Announcements

Davenport University announced gifts totaling $210,000 from two foundations committed to the Midland community. The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation and the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation are supporting the university’s new Health and Science Innovations for Workforce Preparedness initiative, which aims to equip students with cutting-edge tools and technologies that will enhance health care education and directly address…

United Way of Midland County announced Beverlee Wenzel, President and CEO of The ROCK Center for Youth Success, as the recipient of the 2024 Charles J. Strosacker Award.

United Way of Midland County announced Beverlee Wenzel, President and CEO of The ROCK Center for Youth Success, as the recipient of the 2024 Charles J. Strosacker Award.

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation provided a $30,000 grant to the Greater Midland Community center to support youth athletics.

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation and other local foundations supported a new Changing Places restroom facility at Grove Park, a first in Michigan.

The Strosacker Foundation, other local Foundations and 160 other donors contributed nearly $5.1M to support the Nature Education Center.

The Strosacker Foundation and other local Foundations contributed to the $4.7M improvement project for Dow Diamond.

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation weclomes Rod Coleman to the Board of Trustees

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation, other local foundations and about 50 attendees gathered for the groundbreaking event for Michigan’s first Changing Places facility – a restroom that goes beyond Americans With Disabilities Act standards.

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation and other local foundations supported the renovation of Cleveland Manor and celebrated the completion of the project with local residents.

The business alliance — with support from the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation and the Midland Area Community Foundation — is piloting a community collaborative to approach and implement solutions to the rehabilitation and development of attainable housing throughout Midland County.

The Charles J. Strosacker Foundation awarded the Juvenile Care Center (JCC) a $100,000 grant to fund the Monarch Academy Project.

The foundation donated $100k grant to ROCK Center for Youth Development.

Sanford Hardware reopened its doors in downtown Sanford on May 13 after a complete redesign and build effort led by Three Rivers Corporation. As work wrapped up in the store in late April, hardware associates busily stocked shelves while painters, construction workers and electrical contractors applied finishing touches to the building’s interior. This kind of…

The Sanford Youth League (SYL) received grants from several agencies, including the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation, to continue efforts to rebuild its fields and entire complex in Sanford Village Park that were destroyed after the mid-Michigan dam failures.

Midland County Emergency Food Pantry Network has been awarded a grant of $5,000 from the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation. The grant will be awarded on an annual basis and will help with the purchase of food and supplies for distribution to those in need, funding of programs such as the Backpack Buddies, medical nutrition supplements…

Chippewa Nature Center has received a grant from the Charles J. Strosacker Foundation to support scholarships for two of its most impactful programs, Nature Preschool and Nature Day Camp. The grant provides $30,000 per year from 2020 through the 2022-23 school year.