December 21, 2024

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Walker River Basin Communities Foundation Provides $50,000 Grant to Support Early Childhood Education Center in Yerington

LOCAL COMMINITY SUPPORT: The Walker River Basin Communities Foundation is one of the local supporters of the new Early Childhood Education center opened recently by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mason Valley. The WRBCF provided a $50,000 grant to this worthwhile project and has been able to provide over $2.2-million in grant funding to worthwhile projects in Mason and Smith Valleys over it 35 years of existence. Pictured (from left) B&G Club COO Travis Crowder and WRBCF board members Bonnie Bobrick, Stacy Borsini, Crystal Mattice, Jim Sanford (Emeritus), Theresa Lupori, Scott Tibbals, Mary Milligan (Emeritus), Dick Roberson (Emeritus) and Elmer Bull.

The Walker River Basin Communities Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to help fund the new playground at E.L. Wiegand Early Learning Center on Main Street in Yerington, Nevada:

Grants of over $2.2 million dollars have helped fund worthwhile projects in Mason and Smith Valleys over 35 years of support from the Walker River Basin Communities Foundation. The foundation’s annual fundraiser is set for June 3, 2023 in Smith Valley.

On Thursday, February 16, 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of Mason Valley President Vic Parker joins the kids to cut the ribbon at the opening of the E. L. Weigand Early Childhood Development Center in Yerington: