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| Daily Republic Jun 24, 2008 |
| Americans gave to charities last year at about the same rate they did the previous year, holding steady on their donations in the face of a housing-market meltdown and a crisis in credit, a study released Monday showed. |
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| Richard Rico - The Reporter Jun 22, 2008 |
| Notes flowed from Jacy Burroughs' French horn like ribbons of melodious velvet. They weaved in and out of a tapestry of color and blooms spread over the Buck gardens. We were in the Carriage House, behind the ivy-covered brick wall bordering the grand Buck estate and its eponymous avenue. |
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| Greta Mart - Benicia Herald Jun 19, 2008 |
| Last Thursday evening, surrounded by blooming garden and tea roses, around 200 attendees to a dinner at the Buck Mansion in Vacaville listened to those who benefit and benefit from the Solano Community Foundation (SCF). |
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| Stephanie Wolf - The Reporter Jun 01, 2008 |
| Although the country is facing turbulent economic times, grant-making foundations have recently reported an increase in their charitable giving. Two important reports have just been released that give hope to nonprofit organizations which rely on foundation support for programs and projects. |
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| Stephanie Wolf - The Reporter May 14, 2008 |
| I read with interest the letter from the gentleman who said that while others are clear about how they want and need to spend their economic stimulus payments, he is at a loss how to spend his ("Spending decision up in air," The Reporter, May 8). |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Prime Time Senior Magazine Apr 15, 2008 |
| Ten minutes before curtain time, 53-year-old music teacher Patty Phillips walks quickly around the Copart Hangar at Nut Tree Airport, rounding up middle school performers for the night's opening show. |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Solano Community Foundation Apr 07, 2008 |
| The Harry and Eleanor D. Nelson Vacaville Endowment Fund Scholarship Program today announced their annual granting of scholarships for college and university study to provide enhanced education for Vacaville high school students. |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Vacaville Magazine Feb 12, 2008 |
| They say a teacher can help build a student’s self-esteem, and it’s true. Anyone who has seen a foreign child learn a second language, carrying the burden of translating for the family, knows the difference a teacher can make in their life. |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Prime Time Seniors Magazine Feb 04, 2008 |
| Before the dust settles on the Amtrak platform, when the 5 a.m. train rolls into the Sacramento station, you’ll sometimes see 85-year-old Mortimer Schwartz in a blue vest directing traffic and answering questions from the traveling public. |
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| Stephanie Wolf - The Reporter Jan 03, 2008 |
| Thanks to Kelli Germeraad for her column ("Support local, but monitor national groups," The Reporter, Dec. 23) and the news article containing similar information ("Wolk: 'Not all charities are created equal,'" Dec. 25). |
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| Brianna Boyd - Dixon Tribune Dec 17, 2007 |
| Five Dixon teachers are among more than 80 educators in the county honored with grants from an area foundation to provide academically enrich¬ing activities in the classroom. |
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| Dixon Tribune Dec 17, 2007 |
| Solano Community Foundation is hosting a free educational workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. on December 5, 2007 for anyone in the nonprofit sector interested in learning how to access potential sources of funding. |
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| Nika Megino - Daily Republic Dec 14, 2007 |
| FAIRFIELD — Everything from theater performances to science activities will benefit from grants awarded by the Solano Community Foundation this week. |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Director of Communications Nov 29, 2007 |
| Eighty-four teachers representing the seven cities in Solano County have been named recipients of the 2007 Education Plus! Mini-Grant Program of the Solano Community Foundation. |
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| Andrea E. Garcia - Prime Time Magazine Oct 09, 2007 |
| Robert Briggs spent most of his 80 years breathing life into instruments.
For decades, Briggs took his passion for music into the hearts of his students at Armijo High School. |
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| Donna Tatom Sep 24, 2007 |
| The Solano Community Foundation, Frank H. and Eva B. Buck Foundation, and Advocates for the Arts are partnering again this year to offer up to $37,500 in educational grants for Solano County public school teachers in grades kindergarten through 12. |
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| The Reporter Sep 10, 2007 |
| Solano Community Foundation is hosting a free educational workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday for anyone in the nonprofit sector interested in learning how to access potential sources of funding. |
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| Stephanie Wolf - Vacaville Magazine Sep 06, 2007 |
| Vacaville is a wonderful place to live, work and raise our families. It has retained its “small town feel,” but with big city amenities. |
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| Local News Aug 20, 2007 |
| The Solano Community Foundation has announced that Andrea E. Garcia is its new director of communications. |
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| Pat Butler - The Daily Republic Aug 13, 2007 |
| Andrea Garcia has left the Daily Republic to become the communications
director for the Solano Community Foundation. |
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| Stephanie Wolf - Prime Time Seniors Magazine Aug 07, 2007 |
| Working closely with your professional advisor is an important part of organizing your estate. It assures that what you want is specifically articulated and recorded in your plan. |
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| Dave Knitter - Prime Time Seniors Magazine Aug 07, 2007 |
Philanthropy is defined in the dictionary as a “desire to benefit humanity.” The dictionary goes on to state that “this is a desire to improve the material, social, and spiritual welfare of humanity, especially through charitable
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| Asian American Donor Program Mar 16, 2007 |
| Fairfield family man, Barry Foon is battling Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Barry has solid roots in Solano County. He was born and grew up in Fairfield. |
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| Stephanie Wolf - Prime Time Seniors Magazine Oct 19, 2006 |
| Do you remember being twenty years old? All the advice about “how we should plan for the future” seemed completely irrelevant. A few quick years pass, and suddenly we are fifty or sixty years old, and retirement is around the corner. |
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| Jennifer Gentile /Staff Writer - The Reporter Oct 05, 2006 |
| Although it has only existed for a matter of months, a Vacaville leadership group has already devised a way to make a lasting contribution to the city. |
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| Stephanie Wolf, Times-Herald. Jul 05, 2006 |
| By now, we have all read about Warren Buffett’s gift of $37 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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| USA Today Jul 05, 2006 |
| Warren Buffett's staggering $31 billion pledge to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation earns him a place among the nation's great philanthropists, such as Andrew Carnegie and, well, Bill Gates. |
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| Jim Spellman - 60th Medical Group Public Affairs - Travis Air Force Base Mar 23, 2006 |
| The Travis chapter of Paws for Healing, Inc., has received a $3,000 grant from the Dey Solano Giving Fund of the Solano Community Foundation for David Grant USAF Medical Center's Canine Assisted Therapy program. |
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| East Bay Business Times Mar 19, 2004 |
| Stephanie Wolf decided life in the Silicon Valley was "too congested, too busy and too materialstic." |