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$17,500 Grant Aids the Fox Valley Orchestra

Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley awards grant to the Fox Valley Orchestra.

The Fox Valley Orchestra wishes to thank the Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley for its great generosity. The Foundation recently awarded the Fox Valley Orchestra with a grant of up to $17,500. The funds will be used to purchase much needed equipment, percussion instruments, and supplies for the Fox Valley Orchestra and Chorus.

The entire FVO is elated with this news, since the grant will help secure the assets needed to deliver even higher quality education and performance to the community.

The Fox Valley Orchestra is a not-for-profit cultural organization whose purpose is to provide fine musical performances for people of all ages and educational opportunities for youth. The organization accomplishes its goals through enlisting widespread community support for a symphony orchestra of professional quality with a primary focus of bringing great music to the Fox Valley community. For more information please visit http://www.foxvalleyorchestra.org

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The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is a non-profit philanthropic organization that administers individual charitable funds from which grants and scholarships are distributed to benefit the citizens of the Greater Aurora Area, the TriCities and Kendall County Illinois. For more information on this foundation, please visit www.CommunityFoundationFRV.org.

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