Republic Community Foundation receives hearing-impaired grant

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks announced annual grants from a group of Field-of-Interest funds established by donors to support specific areas of need ranging from animal welfare to veterans wounded in wars.
Republic School District received $500 from the Lennie Cloud Fund for the Hearing Impaired to purchase educational materials for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The Lennie Cloud Fund has granted more than $10,000 to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals since it was established in 1999.
“These grants reflect the unique charitable passions of the donors, whose gifts continue to provide important help to agencies across the region,” CFO President and CEO Brian Fogle said. “Every gift and every grant comes with its own story, but the desire is the same — to make our part of the world a better place.”
The CFO holds a variety of Field-of-Interest funds that support a wide range of charitable needs. Several funds make single annual grants, while others — like those that support cancer patients and their families, such as the Ellis Fund, the Paisley Collins Memorial Foundation and the Shelly Sachs Foundation — provide support throughout the year.