Legacy Foundation Health Career Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Legacy Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Laboratory Control Ltd. (LCL) Health Career Scholarship for the 2023-2024 school year. Since 2004, when the program was developed,...
View ArticleGrace Ottumwa Mission: Growing Hope, Sharing Nourishment
Driven by a deep love for their community, a group of caring individuals united to address food insecurity in Ottumwa and the surrounding area. The Grace Garden Group emerged, transforming available...
View ArticleOttumwa Little League: Nurturing Youth Development and Fostering Community Pride
In a testament to the power of belonging and community pride, the Ottumwa Little League is working on a transformative project that emphasizes youth development through baseball while revitalizing...
View ArticleNational Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) Launches Spanish Initiative to...
The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) has successfully debuted their Spanish Initiative project, thanks in part to a grant of $10,000 from the Robert F. McCune Endowment, a fund of the Legacy...
View ArticleLegacy Foundation Invites Applications for Classroom Champions Mini-Grant...
The Legacy Foundation is thrilled to announce the launch of the Classroom Champions Mini-Grant program for the new academic year. Teachers and associates in Wapello County are invited to apply for this...
View ArticleLegacy Foundation Supports Nonprofits in Wapello County with over $135,000 in...
The Legacy Foundation is pleased to announce awards totaling $135,760 to the 2023 Summer Cycle Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund grant recipients. Recent grant money awarded will help nonprofits...
View ArticleLocal Youth Advocacy Groups Spotlight Mental Health at City Council Meeting
A group of high school students from Wapello County, known as the Legacy Youth Alliance, a group associated with the Legacy Foundation, presented their work on youth mental health support at the...
View ArticleFourth Graders Learn Emotional Intelligence through Art
In a classroom at Ottumwa Community School District, fourth-grade teacher Ashlyn Cook at Liberty Elementary used the Legacy Foundation’s Classroom Champions Teacher Mini-Grant to teach her students...
View ArticleUnlocking Healing and Hope: The Miraculous Power of Restorative Yoga for...
Facing a cancer diagnosis is a life-altering journey filled with challenges. At the Ottumwa YMCA, they’ve witnessed the remarkable impact of Restorative Yoga on participants like Peg Thie, who...
View ArticleTransforming Wapello County: Legacy Foundation Invests in Local Nonprofit...
The Legacy Foundation is pleased to announce awards totaling $164,240 to Cycle 37 Bright Ideas Community Enrichment Fund grant recipients, $11,214 awarded to six local nonprofits to help assist with...
View ArticleOttumwa’s Legacy Foundation Invests $3 Million in Multi-Field Transformation
The Ottumwa Legacy Foundation is excited to announce the Legacy Fields Project, an ambitious initiative set to transform the Greater Ottumwa Park Central Addition with the addition of a beautiful new...
View ArticleCommunity 1st Credit Union Boosts Ottumwa’s Legacy Fields Project with...
Ottumwa’s Legacy Foundation is thrilled to announce a partnership with Community 1st Credit Union, resulting in a significant $50,000 grant for the Legacy Fields Project. This generous contribution...
View ArticleEmpowering Ottumwa’s Young Girls: BIO Girls Program Lights the Path to...
A promising opportunity emerges for parents and guardians seeking pathways to empower their young daughters here in Ottumwa. BIO Girls, the recent recipient of the Bright Ideas Community Enrichment...
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