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Leaving behind a LEGACY Seguin Area Community Foundation shows you how to make it happen Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) – Did you know there is a vision in Seguin to giveaway millions of dollars each year to local charities and/or other important causes? That milestone is well on its way to being reached in the next few years and that’s all thanks to the ongoing efforts of The Seguin Area Community Foundation. The foundation is in the midst of creating more public awareness about what it does and how everyone in the end benefits. Its board of directors recently invited community members to learn more during its latest round of grant presentations held at the Burnt Bean. The grants this round totaled $30,000. Leading the event was President Wayne Windle. Windle says creating awareness and a complete understanding of how the organization operates is vital to the group’s ultimate success. “We are funders. We raise money. We invest the money and then when the proceeds make money, we give it away to organizations that are here
tonight and similar. So, you can start off and you say ‘well, how did you get this money?’ We got some of the money through wills and bequests. We’ve gotten money through simple donations. We’ve gotten money through fundraisers. We need this group and people in this organization to help spread the world, to help us continue to raise money the same way that we have. This is not rocket science. This is the way foundations across the country do it and so we are hopeful that you can spread the awareness and spread our cause,” said Windle. Windle says over the past decade, a number of groups have benefited from the local organization. He says the best part of a community foundation is that the group can support any cause – non-profit or not. “We have these goals and an event like this is proof that we are successful. This is an event where we raise money. We invested money and we are now giving it away. That is what community... Foundation pg. 2
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