in Baraga County for
          • multiple programs, equipment, training, and emergency broadcast systems
            • Providing  for expanded arts, music, and cultural instruction and education
            • historical preservation
            • cultural arts         
            • music programs 
            • Tourism
              • Through grant writing, community convening, and program funding
              • The Youth Advisory Committee 
                • Has engaged a multitude of Speakers for School Assemblies in order to educate, encourage, uplift, and direct our area youth toward avenues of compassion and empathy towards themselves and others, to impart to them the understanding of the power of choices and decisions, and to impart to them the understanding of the endless possibilities for their lives through courage and determination
                • Has conducted anonymous services for community members in needHas engaged local Veterans in an honorary memorial service for those Veterans who have fallen to suicide and have raised awareness of this ongoing tragedy
                • Has attended youth leadership conferences with youth from across the Mid-West
    • Is pro-active in anti-bullying education development that encourages empathy, compassion, and inclusion for disenfranchised youth, among many other programs  that develop leadership qualities in area youth
    • The Baraga County Community Foundation
      • Has awarded over half a million dollars disbursed to the community
    • Does not have the national supporters that many other non-profits haveWe depend upon the  support of your donations so that we can continue to provide the funding and services that the Foundation was created and designed to provide
    • The Baraga County Community Foundation needs the support of the community that it supports

  Mailing/Contact Information:

  Baraga County Community Foundation

  100 Hemlock Street          Baraga, MI 49908

  Phone: (906)353-7898     email: baragacf@up.net