The Foundation’s 25th anniversary Uncle Sam’s Birthday Party was a big success thanks to everyone who purchased tickets or made a donation. Proceeds from the annual fundraiser support unrestricted grant and scholarship awards.
Ron LaNeve of Elkins was winner of this year’s special prize, a $10,000 endowment. LaNeve donated his gift to the Pioneer Memorial Public Library Fund. The agency endowed fund was established with the Tucker Community Foundation in 2008 to provide perpetual funding for the public library located in Harman, WV.
The roster of endowed funds managed by the Foundation and created by donors who have invested in their community by establishing a permanent legacy has grown to more than one hundred. New funds recently established include the Tucker County EMS Fund, the Tucker County Economic and Community Development Fund, the Davis Health System Foundation Fund, the Knights of Pythias Brown Lodge #32 Fund, the Bradley J. Ramsey Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Mt. Hebron Cemetery Fund. Two new funds were also established by an estate bequest of Harold & Ruth Shaffer: the Tucker County Senior Citizens Fund and the Parsons Volunteer Fire Department Fund.
In addition to grant and scholarship awards, donations help leverage additional funding and partner support for programs and projects such as Feet Under Seats, Run For It, the Highland Food and Farm Market, and the Tucker Boulder Park project. Recent donations:
B.J. Ramsey Mem’l Scholarship
The family of Brad Ramsey
Shell Oil Foundation Employee Match
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Pythias Brown Lodge #32
Davis Cemetery Fund
Margaret Siembieda
D. Beverly Snyder
Leadmine Cemetery Fund
Alston Helmick
Denver & Ethel Raines Smith
George & Mariwyn Smith
Directors’ General Fund
Deborah Mowe
Carroll & Jane Larke
Joyce Colbert Veterinary Scholarship
Kevin & Kimberly Stahl
Margaret A. & James A. Grafton Scholarship
James E. Grafton
Dr. Mary Alice Klein Scholarship
Jennifer Klein on mum’s birthday
Boyce Scholarship Fund
In memory of Harry Boyce
Best of Canaan
Ronnie & Diane Beall
Laures Perkins
Philip & Cheryl Wilkes
A.B. Fulton
Don & Judy Murphy
Scott & Diane Hinkle
John & Adelaide Bacon
Marl & Ann Fulton
Todd & Tracey Bowman
Patricia Violet
William Ruoff & Elizabeth Frye
Jillian Roberts & Matilde Villalobos Millennium Scholarship
In memory of Jacob Roberts
Bud & Jane Parsons
Lois & Terry Nelson
Randy & Tammy Carr
Tucker County Four-Wheelers, Inc.
George & Mariwyn Smith
Tucker County Economic & Community Development
Matt & Angie Shockley
Merrill & Mona Wood
Charles & Elizabeth Tewksbury
E.L. Robineson Engineering
TCF Match
Mountaintop Public Library New Building Fund
Dale & Amy Belman
Dinner Proceeds – White Grass Fundraiser
Glenda & Walter Marshall
Ladies Auxiliary FOE #936
Karen Peterson
Jeffrey & Mary Ann Breunig
George & Mariwyn Smith
Old Ridge Runner Fund
Herman Hebb book sale proceeds
Carl DelSignore Fund
Cleta Long book sale proceeds
Tucker Boulder Park Project
Dominion Foundation
Western Pocahontas Properties
Douglas & Carol Milam
FirstEnergy Foundation
Tucker County Trails, Inc.
Scott & Diane Hinkle
Elaine Moore & Deborah McHenry
Marc Yoko Palmisiano
Gary Westling
Susan & Rolando Ray
Lyn & Roger Goodwin
Doug Hockom & Jane Browning
Daniel & Eileen Simpson
Ronnie & Diane Beall
Tammy Robbins
Matt & Angie Shockley
Don & Gloria Austring
Mr. & Mrs. Anonymous
Jeanette Engelstad
Catherine & Scott Young
Nathaniel Rader
Woody Nestor Memorial Fund
St. George United Methodist Women
