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A Note From our (NEW!) Board Chair and Executive Director
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HAPPY 2025! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying the new year!
Exciting news here at the BCF, we have a new Board Chair, Sheila Straub. Thank you to Amy Giller Stark for her leadership the last two years!
Please save the date for our Annual Gathering - April 30, 2025. More information will be available soon!
We look forward to seeing you around Bexley!
Sheila Straub, Board Chair
Hallie Raskin, Executive Director
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Welcome to our new Board Chair - Sheila Straub!
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Board Chair, Sheila Straub and Past Board Chair Amy Giller Stark celebrating Bexley's birthday in 2018!
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Sheila has been a Bexley resident since 1977. Her husband, Ed, and Sheila raised their Family here in the Bexley School district. Shawn is a graduate of Capital University in Business and Shannon is a graduate from Kenyon College in Psychology.
A note from Sheila -
Ed is a retired CFO for Elford Inc. and is my rock and strength.
I am honored to serve as Chair of the Bexley Community Foundation as we begin our amazing 15th year! I have served as Vice Chair and Chair of our Grants Committee. Looking forward to bringing my energy and passion to the Bexley Community Foundation. I currently serve on the Boards of the Bexley Tree Commission, Bexley Historical Society, Bexley Chamber, the 2025 Selection committee for the Bexley House and Garden Tour and the Bexley Bloomers.
My professional hat is represented as a Bexley Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty for over 4 decades helping Sellers and Buyers in our Community. "Bexley is a special place to live." I am committed to serving this Community with love, energy, honesty, compassion, kindness and transparency to the best of my ability.
Let's make it happen together in 2025!
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BCF Texas Hold'em Poker Fundraiser and Festival is January 31!
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We are thrilled to once again host a Texas Hold’em Poker Fundraiser and Festival on Friday, January 31, 2025 at Jeffrey Mansion! 50% of proceeds will go to cash prizes, and the remaining 50% will support the Anne and Sam Powers Youth and Recreation Fund of the Bexley Community Foundation. Registration is open!
Grants from the Powers Youth & Rec Fund have supported projects such as the new sports software for Bexley Rec, the Splish, Splash and Dash Youth Triathlon, travelling electronic scoreboard used at Flag Football games and for our Bexley Marlins Swim Team, Bexley Youth Football, enhancements to all elementary school playgrounds and much more!
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Grant Update - Annual Sponsorship Requests!
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New in 2025, if you are applying for an annual sponsorship request, please submit this form. A grant can qualify for an annual sponsorship if the Foundation has awarded funds in the past and the event serves our Bexley community.
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Grant Update - Anne Frank: A History for Today
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Capital University Libraries and the Department of History proudly present Anne Frank: A History for Today. Curated by the Anne Frank Center at the University of South Carolina, the official U.S. partner of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, the Anne Frank exhibition tells the story of Anne Frank against the backdrop of the Holocaust and the Second World War.
The exhibition aims to inform visitors about the history of the Holocaust from the perspective of Anne Frank and her family; to show visitors that differences between people exist in all societies; to encourage visitors to analyze the concepts of intolerance, persecution, exclusion, mutual respect, human rights, democracy, and their meaning for us; and to convince visitors that the creation of a society in which differences between people are respected is not something automatic. This project is funded in part by the Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission and the Bexley Community Foundation.
Anne Frank: A History for Today will be on display in Blackmore Library Room 110 from February 3rd-28th, 2025. Guided tours available by appointment Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm; Open Hours Monday through Friday 5pm-8pm, Saturday and Sunday 1pm-5pm.
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Grant Update - Books for Jeffrey Mansion Preschoolers
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Grant Update - Bexley Ice Rink
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Winter may be chilly, but that means our Ice Rink is open for skating! Funded with a grant from our Bexley Community Foundation, the Bexley Ice Rink located in the meadow behind Jeffrey Mansion is loved by many!
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Fund of the Month: Bexley Community Foundation Fund!
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Gifts to this fund are reinvested in Bexley through our semi-annual grants programs. Organizations, government entities, non-profit institutions and many others are able to apply for grants from this fund. To date, over $1.2 million has been reinvested into the Bexley community from grants through this unrestricted fund.
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