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30 Dec
Community News, Golden Apple News

Nominate an amazing volunteer for the Golden Apple Jan Jones Service Award

The Golden Apple Foundation Jan Jones Service Award will be presented to an individual, couple, organization or business for demonstrat...
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19 Dec
2025 Golden Apple Award Recipients, Community News, Golden Apple News

Golden Apple Foundation Names 20 Finalists for the 2025 Golden Apple Awards

Golden Apple Foundation is pleased to announce the names of 20 Winnebago and Boone County teachers who will move forward in the selecti...
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Community News, Golden Apple News

Full House at Nominee Reception 2024

  With another record number of nominations received, we had a huge response to attend the Nominee Reception this year. Gue...
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Community News, Golden Apple News

Golden Apple received more than 1450 nominations for the 2025 Golden Apple awards

“The amount of growth I have seen in my child is astounding. He started as a little boy who would hardly talk and has blossomed into an...
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14 Oct
Community News, Golden Apple News

Golden Apple Foundation Receives Crusader Health’s 2024 Spirit of Caring Award

  On Friday, Oct. 11, Golden Apple Foundation staff Jennifer Stark and Kathi Edwards; board chair-elect, Gordon Eggers; grant r...
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17 Sep
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Golden Apple Foundation delivers 5,000+ apples and smiles

On Sept. 12, the City of Rockford declared a proclamation for "Apple for the Teacher Day." Volunteers from the Teacher Academy and Asso...
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05 Aug
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Golden Apple Foundation attends Town Hall Meeting at CollinsAerospace

Kristin Smith, Vice President, Electric Power Systems at Collins Aerospace, shared on LinkedIn, "We were thrilled to welcome the Golden...
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31 Jul
Don Zimmerman Teacher Scholarship Recipient, Golden Apple News

Brooke Harp receives scholarship

After reviewing several excellent applications and holding some amazing interviews, Golden Apple Foundation of Rockford selected Brooke...
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09 Jul
Community News, Golden Apple News

Class of 2024 Designs New T-Shirt for GA Fundraiser

The Classes of 2022 and 2023 created t-shirts in conjunction with an outing to a Rockford Rivets game as a fundraiser for Golden Apple ...
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03 Jul
Community News, Golden Apple News

Golden Apple is the Nonprofit of the Game Aug. 7

We’re the Nonprofit of the Night at the Rockford Rivets game on Wednesday, Aug. 7 Game time is 6:35 p.m. against the Traverse City Pit ...
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