The sale of a cheese factory and the generosity of its late owner will provide $100,000 for a new addition at the Weyauwega Library. The grant is spread out over three years with $50,000 to be awarded in 2023 and $25,000 in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n
The grant for the library is part of $210,000 awarded to support four nonprofit projects serving the people of New London, Fremont, and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n
In addition to the library, the Marilynn W. Taylor\/Wohlt Cheese Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region also awarded grants to these charitable organizations:<\/p>\n
Mosquito Hill, $50,000 over two years to support its capital campaign. Mosquito Hill is replacing its indoor educational displays to better connect visitors with the world around them.<\/p>\n
The New London Community Fund, a challenge grant of $40,000 to inspire generous community members to contribute to the New London Community Fund over the next two years. In January 2022, it was announced that a group of community members launched the New London Community Fund, a permanent endowment fund within the Community Foundation to support community needs in New London in perpetuity<\/p>\n
The Fremont Historic Society, $20,000 to help renovate the Fremont Area Historical Museum as well as updating technology and catching up on delayed maintenance projects. The museum originally was a one-room schoolhouse, where Taylor attended school.<\/p>\n
Taylor owned and operated Wohlt Creamery in New London. Upon her death in 2017, her estate made the gift of the operating business to establish a charitable endowment fund at the<\/p>\n
Community Foundation. The Community Foundation and estate administrators found a buyer interested in purchasing the business and its real estate assets to keep the business that employed 60 people intact in August of 2018.<\/p>\n
The Marilynn W. Taylor\/Wohlt Cheese Fund is a permanent endowment fund that provides support in the New London and Fremont area in addition to the scholarship support provided for students to attend Lawrence University, Wohlts alma mater.<\/p>\n
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