“Children with speech-language disorders can come and tell their family ‘I’m hurt, I have to go potty, I made a new friend,’ and they can really dive into those social, emotional communication opportunities that a park gives a child”

“Our community came together to support our nonprofit organizations at a level we’ve never seen. Hastings and Adams County should be very proud of what they made possible with their support of Give Hastings Day.”

“We thank the foundation for helping us continue to honor our men and women who make it possible to live in the Land of the Free. Our veterans are a huge portion of the backbone of the Land of the Free.”

“Our Community Grants program really tries to identify opportunities where our dollars can help a nonprofit become more efficient or promote innovative solutions to community issues,” said Dan Peters, executive director of the Hastings Community Foundation. “We really view this grant program as a way for us to invest in our community for long-term results.”

“We are proud of it because we were the first program to ask for funding for a child’s witness room and this led to other CASA programs across the state asking their local foundations for funding for a child’s witness room. Thank you HCF for being a bold leader in such an amazing project that I believe has now impacted hundreds of victims across the state.”