Four new local nonprofit organizations serving community causes ranging from the visual and literary arts to social services benefitting disabled youth and providing basic needs are joining the Scioto Foundation’s annual Scioto Gives program this year. The Trillium Project, Scioto Literary, Special Olympics and St. Francis Catholic Outreach and Charitable Giving, along with 44 previous […]
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Future for Scioto County Scholarship Fund created by Ohio State University senior Austin Meyers for the benefit of local students throughout Scioto County. A 2020 graduate of Wheelersburg High School, Meyers is one of a number of young people in the
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By Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the new Appalachian Marketing and Media Scholarship Fund, established by Audrey and Ryan Schiesser who are making the scholarship available to students who are interested in pursuing a career in marketing or business. To be eligible for the Appalachian Marketing and Media
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Loreen and Robert Ramey Scholarship Fund, established by a Portsmouth native who has been gone from the local area for 50 years. Funded through the Loreen and Robert Ramey Community Foundation by Ramey who has lived in Key West, Florida
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Linda Lawson Scholarship Fund established through an estate bequest that is the largest donor gift the Foundation has ever received. The new endowment was set up by Lawson ten years ago in her trust to assist students in the region
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Written by Kay Bouyack A new organizational fund, The Friends of Adams County 4-H & Extension Endowment Fund, has been established at the Adams County Community Foundation in partnership with the Scioto Foundation. The Friends of Adams County 4-H & Extension was established as a 501c3 in February of 2021. The new fund has been
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation has announced the establishment of the Adam Eldridge Memorial Scholarship, created by Vicky Eldridge in memory of her son. To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be a graduate of a Scioto County high school, maintain a high school or college GPA of 3.0 or better
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation has announced the establishment of the new Mikaylah Belford Moore Scholarship Fund created by Alex Moore of South Webster in honor of his wife who sadly passed in spring of 2023. To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be a graduating senior at South Webster High
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The Scioto Foundation has announced the funding of grants for six local community nonprofit organizations totaling $94,460 for the fourth quarter of 2022. Projects funded included the fields of economic development, education, natural resource conservation, healthcare, art/cultural and honoring war casualties. A grant of $6,000 from various unrestricted funds was given to the Economic and
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the William Ralph Salyers Legacy Scholarship, established by Tanner Salyers in honor of his grandfather who has been a strong, influential figure in his life, in the Salyers family, and in the Franklin Furnace community. To be eligible for the scholarship,
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