The Allen Eiry Fund recently announced its grant funding for 2016—awarding 12 grants totaling $170,725 to organizations serving elderly residents in Seneca County.

Carter Hatch has been named Planned Giving Officer for Donor Services and Development at The Columbus Foundation, effective May 31, 2016. As a Planned Giving Officer, Hatch will work with the Foundation’s current and prospective donors and professional advisors to match their charitable interests with effective giving strategies.

The Columbus Foundation is pleased to announce participants in its 2017 Summer Fellowship Program.

What are you talking about this week? On Wednesday, more than 5,000 Columbus-area residents are expected to participate in at least 500 conversations to be held across the region as part of the Columbus Foundation’s “Big Table.”

Richard Heer Oman, an attorney who helped guide the Columbus Foundation through years of expansive growth, began his work with the Foundation as a director in 1955 and served through 1978. He remained as its legal counsel until 2005.

The Columbus Youth Foundation (CYF), a Supporting Foundation of The Columbus Foundation, recognized 88 Columbus City Schools (CCS) students through the Best All-Around Student Awards, presented Tuesday evening at Huntington Park before the Columbus Clippers game. The award celebrates students’ academic achievement, extracurricular involvement, service to community, and leadership during the 2022-2023 school year.

Ervin Marriot was a dedicated teacher who instilled in his students a desire to think for themselves, allowing them to discuss current topics and how they would be personally affected. He taught in the Grandview Heights School System from 1973 until his death in a car accident in 1988. Ervin loved to travel, having visited more than 50 countries during his lifetime, and he shared the insights he had gained through these travels with his students. He will be remembered as a teacher, friend, and coach.

The fund was established in memory of Becky Waldron. Mrs. Waldron served as the secretary of Southeastern High School of the Ross County Public Schools for many years until her death in 1995 from breast cancer. This fund will support scholarships for students of Southeastern High School in Chillicothe, Ohio.

To provide scholarship awards for deserving students who have attended the Colonial Hills Elementary School in Worthington, Ohio who are pursuing post-secondary education at a college, university, or junior college.

Mary Eleanor Leonard Morris was born in West Liberty, Ohio on April 8, 1892. She went to Oxford College for Women in Oxford, Ohio, where she met her husband, James Relle Morris. Married in 1914, they settled in London, England, where both did extensive volunteer work in hospitals in the lead-up to World War II, administering to American Soldiers. Upon the death of her mother in 1936, Mrs. Morris returned to West Liberty to be of help to her father. Mr. Morris’ work eventually took him to California, and Mrs. Morris divided her time between California and Ohio. When Mr. Morris died in 1967, Mrs. Morris returned to West Liberty permanently. Through her estate, Mrs. Morris created this fund to support work in her home community in Logan County, Ohio.