We can’t thank you enough for your support, enthusiasm and patience as the REC Center project gets off the ground. This is a massive undertaking and one worth doing the  … Read more

The Youth in Philanthropy Fund (YIP) doesn’t just support good work in the community. It teaches youth about charity. Youth-led programs submit applications for service projects. A committee of their  … Read more

If you’ve ever wondered if educators make good board members, we can assure you that they do! Although RCCF Board Member Mindy Vogel retired after 27 years of teaching at  … Read more

We awarded more than $216,000 in scholarships to 61 students pursuing higher education this upcoming school year. “Thank you to all the donors who have made these scholarships possible,” said  … Read more

Thanks for playing along with our 30th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt of RCCF funded projects! How many did you get right?   Congratulations to our winners! Janet Bolan Paula King Christine  … Read more

In 1991 you might have been driving your Honda Accord to the mall to pick up a copy of Katharine Hepburns’s Me: Stories of My Life and then to catch  … Read more

In many ways RCCF board member, Keith Perin appears to be the quintessential English teacher. But in other ways, he’s really not.   Not surprisingly, he nearly wrote an essay  … Read more

In 1991, gas was $.79/gallon. Katharine Hepburn’s Me: Stories of My Life topped the best sellers and “Silence of Lambs” was big at the box office. Sales of salsa overtook ketchup  … Read more

Did you know that 90% of brain development happens in the first five years of life? This is the most important time for children in determining future success. It’s one  … Read more

When we asked Denise Hoeing, new RCCF Board Member, to share a little about her life, she began by telling us she was born at Rush Memorial Hospital. Not just  … Read more