The announcement has been made about who will receive the first distribution from the Rob and Nora Rongve Family Fund of the Battlefords and District Community Foundation.
It will go towards Roxanne Smart-Garden and her family.
In a news release, the foundation stated the Rongve family have established a flow-through fund to help the Smart-Garden family with medical expenses Roxanne will incur as she recovers from a stroke earlier this year.
"We are proud that we could help and thrilled that our first grant will go to such an amazing woman,鈥� said Rob Rongve, BDCF donor.
The Rongve family fund is a 鈥渄onor-advised fund鈥� established with BDCF last year. A donor-advised fund enables donor participation in the distribution of the annual grant.
According to the news release, Rob and Nora鈥檚 daughters, Rachel and Antje Rongve, are the ones who help decide the best use of the grant money for that year.聽
In all, Battlefords and District Community Foundation has 22 funds which contribute to items including the arts, health care, post-secondary scholarships and recreation, with the organization handing out over $35,000 in community grants and scholarships last year.
