Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation
Contact Information:
C/O Willard Schools District Office
ATTN: Tammy Conner
460 Kime Street
Willard, MO 65781
“Children are our Future”
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation is to raise, manage and distribute private investment to benefit the children and future generations of the Willard community.
Board of Governors:
Danette Proctor, President • Rick Stenberg, Vice President • Jeff Baker, Treasurer • Kelli Akers • J.M. Crighton • Delores Demore • Sam Farmer • Chrysta Forrest • Allison Greenwade • Brooke Jarvis • Jerome Rader • Chad Woolsey
Ex officio members: Dr. Kent Medlin (Superintendent of Schools) and Tammy Conner (Secretary)
For additional information, please contact Danette Proctor, President, at (417) 742-3500.
Total Assets (as of 12/31/11): $281,370
News and Updates
Willard Transition House a Community Effort
A Coover Place-Based Education Grant helped support construction of the Willard Transition House.
The Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation has a marquee project to show for its work this year with the construction of a home for special-needs students that involved students in a number of district programs.
The $265,000 Willard Transition House was supported by federal stimulus funds, the Willard Children’s Charitable Foundation, and a $20,000 Louis L. and Julia Dorothy Coover Place-Based Grant from the CFO’s Rural Schools Partnership and Commerce Trust.
Beginning with the fall semester, the house is now a living classroom for students with cognitive impairments and physical disabilities to learn life skills in a real-world setting.
The house includes two classrooms and a smart board, but also has a traditional kitchen, laundry room, bedroom, and bathrooms where students learn life skills such as cooking, cleaning, making beds and doing laundry. Counselor Sandy Gold, who worked closely with building trades teacher Steve Vaughn, whose crews built the house under professional guidance, says the program is expected to serve about 35 students each semester, some of whom may get the training needed to move into jobs such as restaurant work.
“I have been involved in the building of many projects, but none have had as much meaning to me as this house,” Vaughn says. “These students have just responded tremendously.”
Click here to read more about the Willard Charitable Children’s Foundation.
Funds and Grantmaking
Existing Funds:
Conco Charitable Fund
John Oscar Farmer Family Scholarship Fund
Dr. Mildred Fortner Scholarship Fund
Helping Hooves Fund
Nicholas David Rader Memorial Fund
James B. Staley Scholarship Fund
Willard Branch Library Fund
Willard Charitable Foundation Capacity Building Fund
Willard Charitable Foundation Administrative Fund
Willard Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund
Willard Children’s Health and Dental Fund
Willard Children’s Health and Dental Endowment Fund
Willard Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund
Willard Educational Endowment Fund
Community Grants for Fiscal Year 2011
Willard Children’s Health and Dental Fund, $6,965
Willard Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund, $5,026
Willard R-II School District, $750
Willard R-II School District, Partners in Strength activity, $300