Last Fall the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded $12,000 dollars to the St. Francis Catholic Outreach & Charitable Giving organization to purchase food for distribution to Scioto County residents. The St. Francis Food Pantry projects that it will serve 3,600 households (10,000 individuals) for a total of 90,000 meals for the year 2023. Food […]
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The Scioto Foundation has named Barbara Lapp Bradbury as a new member of its Board of Governors. Active in many community activities and retired after several years of full-time service in various positions at Shawnee State University, Bradbury brings a wide breadth of experience in education and administrative proficiency to her new position. “Having worked
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Last summer the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded $7,450 to the South Central Ohio Educational Center from the Benjamin A. Fried & Calvin & Martha Johnson Funds for academic enrichment programs provided for the Scioto County Schools through the school year. Included in the programs are the Youth MAX Leadership Training, the Scioto County
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The Scioto Foundation Board of Governors has awarded the Friends of Scioto Casa (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children) $8,000 from the Jenkins Benevolent Fund to support the needs of children in foster care. The mission of Scioto CASA is to recruit, train, guide, monitor and maintain qualified volunteers to advocate for the best interest
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In October, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded the Portsmouth Wind Symphony(PWS) $5,000 for its 30th Season. Last Saturday, PWS hosted its annual Christmas Concert at the VRCFA. Below are highlights from the concert. For more information about the Scioto Foundation quarterly grant process, please contact our Grants and Scholarship Coordinator, Ginnie Moore by
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In 2020, The Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded $60,000 dollars to Main Street Portsmouth for it’s, “Operation Riverfront Shapeup”. This project is a recipient of Scioto Foundation’s Rethinking Downtown Portsmouth Grant Initiative. With the help of this grant, York Park now has eight stations where residents can enjoy various types of outdoor exercise with
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Written by Kay Bouyack The Scioto Foundation has announced grant awards to ten recipients in the total amount of $116,595.95 for the third quarter of 2022. The grants will assist local organizations with projects in fields such as education, arts and culture, community development, social services, civic benefit and economic development. Cirque d’Art Theatre, which
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The Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded $1,250 to Time Out for Me for its “Youth Spirits” and “Spiritual Youth on the Move” program with funds made possible from the Edith Bannon Fund. The goal of Time Out for Me is behavior modification for area youth. Its objectives are increased self-esteem, self-worth and effective communication
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Last summer, the Scioto Foundation Board of Governors awarded The South Central Ohio Educational Service Center $7,525 from the Virginia Smith Wolfe Fund for partial funding support for county school programs in the Arts and Humanities including the Scioto County Honors Music Festival, the Visually Literate High School Art Show at Shawnee State University, the
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The Scioto Foundation Board of Governors have awarded the Scioto County Children’s Protective Services a $10,000 grant from the Richard & Thelma Duvendeck Memorial Fund, the A.W. Gregory Fund and Foster-Morgan Fund for its “Christmas Gift Program”. The program is designed to make the Christmas season a little brighter for Scioto County foster children under
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