Published June 7, 1980, in the Portsmouth Daily Times. Pictured below are Bobby Shaw, Arnett Howard and Eddie Nix. In the 1980s the Scioto Foundation awarded $1,485 to the 14th Street Community Center to sponsor visiting artists. The summer program hosted at the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center consisted of a lecture/demonstration on the […]
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Scott Phipps Memorial Scholarship Fund, created by his family. The Scott Phipps Memorial Scholarship Fund will offer a $1,000 scholarship award in 2024. High school golfers from any school in Scioto County are eligible to apply for the scholarship if
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Fou ndation is pleased to announce the establishment of the new Melanie Ogg Memorial Scholarship created by her family in memory of a woman who inspired and taught many people in the Portsmouth community. To be eligible for the new Melanie Ogg Scholarship, a student must be a graduate of Portsmouth
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In the spring of 2022, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded the City of Portsmouth a grant for $25,000 from the Margaret Anne Strehle Fund, the Ed & Helen Fannin Fund and the Calvin & Martha Johnson Fund to underwrite expenses associated with the manufacturing of signs and banners to be placed along Chillicothe,
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It is truly remarkable to consider in 1993, the Scioto Foundation possessed assets totaling $7.39 million. Fast forward 30 years, and we are celebrating a record-breaking year of contributions, of $7.25 million—a figure that, notably, falls short of our asset size in 1993 while closing 2023, with assets exceeding $57 million, a 671% increase! Through
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Below is a newspaper clipping from the Portsmouth Daily Times published August 2, 1985. Since the mid-1980s, the Dorothy Knost scholarship committee has been awarding worthy music majors thousands of dollars. Last year the committee awarded 12 students a total of $34,000. This year, the committee will have $38,200 available to award. Graduates from a
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Niccole Chandler-Wright Memorial Scholarship, established by David and Debra Nourse Chandler to honor their daughter who lost a battle with cancer when she was 29 years old. A teacher at CAO Head Start, Chandler-Wright passed away on May 22, 2021.
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation is thrilled to announce that the total of contributions for 2023 was the highest in the history of its existence, amounting to $7,253,788. The major credit for that achievement goes to several strong and very generous women who lived or grew up in Portsmouth: Linda Lawson, Linda Barry
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It’s hard to remember a time when the internet wasn’t at our fingertips; able to provide answers to our question in seconds. Only a few decades ago, if someone wanted to learn more about a specific subject they had to either ask an expert or spend time reading through books that may or may not
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Check out the first press release of our signature program, University/College Access Network(UCAN)! Launched 16 years ago, UCAN was created with a vision of one day, every Scioto County student who wishes to pursue a post-secondary education will have the opportunity to receive some financial support to do so. This groundbreaking initiative marked the first
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