Calaveras
Community Foundation (CCF) has been the recipient of over $63,000 in the past
three years from The Federlein Family Fund at the San Francisco Foundation
specifically to benefit area seniors. An
additional generous grant of $15,000 received earlier this year has jump
started CCF’s 2013 fundraising efforts and will support our ongoing senior
initiative.
Chris
Federlein states, “I have had the opportunity to be involved in elder care for
a number of years and have seen the impact of aging on people’s ability to make
sound decisions and to continue to live safely in their own homes. It is especially difficult for seniors who
have limited financial resources and no or little family support. I feel fortunate that I am in a position
where I can contribute financially to organizations that help seniors not only
meet their basic needs, but also enhance their quality of life. Working with the Calaveras Community
Foundation to support organizations in Calaveras County that work toward those
goals enables me to give back to the community and provide resources that are
desperately needed.”
Linda
Kangeter, CCF President states that, “In 2013, CCF is focusing on three
initiatives: expanding our Career & Technical Training Scholarships,
encouraging the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (“STEM”)
in our schools and helping our seniors age in place in their own homes safely
and with dignity. This recent donation from the Federlein Family Fund has
benefited groups that focus on the well being of our senior population.”
CCF
has disbursed the Federlein funds to three local organizations: Hospice of Amador and Calaveras was given a
$5,000 grant to assist seniors in Calaveras County. The funds will be used, among other things,
to provide ambulance transportation, help pay phone bills so seniors can “stay
connected”, provide additional medications not covered by Medicare and provide
hospice care for uninsured senior patients.
The
Calaveras Senior Center received $5,000, which was used to replace the 10 year
old freezer which “expired” the day before the Foundation check was
issued. The Phoenix Kitchen at the
Center is open Monday through Friday and last year served over 8,000 lunches. $5,000 was also disbursed to the Murphys
Senior Center to support and expand its services.
As a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization exclusively serving Calaveras County
charitable causes, CCF offers donors both the potential benefit of a tax
deduction and the knowledge that they have helped a variety of worthy local
causes. Most donations are allocated to
CCF’s general grant program, but options are available for donors to direct
their donation to specific causes or areas (as the Federlein Family Fund has
done).
To learn
more, visit CCF’s website: www.calaverascommmunityfoundation.org.