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Published: Jan. 3, 2023 at 3:28 PM CST by WGEM STAFF QUINCY (WGEM) – Twenty-three local nonprofit organizations were presented with grants in Samantha Otte’s memory on Tuesday in a presentation at the Oakley-Lindsay Center. The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri reported they will benefit hundreds of area youth for artistic, […]

January 4, 2023 | By Muddy River News QUINCY — Twenty-three local nonprofit organizations recently received grants in Samantha Otte’s memory that will benefit hundreds of area youths for artistic, leadership and humanitarian efforts. The grants, totaling nearly $40,000, were distributed from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West Central […]

Article by MIKE SORENSEN Herald-Whig Staff Writer | msorensen@whig.com | January 3, 2023 QUINCY — Grants distributed from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity fund, under the guidance of the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri, reached a milestone on Tuesday as nearly $40,000 was distributed to more than two dozen programs. The […]

Article by MIKE SORENSEN Herald-Whig Staff Writer | msorensen@whig.com | January 19, 2022 QUINCY — The watchword of the day at the Bella Ease Teen Reach facility in Quincy was “community,” as the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund distributed more than $44,000 in grants to 21 organizations, a record distribution for the fund. Known as […]

QUINCY — More than $32,000 was provided in 21 grants to 20 area organizations supporting children. Announced last week, the grants were distributed from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri. The fund honors the life of Samantha Otte who died in March 2000 at […]

Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation awards grants for youth opportunity Today, on what would be Samantha Otte’s 31st birthday, twenty area nonprofit organizations received grants in her memory that will benefit hundreds of area youth for artistic, leadership, and humanitarian efforts. The grants, totaling more than $32,000, were distributed from the Samantha […]

Cornerstone Foundations for Families’ Kate Blair explains what two grants will be used for during a presentation where 21 area non-profit organizations were given grants from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri at the Quincy Public Library on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. QUINCY — […]

QUINCY — Philip Krupps surveyed the room before forming his words on what Thursday morning meant to him and the organization he represented — the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri. “I always love this day. It’s a beautiful thing,” said Krupps, the foundation’s board chairman who had the honor of awarding […]

QUINCY — Members of the Breakfast Kiwanis announced Friday that more than $20,000 was raised for area kids during the Sammy and Kids golf outing in October. Attending the Kiwanis wrap-up celebration were Chuck and June Otte who started the Samantha Otte fund in memory of their daughter who died in March 2000 at age […]

Fifteen area not-for-profit groups received more than $21,000 in grants Wednesday from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund to help with youth programs involving arts, leadership and humanitarian efforts. The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri held the announcement ceremony at the Quincy Art Center where recipients met with the friends and […]