Historic First Grant to the Morton Library

L to R: Janice Sherman, Library Director; Cindy Snopes, Summer Reading program coordinator; Lynne Walters; Dan Walters; Scott Witzig, Executive Director, Morton Community Foundation

The first check for $2,500 was presented to the Morton Library from the new Bernice L. Oberlander/Lynne R. Walters Library Children's Summer Reading Fund, a component fund of the Morton Community Foundation.  The fund will then generate annual funding for the Morton Public Library's Summer Reading program for generations to come.

Lynne & Dan Walters started the fund as a way to remember the involvement of Lynne and her mother, Bernice Oberlander, who together started the first Summer Reading program in the early 1960's. 

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MJHS Jazz Band Joins Foundation @ Eli's

Friday, May 4, The MJHS Jazz Band performed a concert at Eli's Coffee Shop in conjunction with the Morton Community Foundation.  In between sets, Scott Witzig, Executive Director of the Morton Community Foundation (MCF), addressed the crowd, explaining the various endowment funds, held at the Foundation, that are related to Music and "the Arts".

Chicago Culinary Tour

At our 2011 Oktoberfest fundraiser, one of the auction items sold, was a Chicago Culinary Tour. Recently, the buyer, Georgia Glynn, along with 5 of her friends, went with Foundation Executive Director, Scott Witzig, his wife, Darci and Chef Sally Davis, tour guide for the trip. The group made 15 stops at ethnic and specialty food stores in Chicago. Below are some pictures from the event.

New Children's Summer Reading Program Fund Started

Lynne (Oberlander) Walters reads a book to her grandson, North. - Photo by Kevin May, kevinmay.comTHE BERNICE L. OBERLANDER / LYNNE R. WALTERS LIBRARY CHILDREN'S SUMMER READING FUND

As the Morton Public Library celebrated the 30th Anniversary of their current library facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony, Tuesday, March 27, 4:30pm... the Morton Community Foundation's Executive Director, Scott Witzig, announced the establishment of the new Bernice L. Oberlander/Lynne R. Walters Library Children's Summer Reading Endowment Fund.

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New Morton Lacrosse Club Fund

Foundation Receives $10,000 Donation from Erie Insurance Group

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