• Local foundation leader meets top lawmakers

    (March 14, 2007) Nelsonville, Ohio – Leslie Lilly, president and CEO of the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO), participated in the national Foundations on the Hill event February 27 – 28 to discuss philanthropy with key Congressional and state legislators in Washington, D.C. FAO was one of ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­just four foundations from Ohio to participate; others […]

  • Passionworks’ “People at the Park”

    People at the Park March 1 – March 28, 2007Artist Reception Monday, March 126:00 – 7:30 p.m.Athens Public Library30 Home StreetAthens, OH 45701 You are invited to the Passion Works Studio Artist reception for “People at the Park”. This show features paintings made by PWS Artists in collaboration with Artists in Residence Wendy Minor, Chris […]

  • 2007 scholarships now available

    Wayne F. White Scholarships now available for graduating seniors The Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is now accepting applications for the $500 Wayne F. White Scholarship awards. Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. (Jewell) Evans made the initial gift of $25,000 to establish the memorial scholarship in honor of White, a regional champion of higher education. Bob […]

  • Massachusetts children donate winter clothes to children of Appalachia

    (February 28, 2007) Nelsonville, Ohio – Sometimes, a little good really can go a long way. In early February, the Nelsonville-based Foundation for Appalachian Ohio (FAO) received a box of new children’s winter clothing and accessories from the Rainbow Workshop and Learning Center, located in rural Massachusetts. The community foundation staff were surprised and impressed […]

  • 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 […]