February turned out to be pleasantly busy for our community foundation. Legacy Fund partnered by facilitating a fund that the town of Atlanta in northern Hamilton County used as leverage to obtain the Community Focus Fund (CFF) grant. The $600,000 grant to help the installation of a storm water system was awarded by Lt. Governor Becky Skillman after a competitive application process!
The 2012 Boxley Lecture Series regarding the life of President Theodore Roosevelt was sponsored in the town of Sheridan this month. Legacy Fund board member and Sheridan town council member Brenda Bush was involved in this event.
In the middle of the month vice president and a wealth manager at Robert W. Baird - Dan Moore and several other community members met at Legacy Fund to interview some of the brightest high school students in Hamilton County for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship (full ride) and the Legacy Fund Community Scholarship ($2,000 per year). Dan said this role was fun and hard, but it was a great opportunity to communicate with the future leaders of the Indiana society.
In the middle of the month vice president and a wealth manager at Robert W. Baird - Dan Moore and several other community members met at Legacy Fund to interview some of the brightest high school students in Hamilton County for the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship (full ride) and the Legacy Fund Community Scholarship ($2,000 per year). Dan said this role was fun and hard, but it was a great opportunity to communicate with the future leaders of the Indiana society.
Legacy Fund board members Brenda Bush and Ann O'Hara attended the Sheridan Chamber of Commerce lunch with vice president Mark Robbins. The topic was creating a business plan and finding business financing.
Elaine Cannon of Sheridan, Indiana, recently lost her husband Mike to cancer. While creating the obituary, her brother suggested that memorial contributions could be made to Legacy Fund to bolster the family's charitable fund benefiting Sheridan High School. Dozens of gifts have been made in honor of Mike, a former financial officer at St. Vincent's Hospital. Elaine is very thankful to those who gave and is sure that her husband would have been touched by people’s generosity! Elaine added, "Flowers are beautiful, but scholarships keep growing."
Thanks to all our readers for being with us! Stay tuned for more stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary good through giving.
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