04090 L 03-04 Annual Report - The Dayton Foundation

Heather and Holly LeGros
Memorial Scholarship Fund
– 1999 ($10,550) honors
the memory of these sisters
by awarding scholarships to
students attending four-year
colleges or universities.
Heather and Holly LeGros
were killed in separate automobile
accidents in their
senior years at Tippecanoe
High School.
Marko Family Endowment
for Arts Programs at the
Miami County Board of
Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities
– 2002 ($40,450) was established
through a bequest
by Ortho Marko to help
individuals with disabilities
pursue their artistic talents.
Ortho Marko’s interest in
establishing this fund was
sparked by his son’s love
of painting.
John S. and Louise T. Miller
Memorial Scholarship Fund
– 1999 ($10,930) honors
this Bethel Twp. farming
family by providing scholarships
to graduates of Bethel
High School in Miami County.
Four generations of the
Miller family have attended
Bethel Twp. schools.
Lucille L. Milner Fund –
1998 ($66,215) makes possible
the purchase of trees
for planting in the parks and
along the streets of Tipp City.
For over 65 years, Lucille
Louise T. and John S. Miller
Milner enjoyed the beauty
added to the city by its
urban forest.
Robert E. Nessle Memorial
Scholarship Fund – 1994
($16,947) establishes an
award for Bethel High School
(Miami County) graduates
attending Miami University
or The Ohio State University
and celebrates the diverse
life that Rob Nessle led before
his death. He was a valedictorian
at Bethel High School,
a summa cum laude graduate
of Miami University and
a doctoral candidate in New
York University’s economics
program.
Elizabeth Spano Scholarship
Fund – 2001 ($20,735) will
ensure that the memory of
this 10-year-old girl will
endure. The fund will award
scholarships to graduating
Tippecanoe High School
young women, who have
been active in cheerleading,
basketball or softball, activities
that Elizabeth Spano
enjoyed.
Tipp City Area United
Fund Endowment – 2001
($41,612) helps encourage
community-wide health
and human service assistance
in Monroe and Bethel
Twps. Programs supported
are education, counseling,
character-building activities
and emergency aid.
The Tipp City Foundation
– 1998 ($1,676,513) supports
charitable endeavors
benefiting the citizens of
Tipp City. Originally established
through a gift in 1943
from Ed Timmer, owner of
Miami County Lumber, it
was later significantly added
to by his daughter, Helen.
Tipp City Rotary Club
Scholarship Fund – 2001
($70,517) will assist the
Tipp City Rotary Club in
awarding annual scholarships
to deserving graduates
of Bethel and Tippecanoe
High Schools.
The Tippecanoe Community
Foundation Fund –
1999 ($29,481) supports
charitable and cultural
endeavors to improve and
maintain the quality of life in
the communities of Bethel
and Monroe Townships.
Tippecanoe Educational
Endowment Fund – 1999
($58,864) enriches programs
supported by this
group, which was created
by the Tipp City Board of
Education.
United Way of the
Greater Dayton Area
Funds
Helen and Charles
Abramovitz Fund #2 –
1998 ($34,507) provides
unrestricted operating revenue
for the United Way of
the Greater Dayton Area
and Culture Works.
Marie S. Aull Fund for
United Way – 1992 ($68,716)
contributes income to the
United Way of the Greater
Dayton Area during its
annual campaigns. Local
naturalist Marie S. Aull
created this fund.
Berry Family Fund for
United Way – 1991
($1,766,947) provides
annual contributions to the
United Way campaign on
behalf of the Berry family,
which includes Marilynn
Berry, John W. Berry, Jr.,
Shirley Berry and Charles
D. Berry.
C. H. Dean & Associates,
Inc., Fund for United Way
– 1986 ($271,013) provides
annual income to the United
Way campaign, as designated
by the father-son leadership
team of this local investment
firm.
Gertrude Mellen Fund –
1998 ($23,545) was established
by Marjorie Stahler
and her family to perpetuate
the memory of her mother,
Gertrude Mellen. The fund’s
commitment is to support
the United Way of the
Greater Dayton Area.
United Way Fund – 1995
($1,913,059) joins several
funds under one umbrella,
to support the community
initiatives program of this
social service agency. Those
funds are the United Way
of the Greater Dayton Area
Endowment Fund and
Campaign Endowment Fund,
as well as the Memorial Fund,
created in memory of Harry
A. Shaw III.
United Way of Greater
Dayton Area Rike Family
Endowment Fund – 1990
($406,010) originates from
a Rike Family Foundation
grant to United Way to support
and improve health
and social service agencies
in Greater Dayton.
The Vandalia-Butler
Foundation Funds
Arts Revitalizing Team
(a.k.a. A.R.T.) Fund – 2001
($39,862) finances cultural
art activities for the enjoyment
of students attending
Vandalia-Butler schools.
Margo Thomas Steinbaugh,
an elementary school teacher
who raised matching funds
for the high-school performing
arts theater’s renovation,
initiated the fund.
Jackie Ahlers
Jackie Ahlers Education
Scholarship Fund – 2002
($25,256) was established
by the family and friends of
Jackie Ahlers, a Vandalia-
Butler graduate who died
as a result of an automobile
accident in 2002. The fund
awards scholarships to Vandalia-Butler
High School
graduates pursuing a degree
in education.
Robert A. Bahr Memorial
Scholarship Fund – 1997
($12,849) initiated in
memory of Robert A. Bahr,
furthers higher education
by awarding scholarships to
Butler High School students
for tuition and related
expenses.
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