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Read the Danville Register & Bee article

DPC Community Foundation, a public charity serving Danville, Pittsylvania County, and Caswell County since 1996, has a new name, logo and a regional focus for its philanthropic future.

Effective July 1, the organization, with more than $12 million in assets, will be named The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region. A new logo, designed to reflect the regional nature of the Foundation’s future, was unveiled recently along with a redesigned web site. The Dan River connects the expanded region the Community Foundation will serve, from Henry County to Halifax County and from Pittsylvania County to Caswell County, N.C.

Community Foundation President Ben Davenport said, “We are excited to announce this name change and everything it represents. Truly our region is discovering that we must invest in ourselves in order to build a brighter future.”

The need for the name change arose from the community itself. As the Foundation turned 7 years old last fall, a major gift was headed its way from a source downstream of Danville. The Chastain Home for Gentlewomen in Halifax gave the Foundation $1,030,000 just before Christmas. This gift caused the organization’s Board of Directors, which has voted unanimously to approve the changes, to see the Community Foundation’s future flows from and to more than just Danville, Pittsylvania County and Caswell County, N.C. (DPC). The Chastain Home Fund, for example, just announced $480,000 in grants to benefit organizations in the Halifax County area. The Foundation also has been approached by donors in the Martinsville/Henry County area.

The new logo, designed by Kim Demont of Vaden & Associates, symbolizes the Community Foundation by depicting the river that runs through the region and connects its communities, its donors and beneficiaries. In the future, the Foundation will focus on Danville, Pittsylvania County, Caswell County, as well as Halifax County, and Martinsville and Henry County. However, the region encompasses the potential for philanthropy in other communities as well. The Dan River actually begins in Patrick County and dips into North Carolina as it flows through Stokes and Rockingham counties. Along the way, the Dan receives waters from the Mayo and Smith rivers, which flow from Patrick and Henry counties. As it revisits Virginia, the Dan passes through part of Pittsylvania County and bisects Danville before it turns south again, dipping back into North Carolina and brushing Caswell County, and then flows north into Halifax County. Along its homestretch in Halifax, the Dan joins the Banister River, which flows from Pittsylvania and through Halifax, and finally the Staunton (Roanoke) River in forming the John H. Kerr Reservoir (Buggs Island Lake) and Lake Gaston.

Along with the new name and logo, a redesigned web site was unveiled. The Community Foundation’s new web address is www.cfdrr.org, and its new e-mail address is communityfoundation@gamewood.net.

The Community Foundation is a public charity established in September 1996 by a steering committee of civic leaders to meet a variety of social, educational, cultural and other charitable needs in the area. Community foundations are the fastest growing non-profit organizations in the nation. There are more than 600 community foundations in the United States. A community foundation offers different types of philanthropic giving in order to benefit the community. Memorials, endowments, and scholarships are just a few options.

For more information, contact The Community Foundation at our office,541 Loyal Street, P.O. Box 1039, Danville, VA 24543, (434) 793-0884 or visit the web site www.cfdrr.org.