The Guernsey Family of Funds
BLAINE AND MARTHA NEILLEY SCHOLARSHIP
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BYESVILLE ROTARY FUND
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These are scholarships for the Rolling Hills School District seniors going to college. The Byesville Rotary saved money from their annual scholarship Golf Outing. They continue to deposit regularly to this fund and are happy with its continued growth. The Byesville Rotary holds a Golf Outing each Spring to build their fund and offer scholarships.
CAMBRIDGE CITY SCHOOLS ALUMNI AND FRIENDS FUND
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The Cambridge Alumni and Friends Educational Fund is a community based trust established to recieve contributions from individuals, families, small groups, organizations and businesses for the purpose of promoting academic excellence and enhancing the educational experience of all Cambridge City School students through classroom enrichment. Contributions shall be donation and/or property that are placed in trust.Classroom enrichment shall include academic and fine arts activities selected by the designated committee of the Cambridge Alumni and Friends Educational Fund trustees. The board of trustees that governs the fund and its policies include Cambridge alumni, community leaders and representatives and friends of the Cambridge City Schools.
All contributions to the fund are tax deductable. As contributions accumulate year after year, the fund will continue to grow and serve Cambridge’s students and educators in future years.
The fund provides a vehicle for alumni, friends and supporters of academic excellence for the Cambridge City Schools to provide a contribution outside of the traditional funding sources to enrich and enhance the educational experience of students in the Cambridge City School District.
CAMBRIDGE FOUNDATION
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CAMBRIDGE SINGERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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The Cambridge Singers, founded in 1964, is a mixed chorus centered in Cambridge, OH. Its goal is to play a vital role in the community’s performing arts offerings with an emphasis on vocal music. Since 1983, the Cambridge Singers have encouraged local youths to pursue music as a career by awarding at least one college scholarship annually. This scholarship is awarded to a declared music major and is currently based on proceeds from the spring show and annual patron drive.In 2007, the Cambridge Singers board of directors voted to join the FAO to assure that its name and scholarship legacy live on. Shortly thereafter, however, the stock market plummeted downward and the economic recession began. The board, to date, has decided to wait for economic recovery before awarding its first scholarship rather than delve into its principal investment.
CHS CLASS OF 1957 SCHOLARSHIP
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These are college scholarships for graduating Cambridge High School students. This fund came to be by various classmates who wanted to pay back for good education they received at CHS. The fund has provided five $750 scholarships.
THE CITIZENS FOR ROLLING HILLS SCHOOLS FUND
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The Citizens for Rolling Hills Schools Endowment Fund was established to ensure students and teachers have access to resources for programs and activities that enhance and enrich their educational experience. The fund makes a tremendous difference by promoting academic excellence and enhancing the educational experience of students and teachers of the Rolling Hills School System.Our fund will work to provide all Rolling Hills students with the opportunities needed to success in our changing world. Gifts to the fund are placed in a permanent endowment account with FAO and governed by a committee of alumni, community leaders, retired educators and friends of the school.
The Rolling Hills School Fund provides a permanent vehicle for alumni, friends and supporters of academic excellence to provide contributions outside traditional funding sources to ensure Rolling Hill students and teachers have access to a permanent resource for enriching educational programs and activities. All contributions are fully tax deductible.
DOUG STEELE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
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Doug devoted a great deal of his life to sports; in particular, to golf. It would have been his wish to assemble his many friends, family, and colleagues to participate in an annual golf outing. Each year family and friends of Doug Steele are present an Annual Golf Fore Life Tournament. All proceeds will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.In the inaugural year, the proceeds were distributed equally between two charities – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and the Doug Steele Memorial Scholarship Fund, which was established on June 7, 2006. In that first year, we were able to jumpstart Doug’s annual scholarship – awarded to a graduating senior at Doug’s alma mater, Cambridge High School. A portion of our donation helped fund important research projects, including a T-cell Lymphoma study being conducted at The Ohio State University. Three scholarships awarded, one annually since 2008. In addition, our proceeds benefitted the local chapter of the LLS.
For more inforamtion visit the Doug Steele Memorial Golf Fore Life Tournament website.
GUERNSEY COUNTY FOUNDATION FUND
Endowment provided by Grant & Patricia Hafley -Donate
GUERNSEY COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN FUND
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2007 marked the center’s 35th year of offering an assortment of services and recreational activities to senior citizens aged 60 and older throughout the county. The center can now continue to offer these services for years to come, thanks to an endowment fund with FAO. The fund helps to secure the future of the organization and encourage the growth of the center and its programs. It also allows for donations to be contributed to the agency.”By creating the fund with the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, we have helped to diminish concern of where our money is going and focus more on the commitment of providing services to senior citizens,” said Shon Gress, executive director of the Guernsey County Senior Citizen Center.
HAVEN OF HOPE FUND
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This fund is used to provide support to the Haven of Hope. This organization is a private, non-profit, family violence prevention social service agency, serving victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and rape in Guernsey and Noble Counties. The Board of Directors of the Haven of Hope created this fund to assure the Haven of Hope’s existence for generations to come and to provide future funding.
JEFF AND JANE COX FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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Established in December 2010. Fund to provide scholarship support for students attending East Guernsey School District.
JENNY CORNELIUS-WOLTZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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Established on November 6, 2006. This fund honors the life and memory of Jenny Cornelius-Woltz by providing scholarship awards in perpetuity to one or more deserving students graduating from John Glenn High School in Guernsey County, with a primary interest in nursing. Has awarded one scholarship to date.
KEVIN RITZ FAMILY FOUNDATION FUND
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Former Colorado Rockies Baseball pitcher Kevin Ritz and his wife, sally, say sharing their resources is about supporting what has been most important to them, including community services, increased recreational opportunities for young people, and an enhanced quality of life for families and children in the area where they live.Kevin says Little League and Babe Ruth baseball were instrumental in shaping who he is today; they provided important growth opportunities and he wants to ensure the same for youth in the area where he, Sally, and their children now call home.
Establishing the Kevin Ritz Family Foundation at the FAO has helped Kevin and Sally meet this goal. Through working with FAO, the Ritzes were able to focus on their donations while the FAO handled the administrative and investment responsibilities of their fund.
The Foundation holds an Annual Golf Outting to support “The Challenger League” which is a baseball league for youth with disabilities. The Foundation also sponsors the Guernsey County Dental lab.
LEADERSHIP GUERNSEY FUND
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Established on January 17, 2006, this fund helps to maintain a form where emerging and potential leaders of Guernsey County can establish a communications network enabling the assembly and exchange of ideas to enhance quality of life within the Guernsey community.
LESTER D. & THELMA I. ELLWOOD FUND
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The Lester D. and Thelma I. Ellwood Educational Scholarship was established through the last will and testament of Thelma I. Ellwood in memory of Lester D. and Thelma I. Ellwood. The purpose of the Fund is to assist worthy graduates of Guernsey County high schools obtain a college education.To download an application form visit Lester D. and Thelma I. Ellwood Educational Scholarship at FAO’s website.
LORAN & SHIRLEY STUTZ FUND
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Established on January 2, 2009. This donor advised fund is used to benefit Guernsey County.
MADISON HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP
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This fund is used to create two scholarships for students graduating from Buckeye Trail High School. The donations are from Madison High School Alumni.
MARY KACKLEY-BRILL SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship Fund established by Madison High School Alumni Assn. -Donate
Established on January 3, 2006, this fund provides scholarship support to a graduating senior from Buckeye Trail High School and residing in the general area of the former school district of Madison High School. Awarded one scholarship in 2009.
MCMANUS-SHEPARD FUND
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The Shepard Fund awards grants to benefit cultural and economic programs for Cambridge and/or Guernsey County. In addition, an annual distribution is made to benefit United Way of Guernsey County. An advisory committee, made up of two officers of the Cambridge Foundation and John A. Davis, assists with grant recommendations.Shepard Fund grants totaled over $13,000 in 2007 supporting cultural and economic programs benefiting Cambridge and Guernsey Counties. In addition, distributions totaling more than $5,000 were approved by the Cambridge Foundation to increase the Shepard Fund grants.
The Shepard Fund was established in 1998 by Arthur E. Shepard in memory of his parents, longtime residents of Cambridge. The fund benefits residents of Cambridge and Guernsey Counties. Mr. Shepard’s father, John W. Shepard, owned and operated a dry cleaning and tailoring business for 36 years before his death in 1944. His mother, the former Edna McManus, moved to Cambridge with her family when the Cambridge Glass Company opened. Her father made the first piece of glassware produced at the company.
For more information view the press release at the Columbus Foundation.
MIRIAM HAWES SCHOLARSHIP FUND
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Established in 2011. Fund to provide scholarship support to deserving students graduating from Rolling Hills School District.
SEORMC – GUERNSEY HEALTH FOUNDATION FUND
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In 1967, men of the community donated $100 each and formed the Guernsey Memorial Centurion Club with the specific purpose of providing for future improvements of the hospital on an annual basis. The group later become known as Guernsey Health Foundation Family of Friends. The name changed to reflect the variety of donors and the amounts they contribute. All donations made to the fund are used to purchase equipment or benefit patient care at Southeastern Med. Donations are never used for operating expenses or associate salaries.
THE ZELMA GRAY MEDICAL SCHOOL FUND
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Before her death in 2007, Zelma Gray established her support for medical professionals and care in Guernsey County through a scholarship fund with WesBanco Trust and Investment Services. Designed to support Guernsey County residents’ pursuit of medical school education as well as encourage that talent to remain in, or return to, Guernsey County to serve its citizens upon completion of medical training.Born in 1919, the late Zelma Gray was a lifelong resident of Guernsey County in Madison Township and a 1937 graduate of Madison Consolidated High School. Throughout her life, Ms. Gray showed her devotion to the Londonderry United Methodist Church as well as her family and friends in the Guernsey County community. Ms.Gray’s scholarship is a testament to her commitment to a continued and enhanced quality of life in the area she called home.
Current and recent Guernsey County residents are eligible for the Zelma Gray Medical School Scholarship to cover the cost of tuition, lab fees and text books while pursuing a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) at an accredited medical school within the United States, in hopes that he or she will practice medicine in Guernsey County upon completion of his or her degree and training. Awards will be determined through objective criteria, including MCAT scores and college transcripts.
To download an application form visit Zelma Gray Medical School Scholarship at FAO’s website.
WINNIE MAE SHARPE EDUCATION FUND
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Established on August 30, 2005, this fund provides scholarship support to deserving students residing in the Byesville area and graduating from Meadowbrook High School in Guernsey County, wishing to major in education. Awarded ten scholarships to date, two in 2006; four in 2007; and four in 2008.