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Tell Us What Makes Delaware Communities Thrive #OurTownsDE

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

What makes a community thrive? What makes a community that has been down on its luck turn things around – become vibrant, exciting, and growing? How do communities grow in ways that include everybody? The answers are not easy to come up with. But thriving communities do share many common features. Successful communities have people focused on local possibilities, rather…

5 Questions with Stu: Greg Abbott, Section Administrator, Delaware State Parks

Posted on October 8, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Greg Abbott has served Delaware through his work in Delaware State Parks for 24 years. He manages the Division’s Administrative Services Division. He is a 1985 graduate of Salisbury University, and is a graduate of the Indiana University Executive Development Program for Parks and Recreation Professionals. Prior to his work with the state parks, he spent ten years at PNC…

The American Dream in Sussex County

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Delaware’s Latino population is growing and it’s growing fast. And that’s a good thing. On Oct. 7, the DCF will be releasing a new report entitled Perspectives on the Latino Population in Sussex County, Delaware. What we find is encouraging and inspiring. Now exceeding 20,000 people, Sussex County’s vibrant and diverse Latino community is bringing new passion to the belief…

What Do You Get With a Million Words?

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

The importance of quality pre-K education must be one of the best known needs in America. Research over recent decades has told us over and over again that if we teach our children well in the early years, their brains will develop well, they will have the capacity to become fully productive members of society, and they will have significantly…

5 Questions with Stu: Dr. Christine Cannon, Executive Director, Arsht-Cannon Fund

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Dr. Christine Cannon has been the executive director of the Arsht-Cannon Fund since its inception in 2004. With careers in nursing and education, nonprofit board leadership, and experience in grantwriting and program development, Christine partners with grantees to achieve the most effective program outcomes and impacts — with a particular focus on Delaware’s Latino community. Through the inspiration of the…

Book Circles! Libraries! Beer!

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

It’s time for the DCF’s 2nd annual Building Opportunity Keynote and Book Circles*! This year we’re moving from Our Kids to Our Towns. Here’s the story: How can we strengthen communities? What have communities across the country done to make themselves stronger, more resilient, more exciting places to be? How do communities address economic dislocation, loss of hope, opioid problems,…

5 Questions with Stu: Stephanie Staats, CEO, YWCA of Delaware

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Stephanie Staats, CEO at YWCA Delaware began working at the YWCA almost 10 years ago as the Chief Programs Officer. Prior to that role she was the Development Director for something called the Delaware Community Foundation. She also served as an Adjunct Instructor at DelTech, and the Chief of Staff at Delaware Humanities Forum. Stephanie has shown strong leadership skills…

5 Questions with Stu: Linda F. Poole, PhD

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 3 Comments

A lifelong educator and educational leader, Linda Poole is the CEO of Educationally Speaking, a company that assists educators with improving student achievement through analysis of current status and research-based recommendations. She was a friend and the primary advisor to DCF fundholder Helen Eliason, who died in 2017. Linda is an advisor to the Fund for Children’s Literacy, a DCF…

Winners of the DCF and Mikva Challenge's Project Soapbox competition on stage

“Project Soapbox” Inspires Wilmington Students

Posted on June 18, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

We’re in a kind of civics education revival in America. For too many years, civics education has in too many circles been seen as a kind of quaint afterthought. We’ve cut back the time and importance of civics in our schools. And we thought it wouldn’t really matter. But what we’re all finding is that the core value of democracy…

5 Questions with Stu: Michelle Taylor, President & CEO, United Way of Delaware

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Stuart Comstock-Gay | 0 Comments

Michelle Taylor has served Delaware’s communities through her work at United Way of Delaware for almost 20 years – more than half of that as the organization’s president & CEO, where she leads the organization’s focus on early education, college and career readiness, and financial stability in eight “promise communities.” She is an important voice among Delaware’s nonprofit infrastructure, and…

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