Scholarship Applications Available From Canton Community Foundation

Foundation has awarded $540,000 to more than 500 recipients in past 20 years.

Applications are now available for the Canton Community Foundation’s annual college scholarships for Plymouth and Canton students, according to a news release from the foundation. In the past 20 years, the foundation has awarded $540,000 to more than 500 recipients, including adults returning to college to complete their educations. “We remain committed to the scholarship program, especially when the costs of higher education continue to increase and families continue to struggle financially as the slow economic recovery continues,” Canton Community Foundation President Joan Noricks said. Scholarship applications are available on the foundation’s website, www.cantonfoundation.org and a copy has been provided with this article. All …

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Canton Community Foundation President Announces Retirement

Joan Noricks says she'll focus on 'family and personal pursuits.'

Canton Community Foundation President Joan Noricks has announced her retirement in a statement received via email. Noricks' statement reads: I am writing to share with you plans for a change at the Canton Community Foundation and for me. At the beginning of March 2013, I will leave the foundation after 19 years as president and CEO. I plan to retire and enjoy my family and personal pursuits. Among my achievements during this time, I am most proud of growing the endowment fund from nothing, building the organization structures, meeting national standards for community foundations, and above all, working with thoughtful, generous donors who care more for the impact of the work than the recognition. When I was selected to lead the foundation …

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Canton Community Foundation to Benefit Gleaners and Open Door Ministry Food Pantry

Canton Community Foundation fundraiser at Emagine benefits Gleaners Community Food Bank and Open Door Ministry Food Pantry.

Good Morning, Canton! ~ Linda and Jim Demmer

Linda and Jim Demmer offer a cheerful reminder to support the Canton Community Foundation.

Linda and Jim Demmer can often be found supporting our community. Jim Demmer is vice president of Jack Demmer Ford. After last week's Celebrating Sucess luncheon hosted by the Canton Community Foundation, they spent a few moments to record today's greeting -- and reminding viewers to support the foundaton. Canton Community Foundation serves residents throughout Western Wayne County. Call 734-495-3785 or visit www.​cantonfountion.​org to learn more. They also offered a cheerful Thanksgiving wish as well. If you'd like to record a Good Morning, Canton! segment, email Canton Patch editor Peg McNichol at peg.mcnichol@patch.com.

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Good Morning, Canton! ~ Joan Noricks

Canton Community Foundation's Philanthropy Summit is 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Canton Patch caught up with a very cheerful Joan Noricks, Canton Community Foundation's president, after the recent Giving Hope Women's Giving Circle fundraiser. In addition to being the steward of many area non-profits' endowment funds, helping area non-profits achieve and maintain high operating standards and making grants, the foundation offers programs to help veterans as well as education scholarships for students. The foundation serves Canton and other Western Wayne County communities. Noricks organized a free philanthrophy summit, which starts today at 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at the foundation's office, 50430 School House Rd., in Cherry Hill Village. The workshop is aimed at helping non-profit board members work well together. If…

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Five Things You Need to Know Oct. 15, 2011

Rod Stewart tribute for Partnership for the Arts, job lead for engineers and recruiting by Plymouth Fife & Drum Corps.

A lovely Sweetest Day outing (which benefits Partnership for the Arts) at Village Theater at Cherry Hill, 50400 Cherry Hill Rd.: Danny D and the Vagabonds celebrate the music of Rod Stewart. The one hour pre-show reception features treats from area caterers and specials from a florist, jeweler and day spa. Tickets cost $30 and can be purchased online. For details, call 734-394-5300 or 734-394-5460. Kelly Services is looking for a mechanical engineer to work for a Canton-based company. Applicants must have five years of engineering experience, a bachelor of science degree in engineering and some experience with large motors or generators. Details for this non-management position are online. A Canton Relay for Life, "Good Things Come in …

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'Canton Cares' About Joplin, MO

Canton Community Foundation and Canton Leisure Services have partnered to collect donations for Joplin, MO, tornado recovery projects.

Tornado-devastated Joplin, MO, is the latest to benefit from the "Canton Cares" project. A tornado hit Joplin on May 22, destroying more than 2,000 households and damaging as many as 10,000 other structures, affecting 50,000 people. Canton Community Foundation partnered with Canton Leisure Services to collect donations to help rebuild Joplin. Until Aug. 31, financial donations for the Joplin Tornado Recovery project can mailed to the Canton Community Foundation, 50430 School House Rd., Suite 200, Canton, MI  48187; made online at www.cantonfoundation.org (visit the Gift page and choose the Joplin Recovery Fund from the list under "fund box") or delivered to: Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Canton Community Foundation…

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Giving 5 and Getting a Lesson

Volunteering stint at WDET Radio offered a reminder that we really don't know others' struggles.

The woman I spotted bicycling along Ford Road last week was clearly down on her luck. She rode while clutching a white plastic garbage bag which appeared to contain her belongings. The clothes she wore had seen better days: two pairs of pants, a dark pair visible through the large holes in her jeans, and a too-big white sweatshirt. She pedaled fast and a casual observer might have mistaken her for a suburban mom, with her blonde pony tail and white hoodie. The woman wheeled her bike onto the Valero lot a few minutes after I pulled in to get gas. She went to the trash bins and began rooting for returnable cans. Just an hour earlier, I'd received a WDET T-shirt for doing some volunteer work at the radio station. I asked if she wanted it. "No…

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Nancy Hillegonds Joins Canton Community Foundation Board

Canton Community Foundation serves Canton, Plymouth, Northville and Novi as well as many other Western Wayne County communities.

Nancy Hillegonds of Plymouth joined Canton Community Foundation’s board of directors in January for a 3-year term of office. She will serve on the foundation’s grants and development committees, said Joan Noricks, the foundation’s president, in a statement release Monday. “She is a Plymouth community leader and we are drawing on a broader representation in our region. I find Nancy to be innovative, energetic and willing to help the foundation move forward,” Noricks said. A 14-year Plymouth resident, Hillegonds’ long history of community service, includes the Plymouth Community Arts Council, and the state of Michigan Board of Medical Examiners. Hillegonds has worked in the past with the state of Michigan Department of Commerce. Hillegonds, …

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