Posted: Monday, 10 September 2012 5:36AM

Local Charities Receive Rosenberry Foundation Gifts



The Rosenberry Foundation has awarded grants to more than a dozen local charities totaling $215,818.00.   
 
Organizations receiving grants use the money to buy equipment and for capital improvements. 
 
Janet Gore, Director of Journey’s End Ministries, says they plan to use their $29,000 grant to construct a 60 by 19 foot addition to their existing building on South River Street in Newcomerstown.
 
 
Gore says some of the money also will be used to pay for a used forklift.   
 
 
Gore says she’s grateful for grants such as this one and other much appreciated donations. 
 
 
The Harold C. and Marjorie Q. Rosenberry Tuscarawas County Foundation distributes grants semi-annually to charities selected by the Trust’s Selection Committee. 
 


The following organizations received Rosenberry grants:
 
Newcomerstown Emergency Rescue   
$  6,240.00     
To purchase a fire gear washer
                                                                                                                               
Buckeye Career Center                       
$ 18,502.50    
Toward purchase CAT Hydraulic Excavator Simulator to teach operation & safety for students
 
Tuscarawas County YMCA                
$ 10,000.00    
Purchase & installation of a new telephone system
 
Claymont, Dover, Indian Valley           
$ 10,000.00    
To each school for Project Lead the Way        

Friends of Tuscarawas County          
$ 10,000.00    
Toward local match for the Tusc/Stark Parks Aqueduct Project connecting the Towpath Trail at Bolivar
 
Journey’s End Ministries                      
$ 29,000.00    
Construct 60x19 addition & purchase a used Forklift
 
Kent State University at Tuscarawas    
$ 23,995.00    
Purchase digital radiology equipment for Veterinary Technology Program
 
Tuscarawas County JFS                      
$ 10,000.00    
Partial funding for playground equipment
 
City of Uhrichsville                               
$ 10,999.59    
Purchase & installation of a new telephone system 
 
United Way of Tuscarawas County      
$ 10,288.91    
Toward repair & repave of parking lots
 
Personal & Family Counseling  
$  24,292.00    Upgrading computer work stations & servers for transition to Electronic Health Records (EHR)
 
Trinity Hospital Twin City                    
$  9,100.00     
To fund half the purchase cost for a new Complete Video Microscope

                                                                                     
TheHAROLD C. AND MARJORIE Q. ROSENBERRY, TUSCARAWAS COUNTY FOUNDATION” has distributed $5,642,871.15 since the Foundation began in 1994. 
 
Deadline for applications for the next distribution is December 31, 2012. Applications may be obtained by calling Larry Gibbs at 330-260-3948 or e-mail to rosenberry@wilkshire.net


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