Annual Report2015

Portrait of a Communitya field journal

TUCKERCOMMUNITYFOUNDATION

OUR MISSION

TUCKER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Creating opportunities for the communities we serve.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE BIG PICTURE 3

THE TWIST OF PHILANTHROPY Listening Further 2Inheritance 4Looking Far, Looking Near 9Invincible Rocks 19Come to the River 21Rural Traditions 31Crumpled Pieces of Paper & a Sitting Cat 39

PROJECTSUncle Sam’s 6Food & Farm 10Run For It 12Boulder Park 18Youth Philanthropy 20

ENDOWED FUNDSNew Endowments 22Donors with Values 24Highlight: Preston Community Fund 26List of Purposes 28Scholarships 32Grants 35

IN MEMORIAMDeaths in the family 38

FINANCIAL REPORT 40

CALENDAR 40

2015

COVER: Hannah Burks fishing around. You never know what you’ll find when you start to look.

LEFT: Children from Marlinton Elementary School help each other ford the Williams River, looking for aquatic life. The search is better together.

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Listening further

In last year’s annual report we decided to get on the ground, to look to the corners of our service area. We went to try to see who we are from a different perspec-tive. With an old film camera and a sound recorder, it’s hard to know what we were looking for and harder to know for certain what we found. One thing though is clear: we left many stones unturned.

This year we spent time snooping around Pocahon-tas County, one of the largest in West Virginia and the farthest reaching from the Foundation’s home office in Parsons, WV. It is our intent to present this documenta-tion as immersed; steeped both figuratively and literally in the waters that wash this country; to listen patiently; and to represent that world of grit and confusion faithfully here on paper.

To this end we dedicate this effort to the rights of people to organize and advocate for their liberties; to freedom in

the best sense; to dreaming about doing things differently and then doing them. Philanthropy comes in all forms. It’s not just rich people donating money to something. It is caring deeply about a place that you inhabit, physically or mentally. It is building a community of like-minded people to actively include those who disagree. To a large extent, this document is a brief history of trying to learn what philanthropy can be.

Put your ear to the rail to hear if a train is coming. Look at your world from afar to see the changes happening and size up your efforts. The sun shines sultry through the dirty window panes only to pass on to the flat saddened dusk. Crows gambol in the gusts while spruce fan the woodpile and the old place creaks. Howls and whines, man-made and canine echo off the sodden hills. The tow-ering clouds lumber east.

Thanks for coming along.

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DONATIONS

$461,185 GeneralDonations 14,089 UncleSam’sBirthdayParty 23,063 TuckerBoulderParkProject

$498,337 TotalDonations

PROGRAM INCOME

RUN FOR IT $11,220 EntryFees 96,192 TeamSponsorsupport 87,425 RaceSponsorsupport 1,300 AdvertisingGrantPartners

FOOD & FARM INITIATIVE $42,050 USDARuralBusinessEnterpriseGrant 196,271 RetailMarket&Workshopproceeds 2,750 Donations

$437,208 Total Program Income

NET ASSETS

$21,741,161 TotalMarketValueofFundsinTrust

UNRESTRICTED INCOME

$100,500 Kep&AliceSmithTrustIncome

DISTRIBUTIONS

$189,227 RunForIt 158,112 Competitive&DesignatedGrants 5,000 MiniGrants 72,660 Scholarships 907,000 HarmanFund

$1,332,001 TotalDistributions

FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS

TheFoundationservesasfiscalsponsorforsomeprojectsandnon-profitsthatdonothavetax-exemptstatus.Auditavailableontuckerfoundation.net

OurHouseMinistriesYouthCenter WarmtheChildren HeartoftheHighlands

the Big Picture2015

OLIVER & PENELOPE CAMPBELL

An interested, committed person can choose any number of ways to care for their community, be it the land, the animals, the infrastructure,

history. For a kid, philanthropy can be as easy as tagging along with your parents to a dinner party with friends. This caring comes easy because you inherit it.

You run around like mad in the golden sunset, leaping through the tall grass and laughing in a pile of limbs and pollen. You see, in the frosty dusk, the adults hunched and concentrated on this glimmering thing; something, it has an energy of its own that you can feel. It’s sharing a meal, it’s a fiddle tuning up, sunken couches and musty darkness, it’s talking about what you care about. It is laughter and tears, vague and serious conversation. It’s staying up late because this stuff is important. It’s opening your eyes.

The kids are here to tear and destroy and rebuild over and over. Their zeal for action is untempered by thoughts of consequences, but the energy is there. The passion is there.

If you care about these things, then your children will see that as natural, because it is. They see you milking your Jersey because you care: about her, about the land, about your family. When things are shared pub-licly, people take care of them: resources, access, other people. But when things become property, privatized, they become a commodity to use up. Get your money’s worth and get out. Take the timber, the coal, the water, the wind and get on down the trail while the getting’s good.

“When people start to care about each other, now that becomes dangerous.” Noam Chomsky

In that danger, lies energy and action and that shining thing that the adults all gather round. It is a passion that comes from seeing the potential, the potential good and bad. There are only all of us to voice our feelings in a positive action.

MIKECONDON–Lobelia,WVHeading up the drive after an evening milking.

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ASA & SAL MARKS

The twist of philanthropy INHERITANCE

THE TWIST OF PHILANTHROPY

2015 Uncle Sam’sBirthday Party

PULL TAB RAFFLE WINNERSJANETTE BASILE55InchVizioSmartTelevisionwithayear’sworthofNetflixgiftcards

AMY&SAMGOUGHNOUR 3NightstayattheGreenbrierResortwitha$400giftcardforfoodandactivities

MARCIA LEMONTotalTuckerTreasureChest(Over$2,300dollarsingiftcertificates,piecesofart,andotheritemsdonatedbyTuckerCountybusinesses)

A night of pure philanthropy hosted in Tucker County’s Canaan Valley around Independence Day. Companies and individuals purchase tickets to the party. These entitle them to a spot at the table, a fancy dinner, and a chance to win prizes. Ticket sales raise money for grants and scholarships.

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LoisNelsonPhillipsKolsunLucasCooperDavidMillerTomKalogElaineGeorgeTylerWaldoPatrickKottenMichaelGossBobMetzgerJohn&JodyLogar

$200

RonLaNeve

$300

DreamaGatens

$400

Roscoe&DianeBeall

$2,750

BillPhillips

$2,750

Auction Ticket Team:DanBucherMilanNyplMurrayDearbornDaveLambertKeithBishopCalvinDearbornMattShockleyRileyBarbPatrickDarlington

ELIMINATION DRAWING WINNERS

ED RADER

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

AnnaPatrick

SPONSORS

MountainValleyBankMinersMerchantsBankCitizensNationalBankGrantCountyBankFirstEnergy

DECORATION

PennyEllisonMountain Mist Florist

UNCLE SAM’S SUPPORT

Pocahontas County is one of the West Virginia’s largest. That wide-ranging landscape covers a lot of ground in many ways. Green Bank is home to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory which curiously blends the County’s hi-tech and lo-fi aspects. The Green Bank Telescope receives radiation from space in the form of long-wavelenth radio waves. To do this it has an array of receivers, some cooled to just tenths of a degree above absolute zero, around 0.3° Kelvin, like the new ‘Mustang’ that was being tested for installation when I visited. Vacuum pumps squeak and whine in the lab, puffing away to cool the receivers in order that they can sense the radiation of the universe.

These devices need to live in the woods. They can’t have interference from cities or internal combustion engines or even digital cameras. All electronic devices emit Radio Frequency (rf) signals, which made me feel entirely jus-tified to have a 40 year-old, non-electronic camera along for the journey.

MADISONBALL–Cass,WV

The twist of philanthropy LOOKING FAR, LOOKING NEAR

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Mike Stennes has worked at the observatory for 22 years. From late nights climbing the telescopes (there are about 10 on site) fixing broken receivers to building local biking and running trails, Mike’s philanthropy fills a broad spectrum.

Green Bank is ideal for its elevation and its skirt of mountains that shield it from surrounding cities. These telescopes need quiet so they can listen carefully to the weak radio signals without interference. Anecdotally, the amount of energy that all of the radio telescopes in the world have collected in sum would not exceed the amount of energy of a single raindrop hitting the ground.

But rain it does.

And when it rains, the waters on this spine of mountains form the headwaters of the Cheat, Tygart, Elk, Gauley and Greenbrier River (pictured).

Madison Ball, a Michigan native, is in her second year as an Americorps Volunteer based at the US Forest Service office in Bartow, WV. As part of her work here, she is waist-deep and caught red-handed in the chilly spring runoff looking for fish.

She’s not looking to catch these fish, but she is looking to share them. More on that in a bit.

MIKESTENNES–NRAOGreen Bank, WV

2015 Potomac HighlandsFood & Farm InitiativeThe Potomac Highlands Food & Farm Initiative (PHFFI) began in 2012 with a mission to increase access to quality food & farm products. It operates the Highland Market, a retail space in Davis, WV, that sells local and regional farm goods; hosts workshops to encourage healthy eating and production; facilitates resource sharing amongst producers; and hosts events to build connections in the local food sector.

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SPREADING ROOTSPurchasedfrom76suppliers:46%within30milesofDavis,81%within150milesIncreasedeconomicimpactfrom$186,000to$262,000

NEW WEBSITE PHFFIandtheHighlandMarketwereabletoextendthewordofgoodfoodwiththecreationofanewwebsite:phffi.org

HARVESTING GRANTSPHFFIreceivedfurthersupportfromtheUSDAwithasecondRuralBusinessDevelopmentGrant.Thesefundspurchasedawalk-incooler/freezerandequipmentforacertifiedkitchen.Withthesenewadditions,theHighlandMarketwillbeabletosignificantlyincreasetheireconomicimpact,buildstrongerrelationshipswithproducers,andbeginofferingready-to-eatfoodusinglocally-sourcedingredients.

MARKET EXPANSIONHighlandMarketdoubledinsizeto800ft2

IncreasedvarietyofinventoryMorefarmersandfoodproducersprofitedIncreasedstaff;expandedhoursofoperation

LOCAL CONNECTIONSIncollaborationwiththeValueChainClusterInitiativeandFutureHarvestCASA,PHFFIhostedaFarm to Menu Mixereventtobuildrelationshipsbetweenregionalrestaurateurs,localfarmersandproducers.Apaneloffarmersandafarm-to-tablerestaurantownersharedexperiencesandadvice.Seventyfolksrepresenting10countiesattended.ElizabethCarder,co-ownerofCapt.Mullin’sRestaurantinMoorefield,said,“Wewalkedawaywithlotsofgreatcontacts.Thanksfortheintroductions.”

2015 FOOD & FARM IMPACTVICT

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enjoy chilling out in the new walk-in cooler

2015 Run For It

Inclusive. Complicated. Fun-filled. Philanthropic. A race held every September, the Run For It helps communities raise money for all manner of not-for-profit local causes. Teams and their members compete by fundraising, team spirit, and racing a 5k or 2k walk. Anyone can join in.

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BEST EFFORT Basedonteamsize&supportraised

1. $1,500 Team Boulder Park

2. $1,250 Mountain Laurel Learning Cooperative

3. $1,000 Mt. Top Readers4. $500 Citizens Bank of WV Team5. $500 Team Hannah

6. $250 After School Explorers

7. $250 Five Rivers Public Library Explorers

MOSTMONEYRAISED

1. $1,500 Challenged Athletes of WV

2. $1,250 Philippi Bookworms

3. $1,000 Rowdy Readers

4. $500 Belington Bookaneers

5. $500 Fresh Canvas

TOP TEAM AWARDS

Run For It is the only means for our team, Fresh Canvas, to raise funds for the Garrett Easton Endowed Fund. Most of our team members are not ‘locals’ so Run For It weekend is a special time for friends and family to get together to support a worthy cause.

GLENDA EASTON

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1. $500 Tory Paul TuckerCountyYouthSoftball

2. $250 Rachel Friend TeamHannah

3. $100 Rachel Spencer WestVirginiaMountainMinistries

ADULT FEMALE

1. $500 Haley Gillespie GarrettMentors

2. $250 Jennifer Friend TeamHannah

3. $100 Janelle Paul TuckerCountyYouthSoftball

MASTERS FEMALE

1. $500 Diane Beall CVVFDAuxiliaryPower

2. $250 Joann Patterson Cruisin’Critters

3. $100 Elaine George AlpineHeritagePreservation

YOUTHMALE

$500 Issac Quattro TeamHannah

$250 Calib Chidester FreshCanvas

$100 Dustin Fridley OakDaleYouthGroup

ADULT MALE

$500 Brian Zirk EasternMountainYoungLife

$250 Billy Friend TeamHannah

$100 Stephen Vieno GovCon-TEDFund

MASTERS MALE

$500 Ed Rader MountainTopReaders

$250 Dick Horan TeamHannah

$100 Alan Rapp TeamHannah

2K RACE WALK RESULTS

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RUN FOR IT

10 & UNDER MALE$250 JackHaverty CanaanValleyVFDAuxiliaryPower$175 TylerAnderson ChallengedAthletes$125 DrakeLechliter CanaanValleyVFDAuxiliaryPower 10 & UNDER FEMALE$250 ZannaLogar MountainLaurelLearningCo-op$175 RainaLogar MountainLaurelLearningCo-op$125 OliviaLaMaster Directors’GeneralFund 11-14MALE$250 JonRhodes EasternMountainYoungLife$175 WillWhite EasternMountainYoungLife$125 ColtonPumphrey OakDaleYouthGroup 11-14FEMALE$250 HannahEaston FreshCanvas$175 MackenzieCross BelingtonBookaneers$125 AmberWatson BelingtonBookaneers MALE15-19$100 EdwardLewandoski TeamHannah$100 TravisBrown Directors’GeneralFund$100 JohnAnderson TeamHannah

FEMALE15-19$100 NatalieEvans EasternMountainYoungLife$100 MadisonArbogast WestVirginiaMountainMinistries$100 EmilyBennett EasternMountainYoungLife MALE20-29$100 AdamRossi TuckerBoulderPark$100 IanBeckner AlpineHeritagePreservation$100 KevinRyan FriendsoftheCheat FEMALE20-29 $100 TeresaBoever MountainLaurelLearningCo-op$100 JenniferPatton Directors’GeneralFund$100 BritneySheme Directors’GeneralFund

MALE30-39$100 AtheyLutz NewHistoricThomas$100 BenDougherty GarrettTrails$100 MacSloan GarrettTrails FEMALE30-39 $100 SaraLitzau FreshCanvas$100 KristyBlackburn MountaintopReaders$100 Sara-BethJames GarrettTrails(THE BRIDE!!!!)

MALE40-49$100 StevenGreen GarrettTrails$100 ChadJones Directors’GeneralFund$100 DougBaker GarrettTrails

FEMALE40-49$100 ChristinaRaldson CanaanValleySkiPatrol$100 SueHaywood HeartoftheHighlands$100 StephanieBlank GarrettTrails MALE50-59$100 MartyGeorge AlpineHeritagePreservation$100 DougCowgill TuckerCountyParks&Recreation$100 JeffZurbuch Randolph-TuckerChildren’sAdvocacyCtr FEMALE50-59$100 NatalieJenkins WestVirginiaMountainMinistries$100 PaulaHeinke ChallengedAthletes$100 JillZurbuch Randolph-TuckerChildren’sAdvocacyCtr MALE60-69$100 LarryFerrens GarrettTrails$100 BillDudley GarrettTrails$100 ChipChase TuckerBoulderPark

FEMALE60-69$100 JemmaCrowe GarrettTrails$100 DeborahMcHenry MountaintopReaders$100 NitakayMoyersDay Directors’GeneralFund MALE70-79$100 VernonRedman Directors’GeneralFund$100 RogerMilam Directors’GeneralFund$100 JohnYoung HeartoftheHighlands FEMALE70-79 $100 AnnMiles MountaintopReaders$100 SarahFletcher CanaanValleyVFDAuxiliaryPower$100 HazelHesson TeamPioneer MALE 80+$100 BobCole HelvetiaLibrary

FEMALE 80+$100 CarolineAllen PhilippiBookworms

FASTEST OVERALL FEMALE

1. $1,500 Marie Bolyard(20:48) TeamHannah

2. $500 Patricia Walsh (21:35) AlpineHeritagePreservation

3. $250 Kerry Conroy (23:01) FreshCanvas

FASTEST OVERALL MALE

$1,500 Andrew Rhodes (17:38) HeartoftheHighlands

$500 Luke Fleischman (18:26) MountaintopReaders

$250 Morgan Chase (19:45) TuckerBoulderPark

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OLDEST REGISTERED PARTICIPANT

$100 JohnFerguson(89) WVHighlandArtisanGroup RobertCole(81) HelvetiaLibrary $100 Caroline(93) PellFund LaVernaWhite(90) TuckerBoulderPark

2K LUCK OF THE DRAW $100 MartinaWestling CanaanValleySkiPatrol $100 PamelaCassidy TuckerCountyYouthSoftball $100 PaydenKerr PocahontasCountySeniorCitizens $100 PaulaTeter HarmanStrong/PantherPride-HarmanSchool $100 BrendaKeller PhilippiBookworms

5K LUCK OF THE DRAW

$100 HarleyKnotts KassonEagles $100 JayGartenhaus TuckerBoulderPark $100 OliviaLaMaster Directors’GeneralFund $100 JeremySidebottom FriendsoftheCheat $100 MatthewCanon WestVirginiaMountainMinistries

GOLD STAR AWARDS

$500 TuckerCountyYouthSoftball $750 OakdaleYouthGroup $500 GarrettTrails $500 GarrettMentors $250 DavisBallField $500 WestVirginiaMountainMinistries $250 FriendsofBlackwater $250 KingwoodStags $250 DavidMcDowell-ChallengedAthletes $250 GovCon-TEDFund $250 SZBWeddingChasers-GarrettTrails (SaraBethJames&ZachBittinger)

BESTTEAMT-SHIRT

$300 PhilippiBookworms $200 PrestonCommunityFundRunners $100 KingwoodStags $50 PrestonHumaneSocietyTeam

BEST OF REGION AWARD

$1,000 WVTroutUnlimited

PROUD TO BE ENDOWED WITH TCF AWARDS

$100 WVHighlandsArtisanGroup-STArtFund $100 TuckerCountyEMSFund $100 TuckerCountyBoulderParkproject $100 HeartoftheHighlandsproject $100 GovconAccountants-TuckerCountyCommunity& EconomicDevelopmentFund $100 FreshCanvas-DutchEastonFund $100 FiveRiversPublicLibrary-McClainFund $100 EB3-EllisBouryIIIFund $100 Deerfield74-ZabriskieVFDFund $100 CVAuxiliaryPower-Taylor-Beall&SnyderFamilyFund $100 Cruisin’Critters-MountaineerHumaneSocietyFund $100 CortlandChallengers-CortlandAcresAssociationFund $100 BillieArmstrongFund $100 AlpineHeritagePreservation-UtterbackFund $100 Directors’GeneralFund $100 TeamPioneer-PioneerMemorialPublicLibraryFund $100 PrestonCommunityFundRunners $100 AfterSchoolExplorersFund $100 BelingtonBookaneers-BelingtonPublicLibraryFund

CITIZENS BANK OF WEST VIRGINIA BEST OF RANDOLPH / MOST $$ RAISED

$500 RowdyReaders RussellMemorialPublicLibrary,MillCreek

BEST OF TUCKER / MOST $$ RAISED

$500 FreshCanvas-DutchEastonFund BARBOURCOUNTYCOMMUNITYFOUNDATION MOST $$ RAISED

$500 PhilippiBookworms $400 BelingtonBookaneers $300 BarbourCountyHealthTeam $200 FreedomMarchers $100 KassonEagles

TUCKERCOUNTYCOMMISSION BEST EFFORT TOP 5

$1,000 MountainLaurelLearningCooperative $1,000 MountainTopReaders $1,000 EB3 $1,000 TeamHannah $1,000 TeamBoulderPark RANDOLPHCOUNTYCOMMISSION BEST EFFORT

$1,000 RandolphCountyCAC/CitizensBankofWV $1,000 HarmanStrongPantherPride $1,000 KnightsofColumbus#603 $1,000 RowdyReaders $1,000 TeamPioneer BARBOURCOUNTYCOMMISSION BEST EFFORT / SLIDING SCALE

$1,000 BelingtonBookaneers $750 FreedomMarchers $750 PhilippiBookworms $500 KassonEagles $500 BarbourCountyHealthTeam POCAHONTASCOUNTYCOMMISSION AWARD $1,250 PocahontasCountySeniorCitizens $1,250 ChallengedAthletes

PRESTONCOUNTYCOMMISSIONAWARD $525 AfterSchoolExplorers $500 KingwoodStags $400 PrestonCommunityFundRunners $400 FriendsoftheCheat $400 PrestonCountyHumaneSociety $400 AuroraProject GARRETTCOUNTYCOMMISSIONAWARDS $250 GarrettTrails $250 GarrettMentors MCDONOUGH FOUNDATION AWARDS $500 FreedomMarchers $500 KassonEagles $500 PrestonCountyHumaneSociety $500 AuroraProject $500 FriendsoftheCheat $500 KnightsofColumbus#603 $500 WVTroutUnlimited $500 FreshCanvas $500 HeartoftheHighlands $500 Deerfield74(ZabriskieCVVFDFund) $500 NewHistoricThomas $500 Cruisin’Critters $500 CVVFDAuxiliaryPower $500 WVHighlandsArtisanGroup $500 OESWalterAllstars $500 PROONTRAC $1,000 BelingtonPublicLibraryBookaneers $1,000 PhilippiPublicLibraryBookworms $1,000 BarbourCountyHealthTeam $1,000 ChallengedAthletesofWV $1,000 PocahontasCountySeniorCitizens $1,000 AfterSchoolExplorers-Preston $1,000 PrestonCommunityFundRunners $1,000 TeamPioneer $1,000 Randolph-TuckerCAC $1,000 HarmanStrong/PantherPride $1,000 RowdyReaders $1,000 TeamTuckerBoulderPark $1,000 MountainLaurelLearningCooperative $1,000 MountaintopReaders $1,000 EasternMountainsYoungLife $1,000 FiveRiversPublicLibraryExplorers $1,000 BillieG.ArmstrongFund $1,000 CortlandChallengers $1,000 AlpineHeritagePreservation(AHP) $1,000 DTEMS-PTO $1,000 TuckerCountyEMS $1,000 CanaanValleySkiPatrol

RUN FOR IT TEAM AWARDS

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RACE SPONSORS

$30,000 BernardMcDonoughFoundation $11,300 TCFUnrestrictedFunds $5,600 St.GeorgeMedicalClinic $5,000 TuckerCountyCommission $5,000 RandolphCountyCommission

$3,500 BarbourCountyCommission $2,500 DominionPower $2,500 PocahontasCountyCommission $2,000 MettikiCoal $2,625 PrestonCountyCommission $1,500 BarbourCommunityFoundation $1,000 CanaanValleyResort $1,000 FirstEnergyFoundation $1,000 CitizensBank $1,000 MountainStateGirlsontheRun

$800 RunJeb,Run! $600 DavisHealthSystem $500 KingsfordManufacturing $500 Wendy’sofN.CentralWV $500 Dave&EdiVernon $500 GarrettCountyCommission $500 UnitedFinancialCenter $500 MarkVieno–Govcon $500 Q&AAssociates

$250 MountainValleyBank $250 PerformanceMotors $250 ChrisFry–EdwardJones $250 CommunityCarePharmacy $250 FirstUnitedBank&Trust $250 DianeandRoscoeBeall $250 Preston-TaylorHealthServices $250 GJGartonInsurance $200 John&DebbieBrown $200 Miners&MerchantsBank $200 MonongaliaGeneralHospital $200 MountainStateBrewingCompany $200 DavisDental $200 TeamOneChevrolet-Buick-GMC $200 BestofCanaan $200 CanaanValleyLawn&Landscape $200 CortlandAcres&Rehab $100 GreenRivers $100 HinkleFuneralHome $100 PicketPatch $100 Scott&NyplCPAs,A.C. $100 GrantCountyBank $100 WestVirginiaPaving $100 DavisTrust $100 DavisHighValleyRealty $100 Lohr&BarbFuneralHome $100 TipTopCoffee $100 WhiteGrass $100 TimberlineLandscapeCare $100 BigJohn’sFamilyFixin’s $100 PiccoloPaula’s $100 TheSkiBarn $100 Sirianni’sPizzaCafé $100 Cooper&Preston $100 CanaanValleyInstitute $100 LandisRealty $100 MountaintopRealty $100 MeyerHouseB&B $100 JonathanB.Robeson,Esq. $100 Stumptown $100 ManeStreamSalon $100 AlleghenyHolisticHealthCare $100 RichardHanlon $100 HellbenderBurritos $100 Hinchcliff $100 BlackbearWoods $100 RayLaMora $100 CrimsonShamrockAlpacas $100 FillerConstruction

$87,425 TOTAL

SUPPORT SERVICESTownofDavisWVDepartmentofHighwaysTuckerCountyEMSTuckerCountyE-911WVStatePoliceTuckerCountySheriffDepartmentOfficeofEmergencyManagementDanLehmannTuckerCountyConventionVisitorsBureauCanaanValleySkiPatrol

IN KINDPeteJohnson/BoomtownJavaWhiteGrassCaféEastWestPrintingFrontierCommunicationsHinkleFuneralHome

ADVERTISING SPONSORS

TuckerCountyConventionVisitorsBureauTuckerCountyAlpineFestival,Inc.

LOCAL ASSISTANCEDISTRIBUTIONS

TOTALS CAUSE PARTICIPANTS

$19,777 ChallengedAthletesofWV 20 $13,107 PhilippiPublicLibrary 28 $10,702 RussellMemorialPublicLibrary,MillCreek 6 $10,325 TuckerBoulderPark 73 $10,138 BelingtonPublicLibrary 33 $8,884 MountaintopPublicLibrary 51 $9,041 HannahFriendMemorialFund 57 $7,565 GarrettDutchEastonFundforcreativearts 34 $6,545 MountainLaurelLearningCooperative 56 $5,909 PioneerMemorialPublicLibrary,Harman 20 $5,216 PrestonCountyAfterSchoolExplorerprogram 12 $5,000 DavisRiverfrontPark $4,793 EasternMountainsYoungLife 28 $4,561 FiveRiversPublicLibrary,Parsons 7 $4,290 BarbourCountyHealthprograms 16 $3,500 HarmanElementarySchoolrepairs 17 $3,626 HeartoftheHighlandsConnectingTrailSystem 12 $3,495 EllisBouryIIIFundforcreativewritingeducation 24 $3,405 Randolph-TuckerChildAdvocacyCenter 57 $3,070 BelingtonAmericanLegion96&Auxiliary 24 $2,935 Garrettpublicschoolmentoringprogram 17 $2,910 PocahontasCountySeniorCitizens 12 $2,270 AlpineHeritagePreservation 18 $2,155 GarrettTrails 44 $2,120 BillieG.ArmstrongFundforpregnancycare 5 $2,025 CanaanValleyVolunteerFireDepartmentAuxiliary 35 $1,910 WestVirginiaTroutUnlimited 13 $1,845 PrestonCommunityFund 7 $1,595 KingwoodElementarySchool 14 $1,595 KnightsofColumbus#603 15 $1,540 OakDaleChurch 23 $1,520 CortlandAcres&Rehab 8 $1,510 KassonSchoolPTO 37 $1,500 WestVirginiaMountainMinistries 43 $1,600 TCFDirectors’GeneralFund 42 $1,435 PrestonCountyHumaneSociety 14 $1,465 FriendsoftheCheat 12 $1,400 TuckerCountyYouthSoftball 38 $1,325 MountaineerHumaneSociety 27 $1,285 CanaanValleySkiPatrol 12 $1,165 DTEMS-PTO 18 $1,135 TuckerCountyEMS 3 $1,085 TheAuroraProject 5 $1,075 ZabriskieCanaanValleyVFDFund 5 $1,045 NewHistoricThomas 13 $995 WVHighlandsArtisansGroup 13 $662 OESWalterAllstars 12 $550 PROONTRAC 5 $525 FriendsoftheBlackwater 10 $500 TEDFund 10 $310 DavisVolunteerFireDepartment 2 $300 WVMountainTrailRunners $290 DavisBallfieldProject 4 $201 FallingGreenFund $145 TACTICS $110 HelvetiaLibrary 2 $105 PellFund 1 $105 TuckerCountyParks&Recreation 1 $15 TuckerCountyAnimalShelter 3 $5 Kiwanis/LambertFund 1 $5 KumpRobertsFund 1 $5 LewisCountyFirst 1 $5 James&LouiseCooperFund 1

$189,227 TOTAL 1122

HONORARIUMS

$300 DavisVolunteerFireDepartment$300 WestVirginiaMountainTrailRunners

RUN FOR IT

2015 TuckerBoulder Park

The Tucker Boulder Park project is a collaborative effort led by Tucker Community Foundation to create an aesthetically pleasing entrance into Tucker County from Corridor H; spark revitalization of the Davis Ball Field; create a new public outdoor recreation venue for residents and visitors; create a new section of trail that connects with the Allegheny Highlands Trail; and raise awareness and support for Tucker County EMS.

The Tucker Boulder Park project is funded with grant awards, corporate and private donations, and significant in-kind support. It has created a permanent endowment for Tucker County EMS.

BOULDER ACTIVITY

$124,922 Corporate and Private Donations

GRANTACTIVITY

$120,000 Recreational Trail Grant WVDepartmentofTransportation

$85,000 Land & Water Conservation Fund Grant

$5,000 Parks and Recreation Grants (2) TuckerCounty

$5,000 Oakland Foundation Grant

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It’s something different; something unique.”That’s 94 year-old Boulder Park supporter VinceDiBacco from his easy chair at Cortland Acres.

What do you think it will bring to this area?“Nothing but good. It’ll be quite an attraction. It’s out of the ordinary.” DiBacco, in his younger days, would have loved to try his hand at climbing. “Curiosity killed the cat.”

Do you mind if I record you?“I don’t think it will be that interesting.”

To call DiBacco a Veteran is the truth but is too clean. People like to categorize each other. It makes life simpler. But the reality is much messier. For Vince, that reality was Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 6th, 1944. It was greasy beef for breakfast. Inedible. It was puke bags on the landing craft. Used. Jumping out into a hailstorm of bullets; buried his face in the sand because it was insane. When he looked up, his fellow West Virginian Manning had a hole in his head, got killed outright. It was a perfect red cross hair on his left arm, the scarlet target

of a medic, first thing he did was take that off. Treating so many wounded that his blood-caked hands didn’t keep him and all the rest from digging into an open can of grapefruit sections. Mmmm.

“I celebrate D-Day as the day I shoulda died.” Vince garnered a bronze star for running back through the squall of lead to retrieve his gasmask from the shore. He calls it undeserved, “They thought I was brave.”

The memories roll onward to the Paris liberation, the art of the Louvre and Folies Bergère, the Venus de Milo – “I touched her” – and Mona Lisa’s gaze following him everywhere. But that was not the only thing to follow him.

PTSD followed him home to West Virginia. For more than 50 years he could not talk about the war. Episodes plagued him, making working difficult. But he made it and we’re glad he did. And, for some reason, he’s thrilled about the opportunity that a boulder park opens for his home.

The twist of philanthropy INVINCIBLE ROCKS

“VINCEDIBACCO–Thomas,WV

2015 YouthPhilanthropyAs we’ve seen, philanthropy isn’t just for stuffy old rich folks. Kids can care too. Especially if they learn the language early on. The Foundation’s own new hire, Sandra Frank, endeavored to do just that to foster caring in our local children.

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WRITE TO WIN CONTEST

Overall Sadie Palmer PenelopethePigMakesaDifference

Youth Elora Mowery TheLifeofPenelopePig

Teen Jordan Teter Untitled

Adult Elspeth Deleurere SomeoneShouldHelp–MaybeIt’sYou

BestQuote Novalee Rohme PenelopetheNinjaPig

BestIllustration Sophia Elza PennellepythePig

AURORA SCHOOL WRITE TO WIN 4TH GRADE AWARDS

1. Payton Rumer PenelopeandHerFriendsandtheBurningBarn

2. Isabell Cordero PenelopeandthePeople!

3. Katrina Harsh HelpingHands

5TH GRADE AWARDS

1. Samuel Donnelly PenelopePig’sFundraiser

2. Averi Adams PenelopePigandtheSelfishFarmer

3. Natalie Stemple PenelopePigSavestheCommunity

BestQuote Jacob Hauser PenelopeandthePorkyHeros!

BestPenmanship Joseph Birchland PenelopeStory

TrevorAdamsKearstenAdkinsResiAndersonTravisAshbyXzandraAshbyShawnBastTrinityBeverRainaBurtonDannielleCalcampAlexanderCastilloMargotCerborneAveryColebankKadieColebankGisellaCorderoEthanCussinsNathanDearbornDillonDrenning

AbbieEakleGracieFillerRachelFriendJakeHamricDaron HarperMelvinHarshSabrinaHarshBraxtonHartsellLindseyHullLaurelIngleseMadisonJohnsonIsabelleJudyRayLazareMackenzieLyonsAdelaideMcCannSaraMcGeeRatcliffBradyMcNew

ColeMillerZacharyMoweryChanceMullinsBlaineNeidlingerIngridNelsonKatieNelsonNevaehNicholsEthanPacellaMylesPaughMatthewPenningtonOwenPorterIsaacQuattroGracieRappTristanRinehartLaylahRitterNicholasRothHarperRussell

ColinSavageLiamSavageGraceShafferBodeShockleyNickSisletAlexSkilesDevinTeterNoahTeterBrittanyThomasKarlieThompsonAbigailTraderMallikyeWareTristanWatringKayleahWilhelmHoldenYoungMackenzieZirk

WRITE TO WIN ENTRANTS

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The riddle is how to share fish without hooking them. In this case, Madison Ball’s solution [p. 9] was to suit up 40 fourth and fifth graders and take

them into the river with snorkels and goggles. Freshwater snorkeling is not an activity promoted by local tourism agencies, but it is a way to learn about a whole new world; one that surrounds us just out of view.

With heavy spring rains and high water, the Marlinton Elementary School field trip couldn’t go to the Greenbrier River at Cass. So the group diverted to the headwaters of the Williams River in the Cranberry section of the National Forest in Pocahontas County. The water was cold and clear with crayfish, fantail darters, sculpins, not to mention the occasional drowned mouse and screaming, teeth-chattering kid.

Groups of about ten kids rotated through four stations: river snorkeling, the macroinvertebrates netting (above), folklore, and amphibians. There isn’t much cooler than

getting a bunch of fourth and fifth graders wading in a cold water river near the top of its watershed.

The younger skinny kids shivered uncontrollably despite the wetsuits, especially in the early groups before the sun broke above the trees. But it was hard for them to leave the waters. There was so much to see underwater.

The macroinvertebrates class taught the kids to collect living things from in and around the edges of the river. They found mayfly and caddisfly larvae under rocks and some of the same, though just recently hatched. Newts cradled in hands of youngsters.

Just getting out there to see what you live within can radically change your world view. Humans are just one of the species who make their homes here. And philanthropy reaches beyond the humans. It is the entire ecosystem that makes this life possible.

The twist of philanthropy COME TO THE RIVER

JENNIFERLEE&MICHELLEYINGLING LINDSEYHAYES&STUDENTS

New Endowments

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ALBERT “BEANIE” KERZIC FRANCES MAMISH KERZIC

Albert A. & Frances M. Kerzic Memorial FundDonorAdvised;TownofDavis(TuckerCounty) Supports education, recreation, historic preservation, beautification and economic development for Davis. Peter & Lynda Given Lessek established the fund in honor of Lynda’s parents, Frances Mamish & Albert “Beanie” Kerzic, as well as the Mamish and Sluger families.

The future of the region depends upon its inhabitants. We are responsible for the future going forward. Endowing a fund is a concrete way to support our ideals, preserve what we cherish, and furnish opportunities for our children.

UNRESTRICTED FIELDOFINTEREST $1,000 toinitiate $2,000 toinitiate $5,000 toestablish $10,000 toestablish

DESIGNATED SCHOLARSHIP $2,000 toinitiate $4,000 toinitiate $10,000 toestablish $20,000 toestablish

AGENCYENDOWED DONORADVISED $2,000 toinitiate $4,000 toinitiate $10,000 toestablish $20,000 toestablish

MINIMUM FUND REQUIREMENTS

Founding donors have 5 years to establish a fund.

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In compliance with IRS regulations, the following VARIANCE POWER applies to assets managed by Tucker Community Foundation:

If, in the judgement of the TCF Board of Directors, the restrictions and conditions of any fund become unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community, the TCF Board of Directors maintains the right to modify the terms of this fund. TCF has exclusive legal control over any contributed assets.

Bucher Family FundDonorAdvised;Randolph,Tucker,Pendleton&BarbourCounties

Supports initiatives promoting community development, health, gardening, use of natural resources, alternate energy, historical preservation and spirituality. Established by Sarah Ellen & Herb Myers, Jonathan & Esther Bucher, Mary Beth & Lester Lind, and Dan & Judy Bucher.

Davis Family Fund of DHSFAgencyEndowed;RandolphCounty

Providing perpetual support for Davis Memorial Hospital, now known as Davis Medical Center. Established by Davis Health System Board of Directors. ArtsBank Fund AgencyEndowed;RandolphCounty

Provides ongoing support for art programs and projects in the Randolph County school system. Established by ArtsBank Board of Directors with community support.

Zabriskie Emergency Medical Services FundDesignated;CanaanValley(TuckerCounty)

Perpetual funding for EMS services in the Canaan Valley area.Established by the Estate of Katherine Zabriskie.

Zabriskie Canaan Valley Volunteer Fire Department Fund Designated;CanaanValley(TuckerCounty) Operational support for the Canaan Valley Volunteer Fire Department. Established by the Estate of Katherine Zabriskie. Mark Hutchison / David Cosner Scholarship FundScholarship;RandolphCounty

Provide an annual scholarship to a senior from Randolph Technical Center who demonstrates the qualities valued by the Marines and the Navy: respect, discipline, honor, responsibility, commitment, and service to others. Established by Tim Harris with support from family, friends, and classmates.

Taylor-Beall & Snyder Family Fund Designated;CanaanValley(TuckerCounty) Perpetual support for ongoing repairs, maintenance and improvements of the Canaan Valley VFD kitchen and fire hall and can also provide support for other auxiliary activities. Established by Roscoe and Diane Taylor Beall. Ryan Patrick Gosa FundDonorAdvised;TuckerCounty

Supports educational opportunities in the liberal arts in Tucker County and celebrates Ryan’s love of writing, the arts, and athletics. Established by James and Patricia Gosa with support from friends and family members.

Belington Public Library FundAgencyEndowed;BarbourCounty

Provides support for the Belington Public Library. Established by Belington Public Library Board of Trustees.

After School Explorers FundFieldofInterest;PrestonCounty

Supports after-school programming in Preston County.Established by the After School Explorers project coordinator with Run For It proceeds and community support.

Tucker County Economic and Community Development FundDesignated,TuckerCounty Supports charitable economic development of Tucker County.Established on a challenge match by TCF. Kingwood Elementary School FundDesignated;KingwoodElementarySchool(PrestonCounty) To enhance the delivery of educational services to the students at Kingwood Elementary School. Established by the Kingwood Stags Run For It team under the direction of Jill Zeigler, Principal.

NEW FUNDS

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ANIMAL WELFARE $10,688 MountaineerHumaneSocietyFund Cruisin’Crittersteammembers&sponsors RunJeb,Run Anonymous

AREA

$13,523 PrestonCommunityFund DavidMoranandLoriWall MountainLionsClub RobertSypoltandCarolynBaumgardner

ARTS

$9,910 ArtsbankFund Artsbank,Inc

$43,416 CarlDelSignoreFund CletaLongHistory of Tucker County bookproceeds

$10,834 FredT.BuskFund $55,515 GarrettJames“Dutch”EastonFund NancyAbrams FreshCanvasteammembers JohnandGlendaEaston SFF CathyandKimberlyHinckleyKatieConroyLauraToddRobertRiemenschneiderAtheyandMaggieLutzJohnandGlendaEastonNancySweigartKyleConroyThomasandDonnaHowser

$10,786 WVHighlandsSTArtFund AmyandSamGoughnour AndreaandBruceDalton AnnLynandWilliamMartin Anonymousdonors BetsyViola CarolSperenzella CathyHebb CharlieWaters DavidSaville DebbieandJohnBrown DianeandScottHinkle DonaldandPamelaSnyder ElaineGeorge GerriandBruceWilson HannahEhlman JanetPreston

WVHighlandsSTArtFund(continued) JessicaScowcroft JoanneandVernonPatterson JocelynGaujot KarenJacobson KiwanisClubofParsons LarisaWells LindaReeves MaryAnnandAlexHoncharik MaryFrancesGood PhyllisFenwick RussandJanEvans SandraShaffer SarahAnderson SarahDeaconandJasonCyr SarahFletcher ShannonMcCannandRobStull TitiFerguson WVHighlandsArtisanGroup WVHighlandsArtisansteammembers& sponsors

CHURCH FUNDS

$11,037 Denver&EthelRainesSmith MemorialFund St.Paul’sUnitedMethodistChurch

$7,485 NanParsonsPresbyterianChurchFund $6,653 Richard&MaryJ.RainesHarrFund $135,885 ValentineFamilyFund

COMMUNITY BASED FUNDS

$33,819 LouiseHarmanFund $155,364 SarahThompsonKaemmerlingFund EdwardandCatherineUjvagi

$5,185 Taylor-Beall&SnyderFamilyFund TeamAuxiliaryPowerteammembers&sponsors Roscoe&DianeBeall DianeandScottHinkle ArleneandBobbieSnyder

$17,906,257 WilliamM.HarmanMemorialFund

DONOR ADVISED

$104,414 Albert&FrancesKerzicMemorialFund PeterandLyndaGivenLessek KatharineParker

$19,918 BucherFamilyFund DanielandJudyBucher MaryBethandLesterLind F.MichaelandGwendolynMartin SarahandHerbertMyers

$21,550 George&MariwynSmithFund ArthurandBettyHeldman CeceliaWallace DianeandScottHinkle Roscoe&DianeBeall JamesandLorettaCooper JeanandMichaelLedden JillRobinson KennethSmith MariwynSmith RachelleDavis RobertBurns JanetKinkaid SarahFletcher MilestoneConsultingPrinting&Design Scott&NyplCPAs

$24,118 RyanPatrickGosaFund JakeandPatGosa

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT $17,319 Terra Alta Fund $13,102 TuckerCountyEconomic&Community Development Fund Anonymous AvahBehrens-Wik GerriandBruceWilson GlendaandWalterMarshall JeffandSusanNelsen JessicaScowcroft JoeDrenning JudyEye KarenandBillPeterson LesleySuppes MaryanneandAlTomson MattQuattro Q&AAssociates RachelleDavis SusanMeyer TerryStone ThrasherGroup VickiFenwick-Judy VictoriaHanham TCFMatch GovconAccountantsteammembers&sponsors

Donors with ValuesThe larger the fund, the greater the impact. Donors help to grow each endowment creating opportunities for our community. Funds can annually pay out a percentage of their Total Market Value. Endowments are listed by area of interest with donors and year-end value.

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EDUCATION $7,643 AfterSchoolExplorersFund AfterSchoolExplorersteammembers&sponsors AmyKelly AnnaandMichaelHauger AnnameliaGerkin Autumn,KirstenandDelilahMyers BettyYoke BillieHoffman BlueRidgeBeverages,Inc. BrendaPyles BritneyFeathers BusinessServicesGroup,LLC CharlesLansberry ChristinaKidwell ConnieBolen CrystiHemerick DavidWildesen DawnHart DeborahMoats DianeSisler DollieTacy HeatherandKonniMiller HelenNikirk J.KayandJessicaBernatowicz J.TerrySchlossnagle JamesJaeger JoAnnPeterson JoanneReckart JulianBever K.A.Lyons KatyMace KimberlyListon KristaNazelrod KristieHartsell LatriciaWolf LauraTeter LeonaWilson LindaandSteveLewis LuannaCroston MapleLeafIndustries,Inc MargaretChipps MaryJaneCoulter MelissaBowmar MelissaHarvey MicheleBrown Miscellaneousdonors PamelaGifford PatriciaBiggins PatriciaFalkner PhillipsLivestock RuthGroves SamanthaPeaslee ShawnandJulieBritton ShirleyandCharlesBolinger SophiaTichenor TabithaJeffries TinaCool TracyandBonnieShaffer W.DianeCorbin

$111,824 DehariFund (2)Anonymousdonors

$9,567 EllisBouryIIIFund EB3teammembers&sponsors SarahDeaconandJasonCyr MichaelFrasherandJanisBoury HellbenderBurritos RebeccaHess KathleenHess

$15,859 GeorgeW.&MarjorieH.Walburn MemorialFund $6,728 JohnP.&SarahCatherineSwartzFund $1,628 KingwoodElementarySchoolFund Miscellaneousdonors VanCasdorph KingwoodStagsteammembers&sponsors

$26,441 MargaretKumpRobertsFund $21,184 USArmyJROTCFund

EMERGENCY SERVICES $7,772 Capt.KarlPatrikYoungblood MemorialFund $14,605 Donaldson-CoreyFund $20,476 HaroldW.&RuthF.Shaffer ParsonsVFDFund ShafferTrust

$13,725 JamesD.JordanFund $57,716 KatherineZabriskieCanaanValleyFire Department Fund Deerfield74teammembers&sponsors DeborahMiller KatherineZabriskie

$56,655 KatherineZabriskieEMSFund DeborahMiller SusanSmith KatherineZabriskie AnneSmithandRonaldUlle

$14,257 TuckerCountyEMSFund AvahBehrens-Wik BestofCanaan Cole Carr SueHaywood WendyLatimer KeithStrausbaughandIvonneMartinez SusanMeyer AprilMiller LowellMoore NancyMoore KarenandBillPeterson DianeandEdRader AaronRay MariwynSmith St.GeorgeMedicalClinic MaryanneandAlTomson

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES $7,316 John,Kathleen&SharonSyrian/ DonaldT.GossFund $23,658 Louise&JimCooper,Jr.FamilyFund KarenandBillPeterson CarolStark MichaelandSusanWingfield

$535,705 PhilipWarkenFund $18,904 ThompsonFamilyFund $17,673 WoodyF.NestorMemorialFund St.GeorgeUnitedMethodistWomen

HEALTH $25,547 BillieG.ArmstrongFund BillieG.Armstrongteammembers&sponsors WayneJessee

$14,828 CortlandAcresAssociationFund CortlandChallengersteammembers&sponsors

$33,704 DavisFamilyFundofDHSF DavisHealthSystemFoundation

$197,250 DavisHealthSystemsFoundationFund $34,771 HaroldW.&RuthF.ShafferMountain HospiceFund

HISTORIC PRESERVATION $9,201 Bright’sChapelCemeteryFund $8,274 BuenaChapelCemeteryFund LanaLandry

$62,285 DavisCemeteryFund MargaretSiembieda

$2,000 HarshCemeteryFund LeeorrRosier

$11,868 HollyMeadows-LongFamily CemeteryFund $8,544 LeadmineCemeteryFund DeannaAuvilWilbourn

$49,250 McNeeleyCemeteryFund LorettaLantz

$10,296 MindyPierceHistoricPreservation Fund $19,647 MtHebronCemeteryFund DaveandNancyLesher

$17,802 TuckerCountyVeterans MemorialFund $6,624 UtterbackFamilyFund

LIBRARIES AND LITERACY PROGRAMS $1,975 BelingtonPublicLibraryFund BelingtonPublicLibrary BelingtonPublicLibraryBookaneersteammembers& sponsors

$11,792 CrimsonShamrockLiteracyFund DavidMoranandLoriWall

$9,729 JohnPill/MountaintopLibraryFund $16,788 McClainFund ArthurandBettyHeldman CeceliaWallace DianeandScottHinkle DianeBeall JamesandLorettaCooper JeanandMichaelLedden JillRobinson KennethSmith LindaandSteveMiller RachelleDavis RobertBurns JanaKinkaid SarahFletcher MariwynSmithRecipeBookProceeds MilestoneConsultingPrinting&Design RotaryClubofTuckerCounty Scott&NyplCPAs

$94,165 MountaintopLibraryNew BuildingFund Anonymous BlackwaterMinisterialAssociation MargueriteDorsey FriendsoftheMountaintopPublicLibrary MountaintopPublicLibrary MountaintopReadersteammembers&sponsors KarenandBillPeterson RebeccaWertime

$35,139 PioneerMemorialPublicLibraryFund

OPERATIONS $15,090 OldRidgeRunnerFund HermanHebb’sThe Old Ridge Runnerbookproceeds

PARKS AND RECREATION $12,070 C.W.PellFund $7,055 NationalBankofDavisFund $10,272 Rubenstein/SchilanskyFund

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Preston Community FundThe Preston Community Fund is an unrestricted fund supporting scholarships, nonprofits, community and economic development, educational services, and other charitable causes specific to Preston County. All distributions will be guided by recommendations from an advisory committee made up of Preston County residents and local donors. The number of endowed funds benefiting Preston County has grown to over two dozen as more and more donors wisely invest in a community they love.

ADVISORYCOMMITTEE

KimMoyersAndrewNelsonDonSmithJohnDahliaCrissyEstepAnnRobb

DaveMoranTCF Board Liason

FUND DONORS

DavidMoranandLoriWallMountainLionsClubRobertSypoltCarolynBaumgardner

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SCHOLARSHIP $17,791 BradleyJRamseyScholarship ShellOilEmployeeMatchingProgram

$31,742 CrimsonShamrockScholarship DeeMuellerGallion DavidMoranandLoriWall

$23,183 Doug&BettyPrebleScholarship $36,926 Dr.MaryAliceKleinScholarship JenniferKlein FrankJosephPerozziello

$28,283 Enos,DelbertH.&ShirleyW.Carr Scholarship $8,193 ForrestG.ClarkScholarship $27,163 FraternalOrderofEaglesScholarship FraternalOrderofEagles BernettieGnegy DianePoehner Dr.WayneandBettySpiggle

$12,289 GaryE.WilsonScholarship $56,911 H.MaxPriceScholarship $25,198 HaroldW.&RuthF.Shaffer Scholarship $34,231 Harry&ElizabethBoyce Scholarship $28,122 HerbertW.ClarksonScholarship $13,401 JillianRoberts&MatildeVillalobos MillenniumScholarship RoscoeandDianeBeall AmandaCassidy DianeandEdRader

$31,233 JosephR.StefflScholarship ShirleyandCharlesKokiko Mt.PleasantGardenClub JulieSteffl TriCountyBassMasters

$34,052 JoyceColbertVeterinaryScholarship JeanColbert DavidMoranandLoriWall

$22,458 Kline,Allison,EvansScholarship $20,777 KnightsofPythiasBrownLodge#32 Scholarship $36,330 Lindsey&AddieReedScholarship $7,042 MadelineR.&LesterE.Miller Scholarship $18,689 MargaretAnn&JamesA.Grafton Scholarship JamesGrafton RickyandKimberlyLanham MichaelandKristinaWamsley

$7,185 MarkHutchison/DavidCosner ScholarshipFund KarenCurrence TimHarris SandraRexrode GingerTaylor

$12,082 MarthaC.SponaugleScholarship $32,971 MichaelShahanScholarship $23,462 OrrFamilyScholarship $161,137 P.L.&ElizabethCookMilkint Scholarship $38,537 ParsonsHighSchoolAlumniScholarship ForrestHarper ParsonsHighSchoolClassof1954

$91,171 PHSAmericanLegionScholarship $73,072 RebeccaAnnChenowethMemorial Scholarship $16,281 RobertW.Minear,Jr.Memorial Scholarship

$19,019 W.Denzel&ErnestineA.Kee Scholarship AliceRing AnneMcCune AnneMunford Anonymous DorisandWilliamPfahler JayleneandWilliamKee JohnandJerriKee JordanandJohnKee KathyandLarryMcCune LisaandJohnMcCune SarahandGregoryLee ShannonandEricSpain

$10,294 Walter&MaryShafferHelmick Scholarship MaryEllenCousins DavidStanton

SENIOR CITIZENS $11,699 GrantCountySeniorCitizenFund

UNRESTRICTED $6,999 CitizensBankofWestVirginiaFund $9,886 H.Dailey&BelvaShafferMartinFund NolaDeVilder

$7,153 MountainValleyBank,NAFund $15,709 RobertW.&SarahM.MinearFund $71,367 TCFDirectors’GeneralFund ChristopherBoyce DianeHinkle EddieCampbell ElizabethLayne GerriandBruceWilson HazelHesson James&AnneBurnham JohnRosine MarvinandJaneCanfield MaryanneandAlTomson MelissaBrown NatePowell PhilipDay RegTrefethen

$5,832 UncleSam’sBirthdayPartyFund

YOUTH $6,981 ElliottKepler&AliceMae DeglerSmithFund $154,131 FallingGreenFund DianeandScottHinkle KarenKane BarbMcInerney JaneRodrigueandMarkFord

$18,901 Ohio-WestVirginiaYouthLeadership AssociationFund

$11,569 P.J.ZickefooseFund

$32,163 ParsonsKiwanisClub/J.Kenton LambertFund

$88,592 ThomasP.Patrick,DDSFund F.MichaelandGwendolynMartin

FOUNDATION PROJECTS PotomacHighlandsFood&Farm Initiative Anonymous RobertBirkenesandSuzannePolak

TuckerBoulderParkProject AaronRay AngieShockley BenandLaurenHinkle BillDefoyd CamandZacPhillips CharleneLang ChipChase DavidCooper DeborahMowe DianeandScottHinkle RoscoeandDianeBeall DianeandEdRader DiannaBuchness ElizabethHereford EmmaUjvagiandShannonAnderson GerriandBruceWilson GlendaandWalterMarshall HilaryandChrisBoyce I.ElaineMoore KeithStrausbaughandIvonneMartinez KevinMoore LaVernaWhite MaggieandAtheyLutz MaryJaneandRichardWilson MaryanneandAlTomson MichaelGeary PamRuediger MasonPowell SarahDeaconandJasonCyr SueHaywood SusanSmith SuzanneMurphy TimothyKeck TinaNelson ToddEardensohn WendyLatimer (2)Anonymousdonors FirstEnergyFoundation GreenRivers OaklandFoundation St.GeorgeMedicalClinic FallingGreenFund

YouthPhilanthropyInitiative MountainLionsClub

PASS-THROUGH HeartoftheHighlands HeartoftheHighlandsteammembers&sponsors LydiaBarker ColleenDavies SusanSmith

JPCastellsEagleScoutProject WEPCO

RyanGosaScholarshipPassThrough JakeandPatGosa

TuckerCountyCulturalDistrict Authority ClaudeWorthingtonBenedumFoundation

TuckerCountySchools NextEraEnergy,Inc.

ANIMAL WELFARE

MountaineerHumaneSocietyFundPerpetual funding for MHSTucker

AREA

PrestonCommunityFundUnrestricted grants & ScholarshipsPreston

ARTS ArtsbankFundSchool art programs & projectsRandolph

FredT.BuskFundArts EducationService Area

CarlDelsignoreFundCreative ArtsService Area

GarrettJames“Dutch”EastonFundCreative ArtsTucker

WVHighlandsSTArtFundSchool-Town Art ProjectTucker

CHURCH FUNDS Richard&MaryJ.RainesHarrFundBuena Chapel Methodist Church Tucker

ValentineFamilyFundPerpetual funding Parsons Presbyterian ChurchTucker

Denver&EthelRainesSmithMemorialFundSt. Paul’s United Methodist ChurchTucker

NanParsonsPresbyterianChurchFundParsons Presbyterian ChurchTucker

COMMUNITYBASEDFUNDS LouiseHarmanFundParsons Cemetery, Parks and/orFive Rivers Public LibraryTucker

WilliamM.HarmanMemorialFundParsons Cemetery, Parks, Library & Citizens Tucker

SarahThompsonKaemmerlingFundCharitable, educational or scientific activities forDavis, Thomas, Canaan Valley areaTucker

TaylorBeall&SnyderFamilyFundCanaan Valley VFD AuxiliaryTucker

DONOR ADVISED

Albert&FrancesKerzicMemorialFundCommunity and economic development for DavisTucker

BucherFamilyFundSupports community development & healthy initiativesBarbour, Pendleton, Randolph & Tucker

George&MariwynSmithFundGeneral charitable purposesDonor Advised

RyanPatrickGosaFundEducational opportunities in liberal artsTucker

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TerraAltaEconomicDevelopmentCorporationFundEconomic Development of Terra AltaPreston

TuckerCountyEconomic&CommunityDevelopmentFundCharitable economic development of Tucker CountyTucker

EDUCATION JohnP.&SarahCatherineSwartzFundMusic education in Tucker County schoolsTucker

GeorgeW.&MarjorieH.WalburnMemorialFundK-12 geography course workTucker

DehariFundTucker County educational school trips,guest speakers & education technology Tucker

MargaretKumpRobertsFundEducational resources / Kump Education CenterRandolph

EllisBouryIIIFundEducation / Development of creative or technical writingTucker and surrounding counties

AfterSchoolExplorersProgrammingPreston

U.S.ArmyJROTCFundJROTC program Preston County High SchoolPreston

KingwoodElementarySchoolFundKingwood Elementary School educational servicesPreston

EMERGENCYSERVICES

Donaldson–CoreyFundCanaan Valley EMSTucker

EMERGENCYSERVICES(cont)

Capt.KarlPatrikYoungbloodMemorialFundEMS trainingTucker

JamesD.JordanFundCanaan Valley & Harman EMSTucker

TuckerCountyEMSFundEmergency Medical Services Tucker

ShafferParsonsVFDFundParsons Volunteer Fire DepartmentTucker

KatherineZabriskieCanaanValleyFireDepartmentFundCanaan Valley Volunteer Fire DepartmentTucker

KatherineZabriskieEMSFundEmergency Medical Services in Canaan ValleyTucker

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Louise&JimCooper,Jr.FamilyFundBlackwater Ministerial Assoc. to aid the needyTucker

John,Kathleen&SharonSyrian/DonaldT.GossFundPublic parks gardens & beautification,Warm the ChildrenTucker

WoodyF.NestorMemorialFundNeedy of Tucker CountyTucker

ThompsonFamilyFundNeedy of Davis / Canaan ValleyTucker

PhilipWarkenFundNeedy in Tucker CountyTucker

HEALTH

Harold&RuthShafferMountainHospiceFundMountain Hospice, Inc. Service Area

BillieG.ArmstrongFundPregnancy Care CenterService Area

CortlandAcresAssociationFundCortland Acres AssociationService Area

DavisHealthSystemFoundationFundDavis Health System Foundation Service Area

DavisFamilyFundofDHSFDHS Unrestricted Service Area

Endowed Funds

For full fund descriptions visit: tuckerfoundation.net

LISTED WITH PURPOSE AND REGION SERVED

HISTORIC PRESERVATION

Bright’sChapelCemeteryFundBright’s Chapel CemeteryTucker

BuenaChapelCemeteryFundBuena Chapel CemeteryTucker

LeadmineCemeteryFundLeadmine CemeteryTucker

McNeeleyCemeteryFundMcNeeley CemeteryTucker

DavisCemeteryFundDavis CemeteryTucker

UtterbackFamilyFundAlpine Heritage Preservation, Inc.Cottrill’s Opera HouseTucker

HollyMeadows-LongFamilyCemeteryFundLong Family CemeteryTucker

TuckerCountyVeteransMemorialFundMaintenance of Parsons Veterans MemorialTucker

MindyPierceHistoricalPreservationFundHistoric preservation projectsPreston

Mt.HebronCemeteryFundMt. Hebron CemeteryTucker

HarshCemeteryFundHarsh CemeteryTucker

LIBRARIES&LITERACYPROGRAMS

McClainFundParsons Five Rivers Public LibraryTucker

JohnPill/MountaintopLibraryFundMountaintop Public LibraryTucker

PioneerMemorialPublicLibraryFundPerpetual funding for PMPLRandolph

MountaintopPublicLibraryNewBuildingFundConstruction of New LibraryTucker

CrimsonShamrockLiteracyFundLiteracy programs & projectsWest Virginia

BelingtonPublicLibraryFundBelington Public LibraryBarbour

PARKS & RECREATION

Rubenstein/SchilanskyFundRecreation, Thomas & Davis AreaTucker

NationalBankofDavisFundDavis area recreationTucker

C.W.PellFundConstruction and Maintenance of a park in DavisTucker

SENIOR CITIZENS

GrantCountySeniorCitizenFundGrant County Senior Citizen CenterGrant

SCHOLARSHIP

Lindsey&AddieReedScholarshipWVU undergrad Ag students

HarryL.&ElizabethA.BoyceScholarshipTCHS seniors to further their educationTucker

Enos,DelbertH.&ShirleyW.CarrScholarshipWVU, Marshall, or D&E College studentsUnrestricted

RebeccaAnnChenowethMemorialScholarshipTCHS students attending a WV collegeTucker

ForrestG.ClarkScholarshipTucker County High School studentsTucker

HerbertW.ClarksonScholarshipTCHS senior to attend a WV collegeTucker

JoyceColbertVeterinaryScholarshipStudents following career path in ruralveterinary medicinePreston; Tucker; Garrett County, MD

CrimsonShamrockPost graduate college students pursuing amasters, doctorate or professional degreePreston; Tucker; Garrett County, MD

FraternalOrderofEaglesScholarshipFamily member of Davis FOEService Area Kline,Evans,AllisonScholarshipGraduating seniors from Union or Elk DistrictGrant; Mineral

MargaretAnn&JamesA.GraftonPBHS/TCHS students entering WVU nursing or forestry programBarbour; Tucker

SCHOLARSHIP(cont)

Walter&MaryShafferHelmickScholarshipTCHS graduate attending WV collegeor trade schoolTucker

W.Denzel&ErnestineA.KeeScholarshipCollege bound students from Hambleton,Hendricks or ParsonsTucker

P.L.&ElizabethCookMilkintScholarshipTucker or Preston County graduatePreston; Tucker

Dr.MaryAliceKleinScholarshipStudents planning a career in educationService Area

MadelineR.&LesterE.MillerScholarshipTucker or Petersburg High School graduateGrant; Tucker

RobertW.Minear,Jr.MemorialScholarshipStudents planning a career in educationService Area

TheOrrFamilyScholarshipTCHS senior or older student attending collegeTucker

ParsonsHighSchoolAlumniScholarshipGraduating seniors who are descendants ofParsons High School AlumniTucker

Doug&BettyPrebleScholarshipTCHS graduates attending collegeTucker

PrestonHighSchoolAmericanLegionScholarshipEligible Preston High School studentsPreston

H.MaxPriceScholarshipTraditional or non-traditional studentsattending a trade schoolRegion

JillianRoberts&MatildeVillalobosMillenniumScholarshipTCHS graduate with leadership potentialTucker

HaroldW.&RuthF.ShafferScholarshipTCHS senior or graduate attendingWV college or universityTucker

MichaelShahanScholarshipCollege students from St. George, Cloveror Licking districtsTucker

MarthaC.SponaugleScholarshipTCHS graduating seniorTucker

MarkHutchison/DavidCosnerScholarshipScholarship to Randolph Technical Center graduateRandolph

SCHOLARSHIP(cont)

JosephR.StefflScholarshipSeniors attending a WV collegePocahontas; Randolph

GaryE.WilsonTucker County resident attending a Christianelementary, middle or high schoolTucker

BradleyJ.RamseyMemorialScholarshipTucker County resident / TCHS graduate attendingPotomac State or WVUTucker

KnightsofPythiasBrownLodge#32ScholarshipPreston County High School seniorPreston

RyanGosaMemorialScholarship(Pass-Through)Journalism MajorsTucker

WhiteGrassCulinaryScholarship(Pass-Through)Students pursuing culinary arts educationStatewide

TCF OPERATIONS

OldRidgeRunnerFundOperating funds for Tucker Community FoundationService Area

YOUTH

ThomasP.Patrick,DDSFundBoy Scout Troop 96Tucker

FallingGreenFundEquestrian youth programs, 4-H,Youth organizationsTucker

ElliottKeplerandAliceMaeDeglerSmithFundVarious youth organizationsTucker

P.J.ZickefooseFundSkiing opportunities for youthRandolph; Tucker

Ohio-WestVirginiaYouthLeadershipAssociationFundOperationsWest Virginia

ParsonsKiwanisClub/J.KentonLambertFundCommunity youth projectsTucker

UNRESTRICTED

CitizensBankofWestVirginiaFund

Directors’GeneralFund

RobertW.&SarahM.MinearFund

MountainValleyBank,NAFund

H.Dailey&BelvaShafferMartinFund

UncleSam’sBirthdayPartyFund

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GERALDBURNETT–Buckeye,WV

KAÏAKATER–Elkins,WV

It all starts with seeing something truly for the first time. That moment when we see it and start to under-stand about it, an empathy arises: an intrigue in the

opportunity.

Kaïa Kater, left, found that curiosity in Appalachian music. Kater is Canadian, born in Montréal. “I moved around a lot as a kid so most of the time music was a way to keep consistency in my life.” Grandfather Wolf Kater is a luthier and his handmade farmhouse in Québec served as place to return for family gatherings and kitchen music parties. It also introduced Kaïa to music as a shared com-munity.

“I look back on it fondly because those were some of the only times I’d be allowed to stay up past my bedtime in the early years. When I was older and started playing music, I’d stay up and pick with everyone.

“So that sort of community and family vibe has always been very close to my heart. My mom would travel to bluegrass festivals and I eventually developed a curiosity for the bluegrass banjo.”

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“Oddly enough, I started as a bluegrass player and migrated to clawhammer–mostly because there seemed to be more clawhammer players around me in Canada than bluegrass players. Luck of the draw I guess, but the old-time community also seems to me to be generally more accepting and loving of people who aren’t just old white dudes. Bluegrass has a LOT of old white dudes, as well as disdain for women, black people, lgbt people... Bluegrass is becoming a lot more inclusive. But old-time really had my heart from the start.”

Kater decided to invest herself in that music by moving to Elkins, WV to study it at Davis & Elkins college. As she dug in more to the local traditional culture, she found a supportive community happy to share their knowledge. She holds in her hands one example of that exchange: a gourd banjo crafted by Dena Jennings. The banjo began as an African instrument, ultimately journeying with slaves through the Carribean and into Appalachia. This new instrument holds in it that history, in modern form.

If there is a lot of history and shared knowledge in music, there is also a long arc of it in books. While on a fool’s errand, I was lucky to find Gerald Burnett at his Buckeye Bend Books, not far downstream from Marlinton, WV, along the Greenbrier River. Together we slayed monsters.

Used book stores are the pinnacle of the endeavor of making do with what we have and Burnett, who opened the shop when he retired, loves it. He eschews internet sales and their potential high value in favor of cataloging the books for the curious characters and intrepid souls who love the hunt. It’s like a reward for those who make the time to stop in to snoop around.

Asked what are hot sellers in the used book shop, Burnett replied, “Mushroom guides, hiking books, birding books.” Books to get to know an area and what is out there. He was also proud of a set of electricity manuals from the 1940s. Certainly not state-of-the-art, nor a quick seller, but “to the right person, these are gold.”

Look around long enough at the old bookstore and we might find what we’re looking for. Then again, we might find something that we didn’t know we were looking for.

It’s all about making the effort to see.

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Scholarships Scholarships have been a focus for TCF since the beginning. The Foundation’s first grant ever was a scholarship. Students from anywhere in the service area may apply. Most scholarships are supplemented with unrestricted funds.

HELENMELNICK–Winner of the largest scholarship in 2015

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Kelsey Kyle$2,000Harry&ElizabethBoyceScholarshipTucker

Madison Mullenax$1,500Enos,DelbertH.&ShirleyW.CarrScholarshipTucker

Samantha Holm$4,000RebeccaAnnChenowethMemorialScholarshipTucker

Steven Sponaugle$1,000ForrestG.ClarkScholarshipTucker

Baylie Helmick$1,000HerbertW.ClarksonScholarshipTucker

Catherine Chambers$1,000HerbertW.ClarksonScholarshipTucker

Katelyn Gnegy$2,000JoyceColbertVeterinaryScholarshipGarrett

Jeremy Pyles$2,000CrimsonShamrockScholarshipPreston

Summer Synder$1,500FraternalOrderofEaglesScholarshipTucker

Lauren Baker$2,200Kline,Evans,AllisonScholarshipGrant

Adrianne Bowley$1,000MargaretAnn&JamesA.GraftonTucker

Issac Coler$1,000Walter&MaryShafferHelmickScholarshipTucker

Olivia Miller$1,000W.Denzel&ErnestineA.KeeScholarshipTucker

Helen Melnick$8,500P.L.&ElizabethCookMilikintScholarshipTucker

Andrew Hauser$2,000Dr.MaryAliceKleinScholarshipTucker

Erin MacKenize$1,000MadelineR.&LesterE.MillerScholarshipTucker

Miranda Siler$1,000RobertW.Minear,Jr.MemorialScholarshipTucker

Josie Mullenax$1,200OrrFamilyScholarship

Tucker

Katalin Moore$2,000ParsonsHighSchoolAlumniScholarshipTucker

Trent Smith$1,200Doug&BettyPrebleScholarshipTucker

Sarah Davis$3,000H.MaxPriceScholarshipTucker

Wesley Knotts$1,000JillianRoberts&MatildeVillalobosMillenniumScholarshipTucker

Chastity Putlovis$1,000HaroldW.&RuthF.ShafferScholarshipTucker

Angela Bohon$2,000MichaelShahanScholarshipTucker

Katie Clevenger$1,000MarthaC.SponaugleScholarshipTucker

Emma McClelland$3,000PrestonHighSchoolAmericanLegionScholarshipPreston

Denzil Graham$1,000PrestonHighSchoolAmericanLegionScholarshipPreston

Matthew Vero$1,000PrestonHighSchoolAmericanLegionScholarshipPreston

Taylor Jennings$2,000KinghtsofPythiasBrownLodge#32ScholarshipPreston

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Adam W. Irvine$1,000JosephR.StefflScholarshipPocahontas

Emily Siler$165GaryE.WilsonScholarship Tucker

Rebecca Siler$165GaryE.WilsonScholarshipTucker

Paul Garrett$110GaryE.WilsonScholarshipTucker

George Garrett$110GaryE.WilsonScholarship Tucker

Timothy Garrett$110GaryE.WilsonScholarship Tucker

Andrew Hauser$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Katalin Moore$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Emily White$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Daniele Wilfong$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Melissa Carr$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Morgan Moss$2,000Kep&AliceSmithScholarshipTucker

Madison Martin$500TCFGeneralScholarshipGrant

Sierra Legeer$500TCFGeneralScholarshipGarrett

Aiyana Kachmarek$1,000RyanGosaScholarshipTucker

SOMMER DILLY$1,000JosephR.StefflScholarshipRandolph

WALKER BLOSSER$1,000HaroldW.&RuthF.ShafferScholarshipTucker

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GrantsWell, with over 100 Endowed Funds, the Tucker Community Foundation has been granting out awards like crazy. Grants are listed by area of interest, originating fund of each grant, recipient, location, and award value.

AREA PrestonCommunityFund

Fund for Preston ExpansionCASA of Mon & Preston CountyPreston$5,000

ARTS CarlDelSignoreFund

Movie Nights at Cottrill’s Opera HouseAlpine Heritage PreservationTucker$2,550

GarrettJames“Dutch”EastonFund

TCHS Art ProgramTCHS Art ProgramTucker$2,500

COMMUNITY BASED FUNDS WilliamM.HarmanMemorialFundDistributionsdeterminedbyParsonsCityCouncil

$70,000 ParsonsCityCemetery $245,000 ParsonsParkBoard $40,000 FiveRiversPublicLibrary $552,000 CitizensofParsons $150,000 PulpMillBottomDikeProject 5,000 SewerDepartment 25,000 WaterDepartment 45,000 PublicWorksDepartment 80,000 PoliceDepartment 12,000 Fairs&Festivals 10,000 VFDEquipmentGrant 25,000 FleetEquipmentReplacement 10,000 OrdinanceCodification 65,000 ProOnTrac 25,000 ContingencyFund 100,000 SplashPark

$907,000 GRAND TOTAL

LouiseHarmanFund

Picture Book Shelving and PrinterFive Rivers LibraryTucker$2,650

Wellness Center EquipmentCity of ParsonsTucker$2,500

SarahThompsonKaemmerlingFund

Mountain Top RadiologyCortland FoundationTucker$8,200

DONOR ADVISED George&MariwynSmithFund

Roof RepairsSt. George Academy Preservation SocietyTucker$500

Tell Me a StoryRobin McClintockTucker$500

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TerraAltaEconomicDevelopmentCorporationFund

Event CenterCentury Transportation MuseumPreston$2,000

EDUCATION MargaretKumpRobertsFund

OperationsKump Education CenterRandolph$1,400

DehariFund

TCHS Art ProgramTucker$2,250

Club ActivitiesTCHS Outdoor ClubTucker$500

Rocketry Science EducationTVEMS, 4th Grade ClassChristine Ward TeacherTucker$400

Playground SeatingTucker County SchoolsTucker$450

USArmyJROTCFund

Preston HS JROTC ProgramPreston HS JROTC ProgramPreston$1,100

EMERGENCY SERVICES Donaldson-CoreyFund

Medical SuppliesCanaan Valley Fire DepartmentTucker$700

JamesD.JordanFund(HarmanEMS)

Medical SuppliesCanaan Valley Fire DepartmentTucker$350

EMS OperationsHarman EMSRandolph$350

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

Louise&JimCooper,Jr.FamilyFund

Food Pantry and Clothes ClosetBlackwater Ministerial AssociationTucker$1,200

John,Kathleen&SharonSyrian/DonaldT.GossFund

Winter Clothing For ChildrenWarm The ChildrenTucker$300

WoodyF.NestorMemorialFund

Assistance ProgramParsons Ministerial AssociationTucker$900

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES(continued)

ThompsonFamilyFund

Food Pantry and Clothes ClosetBlackwater Ministerial AssociationTucker$1,000

PhilipWarkenFund

Food Pantry and Clothes ClosetBlackwater Ministerial AssociationTucker$2,800

PhilipWarkenFund

Health FairFoundation of Mon GeneralService Area$2,000

Public Assistance ProgramParsons Ministerial AssociationTucker$3,600

Backpack BuddiesTucker County Family Resource NetworkTucker$5,000

Emergency Assistance ProgramNorth Central WV Community ActionTucker$5,000

Helping Hand Food PantryFirst United Methodist ChurchTucker$13,000

HEALTH

BillieG.ArmstrongFund

Baby Safe Sleep ProgramCentral WV Pregnancy Care CenterTucker$1,300

CortlandAcresAssociationFund

Mountain Top RadiologyCortland Acres FoundationTucker$6,800

HISTORIC PRESERVATION LeadmineCemeteryFund

Cemetery UpkeepLeadmine Cemetery BoardTucker$500

McNeeleyCemeteryFund

Cemetery UpkeepTucker County Historical SocietyTucker$2,600

DavisCemeteryFund

Cemetery UpkeepTown of DavisTucker$3,200

UtterbackFamilyFund

Opera House UpkeepAlpine Historical PreservationTucker$300

HollyMeadows-LongFamilyCemeteryFund

Cemetery UpkeepTucker County Historical SocietyTucker$700

Mt.HebronCemeteryFund

Cemetery UpkeepMt. Hebron Cemetery GroupTucker$1,000

LIBRARIES & LITERACY PROGRAMS McClainFund

Picture Book Shelving and PrinterFive Rivers Public LibraryTucker$1,300

PioneerMemorialPublicLibraryFund

Library OperationsPioneer Memorial Public LibraryRandolph$1,500

CrimsonShamrockLiteracyFund

Each One Teach OneMonongalia County Literacy VolunteersPreston$2,500

PARKS & RECREATION Rubenstein/SchilanskyFund

Eagle Scout Project at Davis ThomasElementary Middle SchoolTucker Community FoundationTucker$500

NationalBankofDavisFund

DTEMS Ski TripMountain Laurel Learning Co-opTucker$500

TCF OPERATIONS OldRidgeRunnerFund

OperationsTucker Community FoundationService Area$700

YOUTH ElliottKepler&AliceMaeDeglerSmithFund

Eagle Scout Project at Davis ThomasElementary Middle SchoolTucker Community FoundationTucker$350

ThomasP.Patrick,DDSFund

Dining Room RepairsCamp Mahonegon Tucker$12,800

FallingGreenFund

JETS Equestrian ProgramTucker County 4-H JETSTucker$1,500

Tucker Boulder ParkTucker Community FoundationTucker$1,600

4-H Camp CostsTucker County 4-H LeadersTucker$4,000

P.J.ZickefooseFund

Ski ProgramTucker County SchoolsRandolph$600

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MINI-GRANTS

Tucker County Development AuthorityTucker$500

Tucker County 4-H Shooting ClubTucker$500

4-H ClubTucker$500

Randolph County Child Advocacy CenterRandolph$500

Davis Volunteer Fire DepartmentTucker$500

Tucker Valley Elementary Middle SchoolKim Fall’s ClassTucker$500

Pocahontas Senior Citizens CenterPocahontas$500

Vandalia HeritageTucker$500

Bike HelmetsValley Head Elementary SchoolRandolph$500

Property RepairsRandolph Sheltered WorkshopRandolph$500

GENERAL GRANTS

Financial EducationGarrett County Community Action Committee Garrett$2,000

Senior Meals & DeliveriesPocahontas County Senior Citizens Pocahontas$2,000

Cattle Wash Bay at County FairgroundsTucker County Fair AssociationTucker$2,000

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UNRESTRICTED RobertW.&SarahM.MinearFund

Memorial Day Community Art Event AdvertisingArtSpringTucker$800

MountainValleyBank,NAFund

Memorial Day Community Art Event AdvertisingArtSpringTucker$350

CitizensBankofWestVirginiaFund

Memorial Day Community Art Event AdvertisingArtSpringTucker$350

Directors’GeneralFund

Memorial Day Community Art Event AdvertisingArtSpringTucker$450

Downtown Thomas BeautificationNew Historic ThomasTucker$1,150

Classroom ReconstructionHarman School PTORandolph$2,000

Students in Need GroupGarrett Community College FoundationGarrett$1,000

H.Dailey&BelvaShafferMartinFund

Downtown Thomas BeautificationNew Historic ThomasTucker$500

InMemoriam

GLADYSREBECCAYOKUMHEITZ1922-2016

Gladys Heitz was our cover girl for the past year. I met her as a spunky 92 year-old living quite independently at Cortland Acres near Thomas, WV. Gladys grew up on a farm on Bonner Mountain in Randolph County, WV. She had lived there with her husband who she described to me as “more ornery than homemade sand.” She outlasted her husband Herman as well as both of her sons. The last of her kind and feisty at that.

Thumbs up, Gladys.

GEORGE SMITH1937-2015

George Smith was a lynchpin part of the Foundation’s foundation. Smith was born in Kingston, NY, and moved to West Virginia to attend Davis & Elkins College. “I’m a New Yorker by birth, but a West Virginian by choice.” He and his wife Mariwyn established two endowed funds for the benefit of Tucker County. Mariwyn was a TCF founding member and currently resides in Thomas.

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Anyone who is familiar with this area knows about driving on twisty roads. Even if your kids don’t get car sick, you likely know a

few tricks about how to get where you’re going, from straightening out the curves to picking the best route around Forest Fest traffic. You’ve proba-bly realized that though there may be three differ-ent ways to get from here to there they still take the same time to get there. Maybe you’ve started traveling with a chainsaw, in case of blowdowns, or a hitch chain. Everybody goes in the ditch once in a while – just depends if it’s you or them.

Personally, I take little crumpled pieces of paper with rudimentary maps on them. I like to get a sense for the terrain that I’m going through and generally to know my place in the landscape. For the trip into Pocahontas County I made this map and found that, despite its silly nature, the actual road met and exceeded my expectations.

Hillsboro: that’s right. Someone tried to make the bed there in town and shoved the wrinkles right on over to Lobelia.

Friends there told me they used to go visiting in the winter for something to do. They would hop in the car, careen down the driveway, through the creek, and then drive as far as they could through the drifts. It couldn’t have been more than two miles of hills between houses, but they parked the car wherever it stopped moving and hoofed it from there with plans to spend the night. The next day they would hike back to take the car home, such was the traffic on that road. No one else was trying to get through.

And did you know that Pocahontas County is shaped like a cat, a sitting cat? You did know that, right. Up there in Durbin area, that’s the cat’s meow. Down here Lobelia-way, that’s the cat’s tail. And the Greenbrier River is it’s spine.

It’s all learning about the area. From the falls of Hills creek to the hills of Falls creek, if that actually exists, you can’t find nothing anywhere. From the bitter cold of Snowshoe to nearly absolute zero (0° Kelvin) at the NRAO there is always something happening. Everything can be explained with physics. There has to be motion. You just gotta look. And once you do, there’s no going back. You’ll see that there is always something doing.

There is always something to find. To learn. To care about. To invest in.

Thanks for coming along.

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The twist of philanthropy CRUMPLED PIECES OF PAPER & A SITTING CAT

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Financial Report 2015 REVENUES 2014 2013

$ 882,272 Contributions 627,051 286,416 122,618 Grants 197,200 149,307 560,474 InterestandDividendIncome 36,155 510,404 170,785 InvestmentGains/(Losses) 537,137 1,844,221 53,649 OtherRevenue 77,998 36,904 $ 1,789,798 TOTAL REVENUES 1,475,541 2,827,252

2015 PROGRAMMING/DISTRIBUTION/EXPENSES 2014 2013 $ 1,332,001 Grants&Scholarships 1,192,251 1,143,707 63,978 InvestmentExpenses 54,096 51,324 203,419 Payroll&Benefits 169,431 146,194 99,913 ProfessionalServices 19,815 6,307 253,309 GeneralAdministrative 183,804 130,506 $ 1,952,620 TOTAL PROGRAMMING 1,619,397 1,478,038 DISTRIBUTION & EXPENSES

Calendar2016

August1 Grant Applications AvailableSeptember16 Grant applications DueSeptember24 Run For It 

2017

February1 Scholarship Applications AvailableApril1 Run For It Campaign BeginsApril7 Scholarship Applications Due

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

DAVIDCOOPERPresidentDONNAPATRICKVice-PresidentDAVEMORANSecretaryMARVIN“BUD”PARSONSTreasurerDANBUCHERMember-at-largeLYNDSEYNESTORMember-at-large

STAFF

ROBERTA.BURNSExecutive DirectorDIANEL.HINKLEDevelopment DirectorDAVEPARKEROffice ManagerSANDRAFRANKDevelopment Assistant

POTOMAC HIGHLANDSFOOD & FARM INITIATIVE

KIMMYCLEMENTSProject CoordinatorMarket ManagerJENOLINGERAssistant Market ManagerMATTANDERSONMarket Assistant

BOARD MEMBERS

ShannonAndersonAmyBarbDianeBeallBethClevengerJamesCooperIIIJohnCooperRachelleDavisCherylDeBerryMarkDoakNancyK.DotsonJeffKelleyMilanNyplJessicaScowcroftErikaSmith

COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERREPRESENTATIVES

AnneBrownWardwellRobertDunkerlyDebbieRitterKenSmithDaveLambertDanLehmann

The TCF Staff and Board of Directors are grateful for the gracious volunteers who help us out all year long.

CONTACT

TUCKERCOMMUNITYFOUNDATIONP.O.Box491100EducationLane-2ndFloorParsons,WV26287p304.478.2930f304.478.9966

edirector@tuckerfoundation.net

DEVELOPMENT OFFICE737WilliamAve,Suite1Davis,WV26260p304.259.5008f304.259.5100

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info@phffi.org

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HANNAHBURKS–Cranberry,WV

Students from the Marlinton Elementary School go netting in the headwaters of the Williams River, looking for a whole new world.