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2006 NEWS

Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia, Inc.
Gives Three $5,000 Grants And
Establishes an Endowment Fund for Youth Development

The Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia, Inc. awarded $5,000 grants to The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula, Preschool Partners of the Virginia Peninsula and the Virginia Symphony for their musical youth programs during a grants presentation ceremony at the Marriott City Center located in Newport News on October 26, 2006.

The Foundation also announced they have established a permanent endowment fund benefiting nonprofit youth development programs on the Virginia Peninsula with a $50,000 grant received from the City of Newport News in 2006.

The Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity, builds and preserves endowment funds and identifies opportunities to enhance the quality of community life. Founded in 2003, the Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia, Inc. provides philanthropic leadership to the Newport News, Hampton, Poquoson, and York County areas of the Virginia Peninsula.

The Foundation is accepting donations to support The Youth Development Fund. For more information on how you can support the Foundation's efforts or how you can establish your own endowment fund; please call Jana Murphy Kast at 757.327.0862.

Noted guests (from left to right) Dr. McKinley Price, Alan Diamonstein and Chavis Harris enjoy a conversation prior to the presentation of grants.

Jana Murphy Kast, Executive Director (far left) along with Larry Cumming, Past Board President (far right), present $5,000 to Carla Patterson, President and Executive Director of the Virginia Symphony and Kaitlin Padden, Manager of Foundation and Government Relations. The grant will support The Young People's Concerts for Virginia Peninsula youth.

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