Leroy and Patricia Spoor, Wayne County Community Foundation, Ben Franklin Community Service Award.   The Wayne County Community Foundation Board of Directors is proud to select Leroy and Patricia Spoor to receive its highest recognition, the 2011 Ben Franklin Award for Community Service. The Award is named in honor of one of our country’s “Founding [...]

The Michael Bryant Memorial Fund recently awarded grants to special needs individuals and organizations in Wayne County.  This is the second year that the Fund has awarded such grants. The Fund is used to provide non-traditional funding for special needs individuals in Wayne County.  Because of the generosity of Michael’s family and friends the fund [...]

Drs. Philip and Rosita Liu have created a scholarship to assist motivate Wayne County high school graduates to enter the health care filed.  The Doctors are grateful to God, their parents, teachers, friends, professional colleagues, their patients and the Wayne County Community Foundation who have made this worthy cause possible.  They wish to be able [...]

The Seelyville Union Sunday School in association with the Wayne County Community Foundation awarded its first scholarship to Rebecca Farrell a graduate of the Canaan Christian Academy.  The Scholarship created by the Seelyville Union Sunday School was established to support students to pursue a career in a field related to Christian missionary vocation.  Rebecca, the [...]

The Honesdale Lions Club in Association with the Wayne County Community Foundation recently awarded its first scholarship.  The Scholarship is  entitled, “The Merle and Earl Walters and Honesdale Lion’s Club Vision Scholarship.” The funds for this scholarship were given by Mr. Earl Walters in memory of his wife, Merle, who had lost her vision.  The [...]

The Wayne County Community Foundation has received Re-Authorization as an approved Educational Improvement Organization. The Foundation has been added to the list of organizations to which businesses in the county may make contributions and be considered for Educational Improvement Tax Credits from the Commonwealth of PA for Fiscal Year 2011-12. Seventeen unique, innovative and academic [...]

On Friday, June 17, 2011, the Wayne County Community Foundation held its annual Scholarship Awards Program. Attending the event was the Scholarship winners, their families, Wayne County Community Foundation Scholarship Board Committee; and honored guests who have created scholarships. In total the Foundation presented twenty-five scholarships that amounted to $40,500 in awards. Members of the [...]

Melissa Short is the inaugural recipient of the Summer Music Camp Grant awarded by the Wayne County Community Foundation. This annual $500 grant is awarded on a competitive basis to a student who will attend a summer program in the performing arts. Melissa will attend the Mansfield University’s Instrumental Summer Camp where she will receive [...]

On Saturday, July 30, 2011 members of the “O’Neill Society” were guests of the Foundation at the Wildflower Music Festival Concert, “Oh What a Time.” In attendance were Mr. and Mrs. William Davis; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meagher; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Rowe; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Herzog; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zabady; Mr. and [...]

The Wayne County Community Foundation Board of Directors is proud to select Harold Shook to receive its highest recognition, the 2010 Ben Franklin Award for Community Service. The Award is named in honor of one of our country’s “Founding Fathers,” Ben Franklin. With this selection goes a grant from the Foundation’s Ben Franklin Fund of $1,000 to charity of Mr. Shook’s choosing.