Rochelle Area Community Foundation

10/14/2026

🌟 Good Neighbor Spotlight! 🌟

🎉 Congratulations, Tim Ponto! 🎉

This week’s Good Neighbor of the Week goes to someone who truly makes a difference!

🙌 Tim, your kindness, dedication, and tireless efforts to make our community a better place inspire us all. 💖 Your impact is felt far and wide, and we’re so grateful for all that you do!

Let’s show Tim some love in the comments!

👏💬 Drop a "thank you" or a kind word to celebrate this amazing community hero! 💐✨

10/13/2026

10/13/2026

We can’t wait to show our gratitude by giving you a FREE dessert in! Drive into our parking lot today from 2-4 pm to grab your cookie or donut.

Thank you Fat Cookie and Jonamac for being our community partners! We appreciate your support! # partners‼️

10/07/2026

10/07/2026

🍪🍎 FREE DESSERT DRIVE-THRU! 🍎🍪

Because our community is so sweet, the Rochelle Area Community Foundation wants to treat you!

Stop by our office on Tuesday, October 13, between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. to receive a FREE dessert—no purchase or donation necessary. Simply drive through and let us share a little sweetness as our way of saying “thank you” to the amazing community that makes Rochelle so special.

📅 Tuesday, October 13
⏰ 2:00–4:00 p.m.
📍 350 May Mart Drive, Rochelle

Desserts will be available while supplies last!

A special thank-you to our wonderful community partners, Fat Cookie Company and Jonamac Orchard, for helping us make this sweet celebration possible.

Please help us spread the word—we can’t wait to see you! 💜

10/07/2026

TODAY!

🏡💜 OUR NEXT STORY OF IMPACT IS COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM THE BUILD SITE!

What may look like an empty piece of land today represents something much bigger: a future home, a new beginning, and another family putting down roots right here in Rochelle.

Join the Rochelle Area Community Foundation for our next Stories of Impact as we go LIVE from the future build site for Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County!

📅 Wednesday, October 7, 2026
⏰ 11:00 A.M.
📍 LIVE on Facebook from the Rochelle build site

We’ll sit down with Sheri Anspaugh, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County, to learn more about this incredible nonprofit, the families they serve, and what it takes to turn an empty lot into a place someone can proudly call HOME. 🏠

We’ll also talk about the partnership between Habitat and RACF and how your donor dollars, invested through our Community Needs Grants, help local nonprofits turn their missions into meaningful impact.

That is why we created Stories of Impact. We want you to see where generosity goes, meet the people doing the work, and understand what happens when a community chooses to invest in one another.

💚 Real People. Real Stories. Real Community.

And this time, we’re starting with an empty lot—and a whole lot of possibility.

Tune in Wednesday, October 7 at 11:00 a.m. and join us LIVE!