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Community Foundation for Delta County Board Chair, Charlie Becker, along with Board Of Trustees Members Bob VanDamme, Marc Zawacki, Will Carne, Sr. and Nick Chenier presents a check from the Robert F. & Anne M. Schmit endowment fund, held in the community foundation, for $1,596.36 to Bay de Noc Community College President, Dr. Nertia Hughes. Mr. and Mrs. Schmit were longtime residents of the area, involved in the community and cared about people, especially those in their community. They wanted to make a difference and started the Robert F. and Anne M. Schmit Endowment Fund with the Community Foundation for Delta County, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula. They know starting a fund with the community foundation was the way to go, to ensure that they would make a difference in a variety of programs and in the lives of people who lived in their community, For good. For ever.  The Schmit Fund provides annual gifts not only to Bay College but also to a number of other organizations and will continue to in the future thru their endowment fund held by the Community Foundation for Delta County. Dr. Hughes said, “Bay College is grateful to Robert F. & Anne M. Schmit endowment fund for their wonderful gift to Bay de Noc Community College. Their gift will be used to provide scholarships to a number of students with financial needs. It is my pleasure on behalf of the Bay College Board, Staff and Students that I “thank” the Schmit fund, family and community foundation for the financial support provided to the college.” If you’re interested in finding out how you can start a fund and give to places dear to your heart, now and into the future, contact the community foundation by calling 906-786-6654, emailing:office@cfup.org or stop by 2420 1st Avenue South Escanaba.