by Black River Falls Area Foundation | Feb 14, 2022 | Featured Stories, Front Page Posts
BRF Alumni not only shine during their years in school, but also once they have completed their educations and enter the workforce. Below is a short update on a few past BRF Alumni Scholarship recipients. The BRF community should be very proud of these young men and...
by Black River Falls Area Foundation | Feb 14, 2022 | Featured Stories, Front Page Posts
Thanks to a generous gift from Peter and Jone Hoffman, the Foundation was able to award a scholarship to each and every BRF Alumni Applicant in 2021. It would generally be assumed there would be some applications that would be ineligible due to the scholarship...
by Black River Falls Area Foundation | Feb 14, 2022 | Featured Stories, Front Page Posts
Peter & Jone Hoffman In June, the Foundation published a newspaper article listing the 2020 and 2021 recipients of scholarships managed by the Foundation. It also discussed the wonderful support our community provides for graduating seniors and addressed the need...
by pearing | Feb 11, 2022 | Featured Stories, Front Page Posts
In 1985, Gil Homstad recognized a need and took action. That action resulted in the creation of the Black River Falls Area Foundation, which set a record as the smallest (population) community in the entire country to have a Foundation. Starting with zero dollars, the...
by pearing | Sep 19, 2020 | Featured Stories
Our last Annual Report was distributed in June of 2019 at our annual FRIENDS of the FOUNDATION luncheon. Our theme was ‘Covering All the Bases’ and Trustees wore their Foundation Team jerseys and hats while ball park music played throughout the Skyline. The smell of...
by pearing | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured Stories
When Richard Holder was a young boy two events occurred which would have a profound effect on the rest of his life. At the age of ten Richard had a terribly sore throat. It was extremely painful and almost impossible for him to swallow. It was even becoming difficult...
