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Community CourierSUMMER 2010 • ISSUE 1 AN UPDATE FROM THE ELMORE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Scholarship recipients and donors have a ballScholarship recipients and their parents were recently recognized at a Montgomery Biscuits baseball game. Nearly 30 scholarship winners from the River Region were on hand, along with their parents, scholarship review committee members and donors. The recipients were recognized during the third inning when their names were displayed on the scoreboard and then had their pictures taken with “Big Mo”.

This year ECCF awarded 43 scholarships totaling $50,005 to 35 area students. To see a complete list of 2010 recipients, turn to page 2. For more information on the Foundation’s scholarships, go to www.eccfinfo.org.

The Elmore County Community Foundation has several funds to support local nonprofits. These restricted funds provide annual support, as each agency has the opportunity to draw a percentage of the fund for operating support. With careful stewardship, these restricted funds provide ongoing support over the long term.

ECCF’s restricted funds include the Trail of Legends Endowment, the Elmore County Pregnancy Center Endowment, the Elmore County Humane Society Endowment, the Charles Horatio McMorris Fund benefitting Wetumpka Intermediate and Elementary school libraries and the Clara Brooks Lull Library Fund benefiting the Wetumpka High School library.

Gifts may be made to any of these funds to support these organizations annually.

Restricted funds provide long term support

Imah Usem, Shay Hubbard, Emma Kate Hill, Davon Raab-Dark, Mark Hertenstein, Thatcher Pinkston, and Braxton Billings at the Biscuits game.

Sabrina Casby, Mary Helen Jones, Terrica Wright, Big Mo, Leah Stoudenmier, Quniton Smith, and Shiloh Luster.

Scholarship recipient Terrica Wright with her mother, Garcia Long & grandfather, Andrew Miles.

Adolphe Hohenberg Scholarship Fund: $2275Danielle Braswell, Wetumpka High School, $700Ashtin Stiff, Wetumpka High School, $700Kerri Weatherly, Wetumpka High School, $875

Ramona P. Jordan Scholarship Fund: $1750Chelsea Huggins, Elmore County High School -- $1750

Millbrook Men’s Club Scholarship Fund: $1000Terrica Wright, Stanhope Elmore High School -- $1000

Billy G. Moore Scholarship Fund: $2500(Selection pending until 5/23/2010)

Marie Aaron Panhorst Scholarship Fund: $1000Mary Jones, Wetumpka High School, $1000

Coach Jack Ray Scholarship Fund: $1000James Clayton Ray, Wetumpka High School -- $1000

Joe Sewell Award Fund: $11,000Braxton Billings, Church/Community/Character -- Boys, Holtville High School, $750Bethany Cox, Academics -- Girls, Stanhope Elmore High School, $750Jessica Flournoy, Athletics -- Girls, Edgewood Academy, $750Mallory Garman, Leadership/Extracurricular Activities -- Girls, Edgewood Academy, $750Reginald Golden, Athletics -- Boys, Wetumpka High School, $750Shiloh Luster, Church/Community/Character -- Girls, Elmore County High School, $750Thatcher Pinkston, Overall -- Boys, Wetumpka High School, $2500Andrew Joseph Stanley, Academics -- Boys, Elmore County High School, $750Chase Thornton, Leadership/Extracurricular Activities -- Boys, Edgewood Academy, $750Taylor Hannah Veazey, Overall -- Girls, Holtville High School, $2500

Tommy C. Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund: $6,080(R) Victoria Burton, University of Alabama, $540LaDonna Perkins, Wetumpka High School, $2500Victoria Vasquez, Wetumpka High School, $2500(R) Aerial Murphy, University of Alabama -- $540

George Truman Welch Scholarship Fund: $2000Davon Dark, Elmore County High School -- $1000Geoffrey Welch, Wetumpka High School -- $1000(R) indicates renewal award

Barrett Memorial Scholarship Fund: $1000Thomas Heaslett, Holtville High School -- $1000

Wetumpka Class of ‘61/O.M. Bratton Scholarship Fund: $1000Mary Jones, Wetumpka High School -- $1000

Abe Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund: $1000Valerie Johnson, Elmore County High School -- $1000

Herbert M. Christian Scholarship Fund: $2000Quinton Smith, Wetumpka High School -- $1000Emma Hill, Elmore County High School -- $1000

Fuller Family Scholarship Fund: $1400Andrew Stanley, Elmore County High School -- $1400

Olive Speer Harper Scholarship Fund: $11,000(R) Christopher Barber, Auburn University – $500Scott Hubbard, Wetumpka High School -- $1500Shay Hubbard, Wetumpka High School -- $1500Mary Jones, Wetumpka High School -- $1500LaDonna Perkins, Wetumpka High School -- $1500Rachel Richardson, Wetumpka High School -- $1500Quinton Smith, Wetumpka High School -- $1500Kerri Weatherly, Wetumpka High School -- $1500

Jason Michael Hilty Memorial Scholarship Fund: $1000Danielle Braswell, Wetumpka High School, $1000

John Martin Thornton Memorial Scholarship Fund: $3,500(R) Andrew Corbman, University of Alabama -- $500(R) William Jones, Auburn Montgomery -- $500(R) Rebekah Kelly, University of Alabama - Birmingham -- $500Quinton Smith, Wetumpka High School -- $1500

2010 ECCF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Pictured clockwise from left to right: CACF President Carol W. Butler and Sabrina Casby; Braxton Billings & family; Leah Stoudenmier with Caroline Montgomery Clark, V.P. of Community Services

The Elmore County Community Foundation’s Annual Grants Reception was Tuesday, May 18 at the Alabama Wildlife Federation. Members of the Advisory Committee of ECCF provided hors d’oeuvres and punch in the beautiful Hill home. The group then moved into the garden for the presentation of the grants. Many thanks to the staff of Alabama Wildlife Federation for allowing us to use their wonderful facility.

This year’s grant recipients are: • Heritage Training & Career Center, Inc.: $1500 to provide literacy training, job readiness, job search/placement, and job coaches/family mentoring services to low income clients in Elmore County.

• Elmore County Food Pantry: $2500 to purchase a 6x12 enclosed trailer to transport food from the Montgomery Area Food Bank monthly and aid in the distribution of food to some 400+ families.

• Alabama Kidney Foundation, Montgomery Regional Office: $1000 to offer financial assistance for medication purchases, handicap equipment, treatment-related transportation costs, and other related expenses.

• Child Protect: $1200 to provide forensic interviews, counseling, and family advocacy for two Elmore County children and their non-offending caregivers.

• Family Sunshine Center: $2500 to provide shelter and related services to Elmore County families victimized by domestic violence.

• Sight Savers America: $2000 to fund comprehensive follow-up on eye care needs for 35 Elmore County children.

• Communities Improvement Association: $2000 to expand Kids Journey, a summer program offering activities to Millbrook youth , including reading/math tutorials and Health Rocks (to address childhood obesity).

• District Attorney’s Office for the 19th Judicial Circuit//Helping Families Initiative: $2500 to underwrite a portion of this program offering interventions to Elmore, Tallassee, and Autauga families and their students at risk of becoming involved in the juvenile justice system.

• Elmore County Board of Education -- HIPPY: $2000 to employ an additional part-time educator to offer this home-based, early intervention program to help parents in the Holtville area provide early learning experiences for their preschoolers.

• Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama, Inc.: $500 to improve girls’ self-image, physical activity, and confidence through GSA’s healthy living programs for K-12 troops in Elmore County.

2010 ECCF Grants

The following grants were made from Restricted Funds of ECCF:

• Holtville High School’s Green Machine Marching Band: $1,000 from the Margaret & Austin Bridges Fund for Arts in Education to purchase new percussion equipment. • Elmore County Historical Society & Museum: $1,250 from the Margaret & Austin Bridges Fund for Historical Preservation to install signage outside the building.

• Wetumpka High School Library: $1,985 from the Lucy Brooks Lull Library Fund to expand the library’s book holdings.

• Wetumpka Elementary Library: $373 from the Charles Horatio McMorris Library Fund to expand this elementary school library’s book holdings. • Wetumpka Middle School Library: $373 from the Charles Horatio McMorris Library Fund to expand this middle school library’s book holdings. • City of Wetumpka: $2,350 from the Clara Lull Robison Beautification Fund to install wrought iron posts with hanging baskets throughout downtown Wetumpka

• Alabama Reading Association : $2,500 from the Elmore County Public Education Fund to underwrite part of a statewide reading conference this fall.

Ashley Strahm, Holtville High School Green Machine Marching Band (Bridges Fund for Arts in Education) and ECCF Chair Dick Morris.

Ashley Bowdoin, Elmore County Food

Pantry with Carol W. Butler, President

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ECCF’s Charity Golf Classic is an annual event to raise funds for grants given to agencies and organizations that provide services to Elmore County residents. Since 1997, the Foundation has distributed more than $1.1 million in grants and scholarships.

This year’s tournament will be held at a new location, the Emerald Mountain Golf Club (245 Mountain View Drive) in Wetumpka. Prizes will be awarded to the top net and gross scoring teams. Amateurs only!

For sponsorship information, please contact Burton Ward (334) 264-6223.

Last year, ECCF established an annual giving campaign to support the endowments that fund the grants it distributes. Members designate their gifts to the support of grants or scholarships. Gifts become part of a permanent endowment, carefully invested and protected with a spending policy that uses a portion of the fund for grants each year.

Bridge to the Future Society members who have joined in the past year include:

Please join them and others in Elmore County by becoming a member of the Bridge to the Future Society today, your membership gift of $100 or more is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Your contribution will help grow and strengthen nonprofit agencies that make our community stronger.

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Annual Charity Golf Classic& $Million$ Hole-in-One Tournament

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