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FOUNDATION
kettering
parks
Newsletter
Improving the Quality of Life.
www.ketteringparksfoundation.org
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Reach for the Sky Campaign
Nearing Completion
to create the Reach for the
Sky permanent fund, and
the interest earned from
that fund will be used to
provide financial assistance
to youth and families in the
City of Kettering.
In early 2011, the Kettering
Parks Foundation (KPF)
made the strategic decision
to enter into its first ever
capital campaign to raise
$115,000 for a permanent
fund. The fund will provide
financial assistance for
individuals and families in
our community who are
unable to afford the cultural,
recreational and educational
enrichment programs
offered by Kettering’s Parks,
Recreation and Cultural
Arts Department (PRCA).
To date, the Reach for the
Sky campaign has secured in
excess of $73,000 in pledges
and gifts towards this goal.
These contributions have
been committed from
businesses, service clubs,
city council members and
many individuals who
believe strongly in the
mission of the KPF. The
gifts have enabled the KPF
In the previous KPF
newsletter, we reported
about the historic
donations made by all four
of the service clubs in the
Kettering area. Combined,
they donated $34,350 to the
permanent fund. In addition
to these wonderful pledges,
the Kettering Rotary has
decided to name KPF as
beneficiary of the proceeds
raised from their August
2013 festival entitled “Chalk
About It.” The festival will be
held at Lincoln Park Civic
Commons and will feature
chalk artists, many of whom
will be creating threedimensional drawings.
There will be lessons and
free drawing sessions as well
as a corporate challenge.
This event will be a nice
addition to the fund-raising
efforts of the Reach for the
Sky campaign, but it will
not complete the campaign.
The finish line is drawing
closer and we will need the
collective efforts of all our
friends and supporters to
make this dream a reality.
$115,000
$73,000
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Please make a gift today
to the Reach for the Sky
campaign, and help us
permanently ensure that
all Kettering families will
have access to quality
programing.
Our donors…
INDIVIDUALS
Kelli Adkins
Jack & Arlene Akerman
Ronald Armstrong
Mario & Lisa Arzate
Paul & Janice Atkinson
Mary Avey
Jerry & Deb Barnett
Roger & Pamela Bauser
Shelly Beculheimer
Jack & Becky Benna
Mark Bergsman
William & Barbara Berry
Jim & Sylvia Bertke
Jack & Sue Ellen Boesch
John Bosch
Deborah Brown
Michael Buckingham
Alvin Burshtan
Calvert Busch
Jerry & Irene Busch
Carol Carlson
Gary & Cheryl Chandler
Ken & Bernace Collier
Thomas Columbus
Chris Connelly
Joyce Conner
Glenn Costie
Allen & Genny Crook
Melvin Crouse
Richard & Bryn Dailey
Ralph & Janice Daniels
Carol Driscoll
Jerry & Nancy Dryden
Bruce & Janice Duke
Craig Ebersbach
Jean Erskine
Mattie Fair
Paul Fleitz
Richard & Marlene Foley
Sue Gedra
Julie Gilmore
Betty Glisson
David & Susan Hammond
Jeff Hartmann
Richard & Mona Hartmann
Thelma Helmig
Ruey Hodapp, Jr.
Holly Hotchkiss
Ed & Dorothy Howard
Becky Irwin
Louise L. Johnson
Boyd & Joann Keys
Tony & Joan Klepacz
Sylvia Korosei
Terry & Dyonne Lane
Earl & Sue Lanter
Darrell B. Lauderback
Thomas Laufersweiler
Bill & Julie Lautar
Jennifer Lill
Amanda Mabra
Brenda Mabra
George Mahfouz
Steven & Lou Mason
Frank Maus
Mike & Sue McCall
Robert McCoy
Nancy Meeker
Robert & Diane Miller
Robert Mitsch
Jim Moody
Robert Moore
Steven Mueller
Greg & Denise Nelson
Rita Nieport
David & Mary Kay Noble
Dianne Olix
James Pacenta
Lynn Patton
Carol Pegg
Jeff Pickard
Frank Postle
Lou Ann Price
Richard Raterman
Bob & Trudy Reemelin
Bill Richwine
John Roll
Chester Roush
Lisa Routsong
John & Donna Runzo
Joann Savage
Barbara Schenck
Bill & Kathy Schommer
John & Amy Schrimpf
Charley & Judy Schuerholz
Ivy Schuerholz
Mark & Stacy Schweikhart
Jack & Marilyn Singerman
Neil & Willajean Smalley
Ed & Kathie Smith
Tom & Marilou Smith
Jacqueline Spaulding
Frank & Nancy Spolrich
Melinda Stuart
Mary Thaman
Bill & Amy Tschirhart
John & Patt Tschirhart
Robert Ulrich
Barbara Jean Vickroy
Todd & Debbie Waker
Jane Warkentien
Ashley & Emily Webb
Thomas Weghorst
John & Andrea White
Lewis White
Lee Whitney
Sally Williams
Greg & Katie Williamson
Jean Roush Wolfe
ORGANIZATIONS/BUSINESSES
Amateur Softball Association Midwest Region
Amvets of Kettering Post 2003
Arabic Club Foundation
CIL Lathrem Senior Advisory Board
Community Foundation of Kettering
Dayton Town & Country
Dor-Wood Optimist Club
Fairmont West Class of 1965
G.E. Money Americas
Greenmont Elementary
Greenmont Elementary PTA
Indian Riffle Elementary
Indian Riffle PTO
Insta-Info Inc.
Kettering Noon Optimists
Kettering Police Foundation
Kettering Rotary Club
Kettering Rotary Club Foundation
Kettering Square Apartments
Kiwanis Club of Kettering-Centerville
Lake Brantley High School
LiveOps Inc.
LJB Inc.
Niermeyer Inc.
Oakview Elementary PTO
ODNR
Reynolds & Reynolds Associate
Foundation
Roberson Law
South Dayton AMBUCS
Southdale Elementary PTO
Systech Environmental Corporation
Vectren Foundation, Inc.
Veterans of Foreign Wars of Ohio Charities
Wild Birds Unlimited
Kettering Parks Foundation is Going Green!
Like many businesses and nonprofits,
the Kettering Parks Foundation (KPF)
periodically reviews its practices to
ensure it is operating in the most
cost-effective manner possible. This is
a necessary step to guarantee that the
majority of every dollar donated to
the Foundation is spent on mission
critical programs and not operational
overhead. Furthermore, due to the
fact that a major directive of the
Foundation is to support the parks, it
has become apparent that we need to
operate with as little environmental
impact as possible. These thoughts
were the driving force behind the
KPF’s decision to “Go Green” by
providing all correspondence and
newsletters in an email format that
will arrive directly to your mailbox.
The new electronic newsletters will
allow for substantial savings on the
cost of printing and postage each
year and will mean less use of paper
products. Overall, the changes will
allow the KPF to maximize every
dollar donated.
While this is an important change for
the KPF, it does require some effort
on your part. We are asking that
you please provide the KPF with an
email address where you would like
to receive further correspondence.
We will only use this email address
for approved KPF correspondence,
and the email will not be shared
or sold to any third party vendors.
To provide us with your email
address, please send an email to
[email protected] with
Go Green in the subject line or
return the attached Going Green
card. We appreciate your assistance in
this matter and are looking forward
to a greener future!
Kettering Parks Foundation Grant Support
Each year the Kettering Parks
Foundation (KPF) researches
and applies for grants from local
businesses, foundations and
governmental agencies to help
provide vital financial support to
projects throughout Kettering.
Previous grant awards have helped
supply vans for the Charles I.
Lathrem Senior Center, renovations
for Pondview Park, fiscal support for
Camp Funtastic and much more.
On a yearly basis, the KPF reviews
the pressing needs of the Kettering
community and attempts to find
grant opportunities to help fill those
needs.
The top priority for most of 2011
was the construction of The Habitat
Environmental Center. Since late 2010,
the existing structure at Southdale Park
has been undergoing construction to
create a new nature center. The Habitat
is primarily designed to provide
hands-on environmental programs
for kindergarten through fifth grade
students as well as being available for
summer camps, workshops, retreats
and family programming. The
building will house native animals
and an extensive collection of natural
elements including feathers, shells
and more. The majority of The
Habitat was funded through the
2008 Parks, Recreation & Cultural
Arts bond levy; however, the KPF
applied to several local businesses
and foundations to help with
construction of several interactive
learning centers that will teach
about environmental responsibility,
sustainability, recycling and green
practices. The KPF was also able to
secure partial funding for an outdoor
playground near The Habitat.
The grant funding
for these projects
c a m e f r o m Wa s t e
Management, Vectren,
The Community
Foundation for
Kettering and the
Kiwanis Club and
totaled $37,500. The
KPF is very appreciative
of these wonderful gifts,
and we are looking
forward to the opening
of The Habitat.
Veterans Plaza|Charles F. Kettering History Walk
K E T T E R I N G PA R K S
F O U N D A T I O N
Improving the Quality of Life.
3600 Shroyer Road
Kettering, Ohio 45429-2799
Phone: (937) 296-2454
Fax: (937) 296-3242
For the past year, the Kettering Parks
Foundation (KPF) has been working in a
partnership role with a group of citizens
responsible for The Kettering Veterans and
Innovators Campaign (KVAIC). The KVAIC
has the sole purpose of raising $900,000 for
construction of the Veterans Plaza|Charles
F. Kettering History Walk at DELCO Park
in Kettering.
www.ketteringparksfoundation.org
Board of Directors
Neil M. Smalley, President
Mary Beth Thaman, Secretary
Richard D. Dailey CPA, Treasurer
Jerry B. Barnett
David Hammond
Bob Montavon
Charley Schuerholz
Edward Smith
Frank Spolrich
Debbie Waker
Designed by the City of Kettering
Administrative Systems Office
The Veterans Plaza | Charles F. Kettering
History Walk will honor veterans who have
served in one of the five branches of the
military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines or
Coast Guard. The Charles F. Kettering
History Walk will be an accessible
walkway providing an overview
of the incredible contributions of
Charles F. Kettering, his inventions
and the companies with which he was
associated, and will specifically highlight
the impact they had on the war efforts,
the community and our nation.
The KPF has been operating
as the fiscal agent for the
campaign and providing
grant writing support. The
campaign is off to a strong start
with gifts from local veterans
organizations as well as some
local companies. Future plans
call for
solicitation
of local
companies,
foundations and
the general public.
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3600 Shroyer Road
Kettering, Ohio 45429-2799
Improving the Quality of Life.
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