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Happy Camp, California, is a remote community of about 1,200 people, nestled at the base of the Marble Mountains on the banks of the Klamath River. The nearest population centers are Yreka, about 70 miles away, and Grants Pass, Oregon, a...  Read More

The Ford Family Foundation has supported the publication of numerous catalogs since the inception of the Visual Arts program in 2010. “Most catalogs are produced in association with a specific exhibition,” says Anne Kubisch, president of...  Read More

Nine Oregon artists got a delicious bite of the Big Apple recently, with an Oregon-only exhibition of their work at New York’s CANADA gallery. It is the first time an exhibition consisting solely of Oregon artists’ work has been brought to...  Read More

Judy Cornish was a divorced mother of three children and an immigrant from Canada when a friend talked her into registering for community college in Coos Bay. “I had just gotten out of an abusive relationship where I was told how...  Read More

When The Ford Family Foundation offered county school district superintendents the use of its conference center for their monthly meeting, Michael Lasher eagerly accepted. “It was a new venue for the superintendents, a change of view...  Read More

Teachers see it all too often: a young child melting down and reacting inappropriately — even violently — to everyday occurrences such as being told to put his or her toy away.Some would see the episode as a result of the child making bad...  Read More

On the second Sunday of this month, neighbors in Southern Oregon’s Upper Cow Creek area know what they will be doing for dinner. It’s the same thing their parents and, in some cases, their grandparents did — get together at the community...  Read More

Brandy O’Bannon loves living a life of service.“Working alongside friends, colleagues, donors and volunteers in my community has brought a tremendous amount of joy to my life,” says Brandy O’Bannon, a Ford Scholar from the class of 1994 —...  Read More

Adjacent to Baker High School, the Baker Technical Institute announces its mission with a bold sign: “Next generation education for thriving communities.”The Institute began four years ago with a problem and a vision. The problem was the...  Read More

It should come as no surprise that an integral part of the Eastern Linn County Pipeline, an industry-directed job-training program, is education. After all, the goal of the initiative, led by business leaders in the greater Albany area and...  Read More