• FAO funds help sustain Guernsey County

    The Guernsey County Foundation could be described as an “umbrella” for charitable funds benefiting Guernsey County. By leading others to start component funds with the Nelsonville-based Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO), the organization added 14 new funds totaling $190,000 in the past two years.  Guernsey’s new funds are part of FAO’s priority goal to encourage […]

  • Pickering House opens for local hospice patients

    The Pickering House, a home-like hospice patient care facility by FairHope Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. in Lancaster, Ohio, celebrated its grand opening on Thursday, February 15, 2007. The House will feature 12 patient rooms, a family lounge and parlor, kitchenette, two three-season porches, a chapel, great room and office space. Although hospice patients are […]

  • COAD fund helps Appalachian families

    For Logan resident Lisa Richards, the Head Start program is a family matter. Richards, 30, is now the center coordinator for Athens Head Start, but she started as a parent whose three children – now 8, 11 and 12 – attended the Logan Head Start program. Head Start is a national program that promotes school […]

  • The Charitable IRA Rollover is Here

    This past August, Congress and the President passed a law(H.R. 4) that provides tax incentives to donors age 70 ½ or older who makegifts from their Individuals Retirement Accounts (IRAs) to communityfoundations and other nonprofit organizations. Under the new law, donors will be able to make a lifetimegifts using funds from their IRAs without any […]

  • Appalachian Community Visiting Nurses establish endowment fund

    Foundation fund supports 25-year-old Appalachian health and hospice agency   (January 11, 2007) Nelsonville, Ohio – In December 2005, Appalachian Community VNA client Cinda Bartlett developed complications of diabetes when a wound appeared on her foot. As is typical with diabetes, the circulation was poor to her wound area and the infection spread to her […]

  • Brooks make personal gift to Foundation for Appalachian Ohio

    Family “sees a bright future” for region(December 19, 2006) Athens, Ohio – Mike and Pam Brooks of Nelsonville, Ohio, recently made a personal donation of $50,000 to the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, which is headquartered in Nelsonville. Mike is the CEO of the Nelsonville-based Rocky Brands, Inc. The gift was announced at the Foundation’s second […]

  • Strickmaker named as new FAO board chair

    (December 7, 2006) Nelsonville, Ohio – Ronald Strickmaker of Athens County has been elected as the new chair for the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio’s Board of Trustees. Strickmaker is the Executive vice president, secretary and director of Kerr Companies, a group of wholesale beverage distributorships servicing thirty counties in Ohio with warehouse locations in Athens, […]

  • 2006-2007 Mini-Grants Program Launched

    Foundations partner to award $70,000 in grants to Appalachian Ohio communities (November 20, 2006) Nelsonville, Ohio – The Ohio Children’s Foundation, the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation of Nelsonville and the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio have collaborated once again to offer a new round of community grant resources through the 2006-2007 Appalachian Ohio Mini-Grants program.  The three […]

  • Foundation essay asks: Are you a Child of Appalachia?

    Foundation asks: Are you a Child of Appalachia? Essay winners reflect on what it means to be an Appalachian Ohio native The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio sponsored the I’m a Child of Appalachia™ Essay Contest open to all 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students located in the 29 counties of Appalachian Ohio. The […]

  • Regional philanthropists recognized at annual event

    Regional philanthropists recognized at annual event (November 13, 2006) Athens, Ohio – Ten awardees were chosen from Appalachian Ohio as part of the Stories of Philanthropy Day celebratory luncheon on November 9 at the Athens Country Club in Athens, Ohio. The luncheon was cooperatively hosted by the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, the Muskingum County Community […]