The Oregon Trail Community Foundation presented Western Nebraska Community Foundation a $5000 check on November 10. The funds are designated for the WNCC Vocal Music Program, particularly to assist students with a trip to Greece in the summer of 2015. The WNCC Foundation has pledged an additional $5000 toward the trip.
Oregon Trail Community Foundation Executive Director Bev Overman encouraged Vocal Music Director Rita Stinner to apply for the grant. “Rita’s program is amazing in the community and has touched the lives of so many students,” Overman says. “We’ve assisted in the past with their trip to Carnegie Hall, and this is another opportunity for students to experience something outside the community.”
The Statement of Purpose for the Oregon Trail Community Foundation reads in part: “The purposes of the Oregon Trail Community Foundation are to receive, administer and disburse funds for such charitable or education purposes as will, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, promote the mental, moral, intellectual and physical improvement and well-being of the inhabitants of Nebraska, and of Goshen and Platte Counties, Wyoming, and primarily of Scotts Bluff County.”
WNCC Foundation is accepting additional donations to assist the students in their trip. Persons interested may call 308.630.6551 to learn how they may provide support to this program.
For more information about the Oregon Trail Community Foundation, visit otcf.org.