| JONES
FAMILY FOUNDATION |
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| PRIVATE
RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC GOOD |
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The philosophical focus of the Jones Family
Foundation is knowledge and access to
learning content, the development of entrepreneurial
skills and the adaptation of information
technology for personal development. The
focus is on parallel local and national
involvement. The Foundation supports causes
that promote technology and literacy in
educational settings, both public and
private.
The
Foundation has contributed over $2.5
million in cash and assets to organizations
and causes, on a local and national scale,
for programs that have furthered the aims
of the Foundation in promoting access
to information technology and education
resources.
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| RECENT
JFF FUNDED PROJECTS |
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| FAMILY
ICE CENTER - OLYMPIC HOCKEY ARENA |
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Family
Ice Center – Olympic Hockey Arena
Primary
contributor in private-public sector collaboration
for development of family ice center to
accommodate public skating and amateur
and semi-professional hockey.
 Click
here for more information and images.
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| SPONSORSHIP
OF ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
AT GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS |
- University
of Texas at Austin
- Kellogg
Business School Northwestern
- Harvard
Business School
- Indiana
University
in Bloomington, Indiana
Sponsor
competitive business plan competition
and mentor students at each school. Offer
financial awards for achieving competitive
results. Process culminated with the World
Business Plan Competition held in May
at MOOT CORP at the University of Texas.
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| COMPUTERS
FOR KIDS |
| Provide
state-of-the-art computers and networks
for parochial k-12 schools that are sorely
lacking today's technology. Assist in the
planning, installation, design, training
and curriculum components of a well-planned
IT system. There is a tremendous need for
private sector involvement in educational
adaptation of information technologies.
The Jones Family Foundation received the
1999 FACES (Fond du Lac Area Catholic Education
System) Excellence In Education Award for
its efforts in advancing technology in the
FACES school system. The Jones Family Foundation
has provided matching funds and advisory
services for the establishment of computer
labs, networking and Internet access for
the three campuses in the FACES system.
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| NEW
HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE |
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Donation
of over 100 acres of development land,
valued at $1 million, for use by local
school district as site for future high
school as part of $49 million education
referendum. Land gifted to school district
as challenge grant in return for community
votes in favor of referendum. Click
here for more information and pictures.
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| LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| Sponsorship
and leadership of the Library of Congress
Millennium Foundation. Funding support for
the National Digital Library. Funded the
creation of President Lincoln's Virtual
Library, assembling and aggregating all
of President Lincoln's material which had
been formerly dispersed throughout the United
States into a single digital source. |
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| EAA
HENRY KIMBERLY SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP AWARD |
| Established
endowment for award named for Henry Kimberly,
a longtime Oshkosh business and civic leader
who championed the effort to bring both
the fly-in and EAA Headquarters to Oshkosh.
The annual award is presented to a local
resident who preserves Kimberly's spirit
and leadership role in EAA activities. The
award recipient receives a check for $1,000
from the award's endowment that can be directed
toward any EAA Aviation Foundation program.
Click here
to read about recent award recipients. |
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| ST.
NORBERT COLLEGE |
| Co-sponsored
$1 million endowment with Kresge Foundation
for purchase and maintenance of technology
and science equipment lab. |
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DIGITIZED
LINCOLN LEGAL PAPERS PRESENTED TO LIBRARY
OF CONGRESS
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An
five-person Illinois delegation led by
Lura Lynn Ryan, wife of Illinois Governor
George H. Ryan, presented the "Lincoln
Legal Papers DVD Edition" to the Library
of Congress in a ceremony held February
11, 2000 at the Library's Madison Building
in Washington, D.C. The DVD is a
digitized collection of more than 100,000
records associated with Abraham Lincoln's
legal career from 1836 to 1861 and complements
the Lincoln materials in the Library of
Congress, many of which are available
on-line in a Web presentation called "Mr.
Lincoln's Virtual Library." Click
here for full story
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| ETHEL
& DICK MILLS MEMORIAL CHAPEL |
| Contributed
to establishment of memorial chapel in honor
of Fond du Lac residents Ethel and Richard
"Dick" Mills. Ethel Mills was
an educator and lifelong learner who served
the Fond du Lac School District for 36 years.
Dick Mills was executive secretary of the
Assocation of Commerce and secretary-treasurer
of the Greater Fond du Lac Corporation from
1933-1964, during a time when Fond du Lac
realized some of its greatest industrial
growth, attracting such industry leaders
as AC Nielsen, International Paper, and
Ralston Purina. |
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