Foundation wraps up 2020 participation in Wreaths Across America

● Mark Wiggins ● December 21, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

On Dec. 19, 2020, the CGSC Foundation participated in the annual laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves in the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester… Read More

Foundation hosts holiday appreciation luncheon

● Mark Wiggins ● December 14, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation hosted its annual holiday “Friends of the Foundation Appreciation Luncheon” for its suppliers, providers and other partners on Dec. 11 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., at June’s Northland in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. COVID-19 restrictions were observed and masks were required except when eating and the room… Read More

2020 Foundation ornament now available

● Mark Wiggins ● December 10, 2020 ● Featured News Releases ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation’s traditional holiday ornament series continues in 2020 with the release of the Zais Park Gazebo Ornament earlier this week. The Zais Park Gazebo, located in Zais Park on the corner of Grant and Scott Avenues on Fort Leavenworth, was built in 1910. It has been the location… Read More

Follow-up on Giving Tuesday 2020 – THANK YOU ALL!

● Elizabeth Hill ● December 8, 2020 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

This year’s #GivingTuesday campaign was a rousing success, and we have YOU to thank for it. YOU donated $7,794.64. With our matching donations, that is $15,589.28raised in support of the Soldiers and military families at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College! Your generosity means so much to those… Read More

#GivingTuesday – For Soldiers, For Families, For the Nation

● Elizabeth Hill ● November 26, 2020 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● 2 comments

This has been a difficult year. COVID-19 has changed the way we live, work, and play. By now, we’ve run out of toilet paper, we’ve lost at least one face mask, and we are all Zoomed-out. We’ve faced what at times seems endless uncertainty, but there’s one thing we are… Read More

Sponsor a holiday wreath in honor of a veteran

● Mark Wiggins ● November 25, 2020 ● News Releases Past Events ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation has joined with Wreaths Across America with the goal to ensure every veteran interred at the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is honored with a wreath of remembrance during the December holiday season. Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual… Read More

‘The ultimate high ground’ subject of latest Brown-Bag

● Elizabeth Hill ● November 20, 2020 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

Thomas A. Gray discussed the topic of the domain of space and interagency operations at the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture on Nov. 19, in Marshall Auditorium in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Gray’s presentation was the second in the series for the 2021 academic year. Gray, the… Read More

Partner Spotlight November 2020 – DuraComm

● Mark Wiggins ● November 17, 2020 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

DuraComm, located in Kansas City, Mo., is selected as the CGSC Foundation’s Corporate Partner for November 2020. Part of the CGSC Foundation’s mission is outreach for the College and developing connections between the public and their Army. DuraComm has contributed to those efforts through their support of the Foundation’s outreach… Read More

Partner Spotlight October 2020 – Exchange Bank

● Mark Wiggins ● October 20, 2020 ● News Releases Partner Spotlight ● No Comments

In 1856, the streets of Leavenworth, Kan., were not paved. The city had only been founded in 1854, the first city in the newly forming state of Kansas, just as the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 opened the two territories to settlement. Pioneers were coming across the Missouri River, pulling their… Read More

Thanks, Boss

● Elizabeth Hill ● October 16, 2020 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

The CGSC Foundation staff would like to say a special “Thank You!” to President and Chief Executive Officer Col. Roderick M. Cox, U.S. Army, retired, on National Boss’s Day. “I am excited about the great things our Foundation does to enhance the educational experience and improve the quality of life… Read More