Update on recent Grants Approved

At the recent Board meeting of the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation an update was presented. In Nov 2019 a grant request for $2,500.00 was requested as seed money for the Youth Sports Foundation. The goal of this Foundation was to Continue reading

Three grants were approved by the WRCCF Board

Three grants were approved by the WRCCF Board Of directors at the recent meeting. Request for the Wood River Elementary Second Grade to attend the Nebraska State Fair September 1, 2021 was approved. Since this trip was not possible in the fall of Continue reading

Judith Wagoner Executive Director Endowment Fund

Judith Wagoner Executive Director Endowment Fund

The recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation a check was presented to establish the Judith Wagoner Executive Director Endowment Fund. In presenting this check Donna Moyer wrote: "I call to your Continue reading

WRCCF News

One of the events for the end of the school year is the awarding of scholarships for the graduating Wood River Rural High School Seniors. The Foundation is proud to a part of this event. Since the inception of the Foundation 467+ scholarships valued Continue reading

Wood River Centennial Foundation Plaque

Wood River Centennial Foundation Plaque

Picture: Tanner & Matt Gideon, Dennis and Dan Wagoner The Wood River Centennial Foundation Plaque (at Heritage Bank in Wood River) was recently updated by Dennis Wagoner to allow more donor names to be added. The plaque that was created by Lew Continue reading

Stick Creek Kids Child Development Center Grant

Stick Creek Kids Child Development Center Grant

A distribution was made on December 31 from the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation to the Stick Creek Kids Child Development Center of $25,000.00 to fulfill the pledge made earlier for the office. The source of the money for this pledge was Continue reading

Youth Sports Foundation

Youth Sports Foundation

Kaye Doane, Terry Zessin, Peg Krause, Blanca Rodriguez, Jeff Ashby, Clarke Benne & Judy Wagoner A grant request from Wood River Schools for The Youth Sports Foundation was recently approved and funded by the Wood River Community Centennial Continue reading

2019 Annual WRCCF Meeting

2019 Annual WRCCF Meeting

The annual meeting of the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation recognized the creation of the Foundation 35 years ago. The Articles of Incorporation for a non-profit were signed by 48 supporters on August 13, 1984. The papers were filed and the Continue reading

2019 Board Members

2019 Board Members

Picture Abbie Rennau, Dean Kjar and Jason Rotter, Back is Peggy Swanson, Mary Harders, Mona Luebs, Kaye Doane and Peg Krause. At the February meeting of the Wood River Community Centennial Foundation Board three new members joined, Abbie Rennau, Continue reading

Stick Creek Kids

Stick Creek Kids

Beginning late 2017, Wood River Vision 20/20 began exploring the child care demand and caregiver capacity, both now and looking into the future. Responses to a child care survey conducted January 2018 showed 65 households would consider using Continue reading