January 2026 Community Connector

January News from the Bexley Community Foundation!

View this email in your browser A Note From our Board Chair and Executive Director Happy 2026! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are enjoying the new year!  We are very excited to welcome two new Board members to our BCF! Jeff Walker and Lori Ann Feibel have joined our Board and are no strangers to our BCF and greater Bexley community. We are thrilled to welcome their leadership! Below you will find grant updates and our Letter of Intent deadline as well as information on our Poker Tournament to be held February 20th.  We look forward to seeing you around Bexley soon!  Sheila Straub, Board Chair Hallie Raskin, Executive Director  End of 2025 Grant Awards!  Apply for a Grant BCF Texas Hold'em Poker Fundraiser and Festival - presented by Specialty Sports Cars!  We will be hosting 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. Sponsorships are available! Royal Flush: $1,000 • Event Title Sponsor - SOLD!  Name on the final table, logo on poker chips, 8 player tickets, recognition at the event, logo on promotional material. 4 of a Kind: $500  Name on a table, 6 player tickets, recognition at the event, logo on promotional material. Trips: $250 Name on a table. Buy Tickets/Sponsorships and Register Now! Grant Update - Supporting DARN! Through the Bexley Cares Fund and our partnership with DARN (Development Assets Resource Network), we collected over $13,000 for families in need this holiday season. Other grants from the BCF to DARN include over $150,000 in assistance and support for our Bexley community.  The Bexley Cares Fund was established to support and engage our Bexley community as a community that cares for those in need. Read More About our Grants! Grant Update - Bexley's Little Free Libraries! We were thrilled to install four Little Free Libraries in 2021 with a grant from the Bexley Beautification Fund of the Bexley Community Foundation! A Little Free Library allows neighbors to borrow, add or exchange books in a weather- proof box.  Friends of the Bexley Public Library does a wonderful job maintaining them as well as others around Bexley. They are in need of volunteers to help fill the Libraries by stopping by the Bexley Public Library to pick up books and then drop them in the Little Free Libraries. A sign up is below with additional information!  Sign Up to help fill the Little Free Libraries! Read More About our Grants! Fund Update - Bexley Community Foundation Fund!  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, almost $1.5 million has been reinvested into the Bexley community from grants through this unrestricted fund. Donate Now to the Bexley Community Foundation! Donate Now! Copyright © 2026 Bexley Community Foundation, All rights reserved. Sustaining and enhancing Bexley as a special place to live, learn, work, play, and care. Our mailing address is: Bexley Community Foundation 552 South Drexel Ave. Bexley, OH 43209 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.