• Vision Inspiring greatness, compassion, charity and community throughout the Walker County Area. • Mission The mission of the Walker Area Community Foundation is to grow and preserve charitable gifts, using the earnings to educate, inspire and advance the community for the greatest common good. • Values o Nurturing a sense of community o Teamwork and collaboration o Facilitating dialogue o Gathering people o Advocating for action and change o Setting the example o Inspiring greatness o Promoting Family, Neighborhood, Community, County, Area, State o Charity at Home o Good stewardship o Encouraging / Empowering  Human, financial, and technical investment from all segments of the community • Objectives o Programs: To create sustainable projects where the citizens experience a high quality of life, where the youth are prepared for the future, and our seniors are respected, loved and secure. o Establish all forms of giving:  Gifts  Planned Giving  Volunteering  Goods and Services o Grants:  Receiving: Secure funds from Federal, State, and Private sources to match, leverage and compound investments from the foundation  Giving: Provide seed funding for the initiation of new and innovative projects, while responding to missing services to make our community healthy, whole, and vibrant. o Collaboration: Foster relationships with local, regional and state associations to build technical, human and financial assistance teams to be catalysts for initiating change and sustaining growth leading to community ownership.