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A Note From our Board Chair and Executive Director
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Wow, it is almost the end of 2025! We hope everyone is looking forward to Thanksgiving and the holidays. While the Fall weather has been spectacular, we are looking forward to Winter. Soon, Winter lights will go up on our Main Street trees, Drexel Circle will be decorated for the holidays and 2026 will be upon us. Before then, please consider a year end donation to our Bexley Community Foundation! More exciting updates are included below.
We look forward to seeing you around Bexley soon!
Sheila Straub, Board Chair
Hallie Raskin, Executive Director
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Giving Tuesday, is Tuesday, December 2!
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The holiday season is upon us, and Giving Tuesday is just around the corner!
Created in 2012, Giving Tuesday started as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past decade, Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement that inspired hundreds of millions of individuals to give, help, and share - all in the name of building a kind and just world.
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Bexley Celebrations & Events Upcoming Events! (Funded by the Bexley Community Foundation!)
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We’ll be lighting the Christmas tree at Drexel Circle and this year, it’s going to be more sparkly and bright than ever! Thanks to a generous grant from the Bexley Community Foundation, Bexley’s Community Christmas Tree will be decked with all new lights!
Join us Sunday, December 7 at 5:00 pm and enjoy performances by the Bexley 8th grade Choir, and the High School Vocal Ensemble Choir. We’ll have hot chocolate, cookies, and candy canes before Mayor Kessler lights the tree with Santa Claus. Santa will be staying after the tree is lit for kids to meet with him!
Thank you to AEP Ohio for sponsoring our Christmas Tree Lighting!
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Join us to celebrate the Festival of Lights! The annual Menorah Lighting will take place at Drexel Circle on Sunday, December 14.
This year, we’ll hear remarks from Mayor Kessler before lighting the Menorah. This event is free and open to the public!
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Grant Update - HEARTSafe Bexley!
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Funded in part with a grant from the Bexley Community Foundation Fund, HEARTSafe Bexley is designed to improve survivorship of sudden cardiac arrest. This project is a collaboration between the City of Bexley, community organizations, and emergency medical service providers to train bystanders to intervene in the event of sudden cardiac arrests. The program encourages the implementation of an emergency action plan involving calling 911, starting CPR, and using an AED. Elements of HEARTSafe Bexley include community-based CPR and AED classes as well as AED acquisition by Bexley residents, businesses, and institutions.
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Additionally, as part of the grant, AED (Automated External Defibrillator) stations are being installed around the City, including at Commonwealth and Schneider. These stations give our community quick access to life-saving equipment. In a cardiac emergency, every second matters having AEDs nearby can mean the difference between life and death. Learn more at bexley.org/heartsafe.
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Save the Date - BCF Texas Hold'em Poker Fundraiser and Festival!
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We are thrilled to once again host a Texas Hold’em Poker Fundraiser and Festival on Friday, February 20, 2026 at Jeffrey Mansion! 50% of proceeds will go to cash prizes, and the remaining 50% will support the mission of the Bexley Community Foundation. Registration is open!
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Fund Update - Trees for Bexley!
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PLANT TREES! And we did. In 2024, 100 new street trees were planted thanks to donors to Trees for Bexley. $40,000 was raised to create a quercetum in the Fair Avenue medians and the work is underway! In 2025, Trees for Bexley will focus on the north side of Clifton Avenue.
The Bexley Beautification Fund conducts two campaigns each year, Trees for Bexley and Bexley in Bloom, and invests in Bexley's urban forest, the physical environment and community beautification. Fund projects have included replacement trees throughout the City to preserve green areas in every Bexley neighborhood, gateways at the entrances to the community, plantings and lighting at Drexel Circle, trees in the Main Street medians, and flower baskets on Main Street and the Broad Street and Clifton Avenue bridges.
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