The Sterling Heights Area Community Foundation is holding its 2024 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 12 p.m., at the Sterling Heights Community Center.
The Foundation will present grants to the City for its annual Sterlingfest Festival, Cultural Exchange, Diversity Dinner; Parks and Recreation Community Center, Dodge Park Farmers Market, Music in the Park, Ice Rink, Youth Baseball, Youth Softball, Youth Basketball, Adult Freedom Park Trail Chair to enable individuals who need physical assistance to enjoy the Parks and their many trails, Dog Park Shade Shelter at Delia Park, CoolHub at Nelson Park; Police Department Smart Moves Program, Maple Lane Elementary Program, Building Bridges with Badges Program, Drug Education Awareness Program; Library Summer Reading Program; the Utica Community Schools Career Focus Program, the Macomb Science Olympiad, the Play Place for Autistic Children in Sterling Heights and the Sterling Heights Scholarship Program.
The community at large is invited to join city, county and other guests at this Annual Meeting.
During the one-hour meeting, Foundation leaders will highlight key accomplishments, review financial status, share growth plans and present grants to many community functions and activities that support its mission to help improve the quality of life of Sterling Heights area residents through cultural, educational and recreational enhancements and opportunities. Grant awardees will share their use of Foundation grants. Endowment partners present will discuss plans for their earnings.
Please call the Sterling Heights Community Relations Department at 586-446-2489 if you plan to attend.
“The Sterling Heights Area Community Foundation had a strong 2024 calendar year, fulfilling our mission to enhance the quality of life of Sterling Heights area residents with ever increasing contributions funding cultural, educational and recreational activities in the community, while building record assets and strengthening our brand throughout the City and Macomb County,” said Karl G. Oskoian, the Foundation’s executive director and president emeritus. “We have grown the Foundation consistently since its inception in 1991, passing significant financial and strategic goals while contributing more than $1.7 million to community organizations and activities that support our mission. The Foundation’s future is very bright and poised to continue sustainable increasing annual financial growth and income enabling year over year expansion of our mission area community contributions, in perpetuity, built from 34 years of steady and consistent strong financial performance.”