This fund supports not only the families of fallen and injured officers, but it also provides scholarships to local students and provides aid to local families struggling with basic human needs.
For Good. For Ever.
For the 30th year, the Canton Community Foundation hosted its annual golf outing. And once again this year we partnered with the Canton Police to provide funding to the Canton Police Benevolence Fund.
This fund supports not only the families of fallen and injured officers, but it also provides scholarships to local students and provides aid to local families struggling with basic human needs.
By supporting the Annual Jack Demmer Ford Golf Outing, you support our community!
Thank you to Chief Sponsors Jack Demmer Ford and the Denski Family, to the Staff and Board of Canton Community Foundation, the golfers and event sponsors for it a great success.
Thanks Kari Klavon for taking these beautiful pictures!
Please enjoy the shots and see you all next year!!
After a brief hiatus due to Covid, the Westland Community Foundation is back and committed to providing resources to the Westland community.
Since 1996, the Westland Community Foundation has contributed over $1 million to organizations and student scholarships within our community.
Our new partnership with the Local Impact Alliance will help us continue to grow and provide assistance to Westland organizations and students.
Our first event is our annual “Christmas in July” celebration. We hope you can join us on Thursday, July 21st 6 - 9 pm and help us spread a little Christmas cheer !
Your sponsorship dollars will help us fund our scholarship program and provide resources to aid other Westland organizations and residents.
During the event, we will be collecting non-perishable food items to donate to the Westland Salvation Army Food Bank and other local food banks.
We look forward to seeing you on July 21st 6-9 pm at the Hellenic Cultural Center to spend some time relaxing, seeing old friends, and helping those in our community who may need assistance.
Call Beth Meade for more information at 734-495-1200 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Here is the link to purchase tickets
We're proud to support our community's students and their educational endeavors by offering numerous scholarships. Our program includes financial aid opportunities for students of all ages who are at different stages in their educational pursuits, as well as a number of different areas of study.
Our online scholarship application opens in early January and remains open until mid-March. Scholarships recipients are notified in May; and funds are sent directly to schools for the fall semester.
A description of each scholarship offered through the Community Foundation of Plymouth can be found here.
| Scholarship | Winner |
| Erin Ryan/ Kiwanis Scholarship | Amari Edwards |
| Gene & Jane Overholt Kiwanis | Iris Ding |
| Community Foundation Credit Union/George Lawton Scholarship | Katherine Ruffner |
| Jayden Joy | |
| Lily Bird | |
| Delaney Morrin | |
| Macy Bahr | |
| Archana Chandran | |
| Tristan Janisse | |
| Conor Whalen | |
| Hailey Deptula | |
| Cassidy Craggs | |
| Community Financial Credit Union/Margaret Dunning | Emma Johnson |
| Amari Edwards | |
| Amin Jazaeri Moghaddas | |
| Kendall Bailey | |
| Elizabeth Pallarito | |
| Max Moon | |
| Katelyn Collins | |
| Sean Henigan | |
| Elise Book | |
| Community Foundation Credit Union/Ron Carlson | Sydney Shanahan |
| Community Foundation Credit Union "Trade" | Kari Klavon |
| Brendan Wright | |
| Robert Loyd Memorial Scholarship | Donald Liveoak |
| Lisa Luecke | |
| Dul Foundation Scholarship | Brendan Church |
| Marwa Dalmi | |
| Luke Davila | |
| Stephen Derosia | |
| Adam Eby | |
| Michael Fisher | |
| Owen Fisher | |
| Jessie Gray | |
| Alyce Krumm | |
| John Paul Krumm | |
| Sydney Olejnik | |
| Amber Salloum | |
| Brenna Shaw | |
| Michael Szymanski |
We're proud to support our community's students and their educational endeavors by offering numerous scholarships. Our program includes financial aid opportunities for students of all ages who are at different stages in their educational pursuits, as well as a number of different areas of study.
A description of each scholarship offered through the Canton Community Foundation can be read here
| Scholarship | Winner |
| Barbara Church Rodenberg Scholarship |
Julia Burgess |
| Barbara Ann Romano |
Kyle Bolyard |
| Canton Soccer Club |
Katherine Ruffner |
| Megan Wu | |
| Ohm Patel | |
| Lauren Sourbeck | |
| Fred Thomann Memorial Scholarship |
Ella Walden |
| Elizabeth Durack Scholarship | Ericka Tucci |
| Dawn Isby | |
| Dustin Piepsney Memorial Scholarship |
Reagan Moran |
| Marvin Schulz Memorial Scholarship - U/M |
Jayden Joy |
| Marvin Schulz Memorial Scholarship - EMU |
Carol Detary |
| Meredith Whalen Memorial Scholarship |
Amelia Troung |
| Jack Demmer Ford Scholarship |
Hailey Deptula |
| Jack Demmer Ford - "Trade" |
Dawn Isby |
| CCF/Penelope Hope Klei |
Katherine Ruffner |
| Heather Nicole Hill Memorial Scholarship | Celeste Anderson |
| Shannon Churchwell | |
| Amteshwar Kaur | |
| R K Bhama MD Memorial Scholarship |
Delaney Morrin |
| Bonnie Berg Memorail Scholarship |
Deborah Abodunrin |
| Hagbard Berg Memorial Scholarship |
Abigail Dipple |
| John Kelly Wheately Scholarship |
Lily Bird |
| Robert Loyd Memorial Scholarship | Donald Liveoak |
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Lisa Luecke |
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| Livonia Firefighters Scholarship | Erica Molnar |
| Alejandro Ordaz | |
| Eve Grigg Memorial Scholarship | Madelyn Laskowski |
| Coleton Taylor | |
| Marjorie & Doanld Treadwell Scholarship | Daniel Heiman |
| Linda Hutchinson Scholarship | Jayanthi Sree Anila |
Patricia Maurer created this scholarship fund in memory of her son, Jason Russell Maurer. These scholarships are available to graduating high school seniors and those who just completed their freshman year of college and who attend Woodside Bible Church - Troy Campus. This scholarship requires that the applicant attend Woodside Bible Church regularly and have documented community service. Scholarships may be awarded to those attending any college, university or trade school.
The list of awardees is below
| Jason Russell Maurer Memorial Scholarship | Margaret Curd |
| Annie Fisher | |
| Caleb Flosky | |
| Kyler Gerrard | |
| Gabrielle Jones | |
| Alex Kirschmann | |
| Lauren Kolodsick | |
| Josh Kubik | |
| Olivia Kubik | |
| Caitlin Luca | |
| Hailey Nichols | |
| Gracelyn Philip | |
| Chloe Putnam | |
| Emma Sawdon | |
| Andrew Schmidt | |
| Alison Schoonover | |
| Olivia Seventko | |
| Autumn Simon | |
| Gideon Smith | |
| Mason Solecki | |
| Miranda Solecki | |
| Joel Stirnemann | |
| Luke Sumner | |
| Taylor Trenta | |
| Sophia Walker | |
| Olivia Weaver | |
| Allison Wei | |
| Nancy Xu |
Hello Giving Hope, Women’s Giving Circle members!
I am happy to announce that Giving Hope will receive a check for $1680 from the Canton Chamber of Commerce. This money was ½ of the total proceeds earned by the Golf Ball drop sales which took place at the Canton Chamber golf outing May 20th and will go into our endowment fund.
Many thanks to Maureen Visser and Noel Bittinger who manned the golf ball sales table all day!! Jane Kerjes and I, along with GH members Renee DiPonio and Jaya Wilson played in the outing representing Giving Hope.
It was a wonderful day to share Giving Hope, Women’s Giving Circle with the community!!
Best wishes and looking forward to seeing everyone at our Summer Social June 22nd!
Linda Demmer Advisory Board Chair
Have a topic you would like to see at an upcoming Lunch & Learn? Call or email Beth Meade at 734-495-1200 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Local Impact Alliance Announces 4th in the series of “Lunch and Learn”.
Did you know that 83% of Human Resource professionals said they had trouble finding suitable job candidates; and a whopping 60% of employers said that job candidates show a lack of preparation for the roles they seek?
Tickets will be available to purchase and there will be opportunities for businesses to sponsor a great evening at various levels.
Hello Giving Hope Ladies,
The ladies of Giving Hope are so generous! So proud of all our ladies who donated monetarily as well as donating the spring & summer PJ's and stuffed animals to the Michigan Foster Care Closet of Plymouth. Giving Hope was able to send MFCC a check for $1400 which will be used to purchase more PJ's. We were able to take over 4 large bags of donations! About 40 more pairs of PJ's were donated through the Amazon wishlist and sent directly to MFC.
The Michigan Foster Care Closet is a 501(c)3 non-profit staffed by 100% volunteers. No one gets paid, so all of the monetary donations go directly to helping foster children & foster families. They service 65-75 individual children a month all free of charge. Clothing children with confidence and self-esteem, is what they strive for with every child that walks through their doors. They are very intentional with their help and support the whole foster family. If you are interested in volunteering at MFCC, please call Rachael Secord at (734) 664-4089. Rachael operates the MFCC in Plymouth out of the 2500 sq ft basement of her home, which is open 24/7! Their website is michiganfostercarecloset.org. You can also follow them on Facebook-Michigan Foster Care Closet-Plymouth and click follow. There are many opportunities to donate & volunteer.
We had 17 ladies join us on Zoom for our March 9th "Pajama Party" supporting Michigan Foster Care Closet in Plymouth. Rachael Secord, the president of MFCC spoke to us about the stressful situations that children experience when they are removed from their home. We also had some fun listening to the Canton/Denton ghost story with Mad Libs & playing a Kahoot.com trivia game. A Big Thank you to Karen Hanchett. Thank you to Sharon Flips for being a porch collection drop off, drawing & delivering our spa bag winner. Thank you to Becky Hurst who helped deliver the porch collections to MFCC. Thank you to Denise for the wonderful Facebook post. Thankful to be part of helping foster children in our area by supporting Michigan Foster Care Closet.
Looking forward to our summer social event on June22 in-person! Giving Hope will be supporting Seedlings, Braile Books for Children.
Raeann Neil
Special Events Chair
Thank you to those of you who were able to join us either in person or virtually for 1st Lunch & Learn regarding the census. Ren Farley was both entertaining and informative. For those of you who were unable to attend, we have a recording of the event.