Foundation presents $42K in grants

PIQUA — The Piqua Community Foundation presented $42,000 in organizational grants on Sept. 12, from its G. William Hartzell Charitable Fund. The distribution event, held at the YWCA Piqua, honored 14 local organizations with unrestricted funding.

Recipients were introduced by Randi Pearson, a member of both the fund’s donor advisory committee and The Foundation Board of Directors. Grant checks were presented by Barbara (Mrs. G. William) Hartzell.

Those receiving grants included Brukner Nature Center, Diagon Valley, Eagles’ Wings Stable, Friends of the Piqua Parks, the Garden Tribe Schoolyard Garden, Goodwill/Easter Seals of the Miami Valley, Greene Street Day Care and Preschool, Lockington United Methodist Church, the Miami County YMCA, The New Path, Inc., Piqua Compassion Network, the Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development, the U.V.M.C. Foundation and the YWCA Piqua.

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