A Note From our Board Chair and Executive Director
It has been a FUN and HOT summer! We have loved being apart of so many wonderful events in our wonderful community! We are looking forward to Fall, awarding more grants and being here to support our wonderful community.
We are loving our new drawing of our office by Jean Robbins. Thanks, Jean!
We look forward to seeing you around Bexley soon!
Sheila Straub, Board Chair
Hallie Raskin, Executive Director
Summer Fun and Updates!
We shopped the Bexley Farmers' Market, taking place every Thursday on Dawson from 4-7pm!
We walked our beautiful community, including Drexel Circle and the beautiful new paths and pond at Commonwealth Park - a Year of the Parks project!
We celebrated our favorite day in Bexley - the 4th of July - with the Bexley parade...
and amazing fireworks!
We cheered on the kids in the Bexley Recreation & Parks Department's Youth Triathlon - the Splish, Splash and Dash!
We celebrated Bexley's 117th birthday with our Board of Directors and cake!
We attended and sponsored many events around our community, including the Main Event taking place on Capital's front lawn. Save the Date for the last Main Event of the season - September 12th!
Thank you to the Columbus Jewish News for including our Bexley Community Foundation in their recent special section about Bexley!
Bexley Community Foundation works to enhance city life
Article by Liam Koeth
The Bexley Community Foundation continues to play a vital role in enhancing life in Bexley, serving as a catalyst for progress through strategic investments in local initiatives, according to executive director Hallie Raskin.
Dedicated to “enhancing and sustaining Bexley as a special place to live, learn, work, play and care,” Raskin said the organization invests “in projects and programs that work to enrich the lives of residents in the area.”
“We fund initiatives that improve the quality of life in Bexley by supporting ideas that promote community,” she explained. “Thanks to our donors, we are able to provide funding for many projects and programs benefiting our hometown. ... With many thanks to our donors, we are thrilled to have reinvested over $5.75 million into our Bexley community. Funding projects and programs that benefit our hometown today and for generations to come.”
Bexley ‘freedge’ distributes fresh food to those in need | NBC4 WCMH-TV
Click the photo to watch the video!
Bexley launched the City's first freedge (free+fridge)—a free community refrigerator and freezer aimed at reducing food waste and helping our neighbors in need. Funded with a grant from the Bexley Community Foundation and No Child Goes Hungry.
The freedge is like a Little Free Pantry, but with the ability to safely store fresh, perishable, and frozen foods. The Bexley Freedge is open to the public and offers a simple way for individuals and businesses to share extra food that might otherwise go to waste, while also serving as a resource for anyone in need to take what they need, no questions asked.
By adopting one of Bexley's Little Free Libraries (LFLs), you will help us maintain these important resources that promote literacy and learning throughout our community.
Simply sign up for a date and a Little Free Library location, and stop by Bexley Public Library to pick up 20–30 books designated for the LFLs. Ask a librarian at the front desk and they will help you obtain the books we have set aside in the library for the LFLs. Take your books to your adopted LFL, clean out debris/wipe out shelves, discard inappropriate materials (clothing, canned goods, pamphlets), and fill your LFL as full as possible.
Thank you for your commitment to reading and to our community!
Fund of the Month: Anne & Sam Powers Youth and Recreation Fund
The Anne & Sam Powers Youth and Recreation Fund makes grants to organizations, programs and initiatives that enrich the lives of Bexley's youth through physical, creative and cognitive activities. We fund projects and programs that connect kids between the ages of 3-18 to each other and our community through athletics, after school learning programs, outdoor and indoor recreational activities. The Fund will also promote child and youth health and wellness and positive values, such as teamwork, sportsmanship and self-confidence, which can be learned through sports and recreation.
