Danville Regional Foundation Makes Headlines

John Hope Bryant Speaker Series Event (YouTube link)
(Also found on WBTM-1330 website under "Hutch-in-the-Morning" in "Behind the Mic" dropdown tab on the WBTM homepage)

10/8/2011 - 10/14/2011

River Distrct Festival Mentioning DRF

GoDanRiver - 10/8
GoDanRiver - 10/10
WPCVA

Caswell 4-H & Caswell County Health Department Make It Happen! Community Garden

Averett Nursing Program (DRF Mention)

WSLS - 10/10
Averett.edu
WPCVA - 10/13

10/1/2011 - 10/7/2011

River District Festival

Make It Happen! Grant Program (Pittsylvania Baptist Association)

9/24/2011 - 9/30/2011

Smart Beginnings

YMCA Coverage

WDBJ7
WDBJ7 (2nd article)

River District Festival (River City TV Interview with DRF Project Lead & Intern Catesby Denison)

9/10/2011 - 9/16/2011

YMCA Coverage

River District Coverage

River District at WPCVA
River District at GoDanRiver
River District at GoDanRiver (2nd article)
River District (final proposal)
River District Festival: DRF Mention

YMCA Coverage Mentioning DRF

9/3/2011 - 9/9/2011

Chamber Education Grants

MIH! Grant helps Galileo High School students learn about staying healthy

MIH! Grant enables Pittsylvania Caswell Youth Livestock Association to educate the community

8/27/2011 - 9/2/2011

Danville YMCA New Facility Capital Campaign

Go Dan River - YMCA Playground Donation
WSET - New YMCA Gets Big Donation
WSET - Danville News
WBTM1330 - (scroll to the 3rd story)
Go Dan River - Rotary Club and DRF support of YMCA Playground

Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) "The Network" Event (DRF Grant)

NoBell Coalition Conference (DRF Grant)

WDBJ7 - Teachers Come to Danville for After-school Program Discussion
Go Dan River - After-school Programs Help Kids

Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce Education Grants (DRF Grant)

DRF Move to River District

Northside Preschool Groundbreaking at GLH Johnson: Part of $5.4 Million VECF Grant Made by DRF

WBTM1330 (scroll to 2nd story)
Go Dan River - Youngsters Help Break Ground at Danville Preschool

Caswell County's Oakwood Elementary School Track (DRF MIH! Grant)

8/13/2011 - 8/26/2011

DRF Fall Interns

NC Grantmakers News
Go Dan River - DRF Announces Fall Interns
TMCNET
HeadlineVA
Nonprofit News (see 5th blurb from the top)

DRF's Move to the River District

MIH! Mention in Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce Blog

DRF Mention in MIH! Tennis Court Program (Not Us)

Prior News and Media

DRF Riverview Location Mention in Danville IDA Project Article

DRF Mention in NoBell Coalition Conference Marketing

Ashby Award Deadline Reminder

DRF Mention in MIH! Gretna Back Pack Buddy Program

DRF Mention in Pittsylvania County Ag Complex Study Article

Posted on WSLS 10 New site

On WPCVA site

DRF Mention in Get Fit Dan River Night Out Article

Showcase Magazine (August 2011) pp. 12-16 (Cover Story)
Once website loads, click anywhere on magazine.
Once full-screen image appears, use small arrow on right side of page to turn pages

DRF will provide copies to the Board of Directors and Advisory Members at the 8/9 CIC and 9/13 Board Meetings. Copies are also available at the DRF Office.

DRF Intern Radio Interviews with Hutch, WBTM-1330

New YMCA Site Acquisition (GoDanRiver)

New YMCA Site Acquisition (WSET)

New YMCA Site Acquisition (WDBJ7)

New YMCA Site Acquisition (WBTM1330 - scroll down)

Caswell Family Medical Center New Wing Ribbon-Cutting (Caswell Messenger)

Caswell Family Medical Center New Wing Ribbon-Cutting (GoDanRiver)

DRF Mention in Profile of UVA's Darden School of Business Tayloe Murphy Entrepreneurship Program

DRF Mention in Uranium Mining Debate Article

DRF Mention in Article about River District Transformation

DRF Mention Regarding $5.4 Million Grant to VECF for Smart Beginnings

DRF Speaker Series

DRF Ashby Award

DRF Mention in Article about Chatham Ag Complex

"We received a Make It Happen grant (from the Danville Regional Foundation) and sponsored a 10-week program from June 4 to Aug. 13 called 'Healthy Kids on Wheels,'" Walker explained. "We served a free lunch to children and partnered with Get Fit to give out health and wellness information every Saturday at East New Hope Missionary Baptist Church."

July 2 - July 8, 2011

$250K Donation Gives New Danville YMCA Project Big Boost

Caswell Family Medical Center expands - The project was funded through a $192,000 grant from the Danville Regional Foundation, plus a federal stimulus grant of more than $429,000.

YMCA gets $250,000 for new building

Grants From Foundations and Corporations of More Than $100,000 in 2011 - DRF noted for a program to help prepare young children for school: $5,400,000 over five years to the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (Richmond, Va.).

DRF Grant to Oakwood Elementary School for Grading and Paving of Athletic Track (reg req)