Wow what an amazing day. I had to drive to Eugene for my Ford Foundation Opportunity Scholarship interview. Thank you to Bart, Barbara and Carolyn, you all were so very nice to listen to me blather on with excitement. I was so happy and nervous but mostly just deeply honored to even be at this point in my life and to have been chosen for an interview with an amazing and highly respected philanthropic foundation, such as your.         

***They are an amazing organization ***
If anyone Reads my blog ....and you are a college student or planning to go back to college.  And if you live in the Oregon or Northern California area please reach out to Ford Family Foundation.

Scholarship Office | (Map) 440 E. Broadway, Suite 200 | Eugene, OR 97401
Toll Free: (877) 864-2872 | Local: (541) 485-6211 | Fax: (541) 485-6223
For general questions: fordscholarships@tfff.org

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	Kenneth W. Ford 1908-1997
	Hallie E. Ford 1905-2007

DID YOU KNOW…

• The Ford Family Foundation is a private, independent foundation.
• Roseburg Forest Products Co., a family-owned company, continues to operate in over 80 communities throughout the United States. www.roseburg.com
• We are not affiliated with the Ford Motor Company or The Ford Foundation in New York.
• The Ford Institute for Community Building Select Books Program provides an inventory of carefully chosen books and resources at NO CHARGE.
  

directly from their website their core values and mission:

MISSION
Successful Citizens and Vital Rural Communities

CORE VALUES

Integrity	Promoting and acknowledging principled behavior
Stewardship	Responsibility to give back and accountability for resources and results
Respect	Valuing all individuals
Independence	Encouraging self-reliance and initiative
Community	Working together for positive change

VISION STATEMENT
By 2020 we will see across our region adaptive, self-reliant individuals and rural communities working together for positive change.

  What they do and who they serve:

The Ford Family Foundation Grant Programs make grants to public charities that predominantly benefit small communities in rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California.

The Ford Institute for Community Building helps rural citizens in Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, create vital communities through training, small grants, and resources.

The Ford Family Foundation Scholarship Programs offer assistance to residents of rural and urban Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, to pursue higher education.

For our Grant Programs and the Ford Institute, we define “rural” as communities under 30,000 in population in Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, not adjacent to or part of a metropolitan area.

The Scholarship Programs offer assistance to residents of rural and urban Oregon and Siskiyou County, California.  

 They even have  a Ford Vitality Model:
  

Ford Vitality Model 

Organizations that strive to promote change benefit from a “theory of change” (a phrase used by evaluators) that describes how change occurs. The theory guides program development and provides questions for evaluation. Our theory starts and ends with the individual and shows why the two elements of our mission are important and how they are related


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