Clark County philanthropist Ed Lynch dies at 94 | The ColumbianClark County philanthropist Ed Lynch dies at 94Businessman, his late wife among region’s biggest benefactors

He was 94 years old.

“Vancouver has lost a great friend and supporter,” said Lynch’s friend Royce Pollard, former Vancouver mayor and, like Lynch, a former recipient of the community’s First Citizen award.

“Ed and (his late wife) Dollie were models of what a committed and caring citizen should be,” said Pat Jollota, local historian and former Vancouver city councilwoman. The Lynches supported many community causes over the years, including the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, Fort Vancouver National Trust, Identity Clark County and Columbia Springs Foundation, among other others.

The Lynches were part of a generation of local residents who made fortunes in business, then spent their retirement spending their money for the betterment of the community. Ed Lynch was the kind of person who would come early to set up folding chairs before an event; Dollie used to help out frequently in the kitchen at First United Methodist Church.

“Both my mother and father were extremely proud to call Vancouver home,” said Michael Lynch.

Michael Lynch said that although he has a rough idea of how much money the Lynches gave away during their lifetimes, he didn’t want to disclose it, because they wouldn’t want to be remembered that way. In 1992, the Lynches were honored as Clark County’s First Citizens by the Community Foundation, and in 2006 were honored as Washington Generals, a statewide honor.

Survivors include four children: Louanna Eggert of Portland, Susan Lynch of Vail, Colo., Carolyn Taylor of Portland, Michael Lynch of Vancouver, eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mains said Sunday evening that a funeral will be planned and announced later.

Rob Oster of The Columbian contributed to this report.

Ed, Dollie Lynch honored for a lifetime of giving

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MADURAI: For around 500 Facebook friends, who met on Sunday at a marriage hall in Madurai, the intention was not only to have a gala time but also about philanthropy.

Measures for Justice Receives $3.1 Million From Pershing Square Foundation to Develop a New Way of Tracking Criminal Justice System Performance

NEW YORK, May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As a nationwide, bi-partisan push is underway to reform the broken criminal justice system, The Pershing Square Foundation announced today a $3.1 million grant in support of Measures for Justice (MFJ), the first non-profit organization to use ‘big data’ to track and compare the performance of county criminal justice systems across the country.

“Recent incidents nationwide in Baltimore, Ferguson, Cleveland, New York have demonstrated what can happen when no one is looking at the big picture.

“In establishing accountability through public performance measurements at the local level, we believe Measures for Justice could truly have a profound impact on accelerating reform throughout the criminal justice system,” said Paul Bernstein, CEO of The Pershing Square Foundation.

About Measures for Justice
Measures for Justice (MFJ) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to develop and implement a first-of-its kind series of performance measures to assess and compare data on the lower criminal justice system. Founded in 2011, MFJ is supported by the Pershing Square Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Echoing Green, and the Ford Foundation.

About The Pershing Square Foundation
The Pershing Square Foundation is a private family foundation, based in New York, founded in December 2006 by Karen and Bill Ackman.

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Flanked by School District Superintendent Rick Thompson, left, and middle and high school principal Fred Woods, right, IMA board president Charlie Bodenstab presents a $13,300 check to help off-set the cost of a middle school art instructor.

The art enrichment program at Friday Harbor Elementary School is alive and well, and thanks to donations by San Juan Islands Museum of Art, art at the middle school is making strides as well.

This year, in addition to support for art in the elementary school, IMA donated $13,300 toward the cost of a middle school art instructor for the 2015-16 school year.

“The San Juan Island School District is very grateful and would like to formally thank the San Juan Islands Museum of Art for their annual and highly significant donation in support of public school art,” school district Superintendent Rick Thompson said.

For the last five years IMA has administered the elementary school Art Enrichment Program that provides a variety of artistic learning opportunities for the youngest students in the district.

Local women receive ATHENA honors – New Castle News: News

McDonough was awarded the Jameson Health System Hoye Award for the creation of innovative programs or services that contribute to the health of our communication for implementation of a document imaging and forms management system.

The Diamond Girls program founders, Michele Perelman and Octavia Payne of New Castle, accepted the award.

Eight additional women were nominated and honorees recognizing their professional achievements, contributions to their communities, and their examples of leadership and mentoring of the next generation of women leaders.

The ATHENA Leadership Award honorees were Karen Anderson, inside sales representative for Wendell August Forge; April Brown, emergency services coordinator for the Prince of Peace Center; Karen Dahl, dietitian/diabetes educator for the Veterans Health Administration; and Connie Gerba, benefit department manager for Gilbertas Risk Solutions.

The ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award honorees were June Bruckner, owner/chef of the Bluegrass Kitchen Mobile Cafe; Leta Jeffers, director of the Thiel Fund at Thiel College; Andrea Paulden, outsourced risk manager for Gilbertas Risk Solutions; and Jolene Stieb, instructor for Butler County Community College.

The recently launched Neston & District Community Fund has helped ensure a Family Fun Day in West Vale Park, Little Neston, will go ahead.

A photo from the last West Vale Park Family Fun Day, which
will go ahead this year thanks to grants from Neston & District
Community Fund and Neston Town Council.

The Fund, which was set up in February, has donated 600 to match a grant of 600 from Neston Town Council to cover the total cost of 1,200. It will pay for insurance, First Aid cover, hire of a small marquee, tables and chairs, publicity, face-painting and a number of workshops including animal handling and crafts.

The fun day, which takes place in August, will allow organisers the Friends of West Vale Park to consult residents on its plans for the coming year.

Neston & District Community Fund was set up to support community and voluntary groups in Neston, Little Neston, Parkgate, Burton, Ness, Willaston and Puddington. Four businesses – Phillip Bates & Co Ltd, Clive Watkin Partnership, Rightway and G Tilby Engineering – launched the fund with a substantial initial donation.

Phil Bates, Principal at Neston accountancy firm Phillip Bates & Co, said: “We had no hesitation in providing funding for the West Vale Park Family Fun Day. Photo by Bernard Rose

“There has been a lot of interest since the Fund was set up and we expect to make a number of other donations in the coming months.”

Ian Mellor, Partner at Clive Watkin in Neston, said: “In addition to hearing from community projects looking for funding, we would also like to hear from fellow business owners and private individuals who would like to become donors to the Fund, enabling us to grow the amount of money available to local causes.”

The fund is administered by Cheshire Community Foundation, allowing it to secure additional funding from other funds operating in Cheshire.

Helen O’Donnell, Chief Executive of Cheshire Community Foundation, said: “We are delighted that the Neston & District Community Fund has made its first donation.

“It is an excellent example of local philanthropy in action and a model we believe can be rolled out across Cheshire.

“We help people who want to give back to the places in which they live and do business by connecting them to the local community and helping them invest in that community in an intelligent and impactful way.”

Since Cheshire Community Foundation was founded in 2012, more than 1.6million has been given in grants with in excess of 456,000 going to causes in Cheshire West and Chester.

Join the fund or apply for a grant

If you are interested in becoming a business or individual donor, please contact any of the four founders of the Neston & District Community Fund:

– Phil at Phillip Bates: 0151 353 0003
– Ian at Clive Watkin: 0151 336 7070
– David at Rightway: 0151 353 1500
– Guy at G Tilby Engineering: 0151 336 2339

If you would like to apply for a grant, please call Cheshire Community Foundation on 01606 330607.

GREEN BAY A class at UW-Green Bay is making a difference by teaching students how to become philanthropists, using real world dollars.

All semester long, these students learned that philanthropy means much more than just handing out big checks.

They’re enrolled in a one-of-a-kind Strategic Philanthropy class. “But, we all came together.”

Then, they sought out local groups in need.

“They requested proposals from non-profits fitting their criteria and the non-profits were wonderful,” said Lora Warner, their professor.

This week, UW-Green Bay students gave ten thousand dollars to the Family Services Transitional Living program of Brown County.

“Transitional living is an opportunity for youth that are homeless. With nearly 1,000 people homeless, Brown County has the third highest homelessness rate in the state.

Family Services says more than 100 young people in our community are on a wait list for housing opportunities.

The transitional living program director says the ten thousand dollars is an important step forward.

“This actually will provide shelter dollars to these kids so this will pay for their rent in order to live successfully in the community,” said Burnikel.

Professor Lora Warner says the grant money comes from the Learning by Giving Foundation.

“We are the only class that I know of like this in Wisconsin,” said Warner. “It’s to encourage students to become philanthropists and encourage them to be involved in the community.”

Students say being able to give such a large gift is a feeling they’ve never had.

“To actually have ten thousand dollars to actually give away is quite an amazing experience,” said Decoster.

And they hope to continue their work with non-profits even after this class is dismissed.

UWGB has the only undergraduate certificate in non-profit management in the state.

The Upper Peninsula Luge Club recently received a $1,000 grant from the Negaunee Area Community Fund, a part of the Marquette County Community Foundation. At the presentation were, front row, from left, Community Fund Secretary Jeremy Hosking and U.P. Luge Club members Matthias McDermott, Zane Farnsworth and Levi Underwood; and back row, from left, Community Fund Vice President Helen Grossman, Community Fund members Connie Lori and Marybeth Kurz, Treasurer Linda Turri, U.P. Luge Club President Laura Farnsworth, Community Fund President Jack Lenten and Community Fund member Ricky Peterson.

Grass Lake Farmers Market fundraising for new home | MLive.com Grass Lake Farmers Market vendors hope to get a pavilion on Brown Street by 2016.

GRASS LAKE, MI Farmers market vendors may soon have a place to take refuge from the beating sun and the pouring rain in Grass Lake.

The Grass Lake Community Wellness Initiative and Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation have partnered to build a pavilion in the village events park on Brown Street.

“We’re just starting out with overall sponsorships,” said Diane DeBoe, founder of the Farmers Market and member of the Grass Lake Wellness Initiative. We got $10,000 from the Grass Lake Village Downtown Development Authority.”

Matt Pegouskie, community investment manager for the Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation, said the hope is that the pavilion will increase vendors participating in farmers market.

“The pavilion will be used for other community events as well, like Music in the Park, the Traffic Jam’In, Heritage Day 5k and the Grass Lake Winter Jam’In,” Pegouskie said.

Michigan State University students designed the 80-by-40-foot pavilion with a driveway behind it, DeBoe said. Selling things like water and nachos, DeBoe said every little bit counts.

It’s important to recognize the local farmers, DeBoe said, because Grass Lake is an agricultural-centered community.