by laura | Apr 29, 2019 | Announcements, Events
The Zervas family traces its Oklahoma roots back to 1913. George Spiros Zervas was just 16 when he came to the United States from Asini, Greece. He moved from Pennsylvania to Pawhuska, Oklahoma and started The Chocolate Shop. In 1927, he returned to Asini to marry...
by laura | Apr 22, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Potters were among the estimated 50,000 people who participated in the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush, successfully settling in Canadian County. Nearly 76 years later, Jeff and Barbara Potter made their way to Bartlesville. He was a counselor at Madison Middle School and...
by laura | Apr 15, 2019 | Announcements, Events
Armais Arutunoff was an inventor whose idea of building electric motors, especially for use in oil wells, revolutionized the techniques of deep-well pumping. In 1916, he began his experiments in building a new type of electric motor in his native Russia. However, the...
by laura | Feb 25, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Grants/Scholarships
The Bartlesville Community Foundation will again be offering donors a chance to make a major investment in a nonprofit in an easy, hands-on way with the return of its Flash Philanthropy program. Last year the program awarded over $8,500 in grants to local...
by laura | Feb 4, 2019 | Announcements, Great Ideas
A century ago, Cleveland, Ohio banker Frederick Goff had a vision to pool the charitable resources of his community’s philanthropists into a single, great, and permanent endowment for the betterment of the city. That vision led to the formation of the Cleveland...
by laura | Jan 14, 2019 | Announcements, Grants/Scholarships
The Bartlesville Community Foundation welcomes 2019 with the launching of its scholarship and spring grant cycles. Scholarships are available for high school seniors of Bartlesville and many surrounding communities. Applications are now open and due no later than...
