Community Foundation for Delta County Board Members, Mr. Bob VanDamme and Mr. Will Carne, Sr. along with Board Chair, Mr. Charles Becker, presents the City of Gladstone Manager, Mr. Eric Buckman and Treasurer, Ms. Vicki Schroeder with an annual distribution from the Dr. Mary L. Cretens Endowment Fund in the amount of $158,432.80.

Mr. VanDamme stated, “Dr. Cretens was a lifelong resident of the City of Gladstone and she loved her community. She exemplified the Community Foundation’s motto “For good. For ever.” such that, upon her passing she had her trust and philanthropic giving turned over to the Community Foundation for Delta County, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of the Upper Peninsula, to make her gifts to a number of organizations that she cared deeply about”.

“Dr. Cretens was a longtime member of our foundation board and served on our executive committee. She cared a great deal about people and she knew the Community Foundation would be in existence well into the future and therefore the perfect vehicle to undertake her gifting after her passing,” stated Mr. Carne.

Mr. Buckman and Ms. Schroeder expressed their sincere thanks to Dr. Cretens and the Community Foundation on behalf of the citizens of the community. “We are well aware of the tremendous amount of money we have received from Dr. Mary Cretens Endowment fund held in the Community Foundation for Delta County and the funds we will continue to receive in the future. The impact Dr. Cretens generosity has made throughout the years, and will continue to make well into the future, to the City of Gladstone and its citizens is astronomical. Our gratitude to her thoughtful philanthropy and the foundations commitment and respect for Dr. Cretens is astounding.”

“Dr. Cretens insight for the future of community, people and animals is amazing. This year the community foundation has distributed annual gifts totaling over $323,000.00 from the Dr. Mary L. Cretens Endowment Fund. Her fund has had and will continue to have an enormous impact on so many,” stated Mr. Becker.

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, please contact the community foundation by calling 906-786-6654, email: office@cfup.org or stop in at 2420 1st Avenue South Escanaba, Michigan.

We are a 501 (c)(3) organization and proud to be certified by National Standards.

For good. For ever.