J. Ron Tubbs, Executive Director of Monroe Area Community Foundation, is pleased to announce the results of the MACF Theme Basket Raffle held at Monroe Light Up the Sky celebration July 4th and 5thMonroe Community Park. Gina R. Miltenberger, MACF Development Committee chair, proposed the basket concept to raise money for the MACF Endowment Fund. John Ratliff, former Middletown VerityMiddle School teacher and coach, pulled the following winning tickets at the 9:00 pm drawing July 5th:

The Monroe Area Community Foundation held its Eleventh Annual Trustees Meeting on April 24, 2008, in the James Monroe Community Room at the Monroe city building. David Miltenberger, Trustee/Secretary, led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. The Master of Ceremonies was Trustee and Assistant Treasurer Elbert R. Tannreuther, who introduced officers and trustees and recognized honored guests T. Duane Gordon and Elizabeth Lolli. Mr. Gordon is Middletown Community Foundation’s executive director. Ms. Lolli is the superintendent of Monroe Local Schools.

Want to make your Christmas celebration more memorable? Think a visit from Santa Claus could “merry” up your festivities? If so, The Monroe Area Community Foundation will be selling raffle tickets at our first annual Christmas on the Plaza celebration on December 8, 2007, for a chance to win a visit from Santa Claus. The tickets will be sold at the MACF booth, two chances for $1.

The deadline for submitting grant requests to Monroe Area Community Foundation is Saturday, September 15, 2007.  MACF’s Distribution Committee will review grant requests in late September. Grants are bestowed to maintain or advance the quality of life in the Monroe area in response to a wide variety of community needs. Grants are made only to organizations with 501 (c) 3 tax exempt statuses. They are not made to individuals for personal use.

Gina Radenheimer-Miltenberger has opened and funded a Monroe High School scholarship to honor her late husband, Monte Richard Miltenberger, who passed away in February 2004. Beginning in the spring of 2008, it will award $250 every year to a graduating senior who is planning to enter a field of study in a technical or vocational school.

Deadline for submitting grant requests to Monroe Area Community Foundation is Friday, June 15, 2007. MACF’s Distribution Committee will review grant requests in late June.

Grants are bestowed to maintain or advance the quality of life in the Monroe area in response to a wide variety of community needs.

Grants are made only to organizations with 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status. They are not made to individuals for personal use. The size and number of grants awarded are directly related to the amount of money available each year from investments and the restrictions donors have placed on certain funds.

Each year the Monroe Area Community Foundation presents several scholarships to qualifying graduating seniors at Monroe Local Schools. The MACF does so by utilizing trusts, memorial gifts and designated contributions to build individual funds to make the monies available. This year, the Foundation awarded the following 2007 scholarships to the recipients listed below.

Hannah Brookshire--The James A. Macready Memorial Scholarship, $1000, to a graduate continuing education in medicine or teaching.

Kristy Sebastian--The James M. Anderson, MD and Bertha Anderson Family Scholarship, $500, to a graduate continuing education in medicine.

Gloria Miltenberger Receives Cornerstone Award

The Monroe Area Community Foundation held its tenth annual meeting on April 26, 2007, in the James Monroe Room at the Monroe city building. Paul Steigerwald, Trustee, led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Elbert Tannreuther, Trustee/Assistant Treasurer, acted as master of ceremonies and introduced and recognized honored guests, officers and trustees of the MACF.

Since the inception of Monroe Local School District in 1999, work has been done to improve the education of not only the students of Monroe but the community itself. Upon completing research of community input, examining results from the “Schoolhouse of Quality” study and looking at the data from a variety of school assessments, the school realized the need for a resource center for parents and families.