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Does your organization have an outstanding volunteer – someone who greatly added to your group’s success in 2019? Nominations are now being accepted for The Piqua Community Foundation’s Scott and Margaret Hinsch Community Service Awards for 2020, to honor outstanding volunteers.

These awards are made annually to honor the lifetime of volunteerism exhibited by the late Scott and Margaret Hinsch. The outstanding woman volunteer of the year will be awarded the Margaret Hinsch award, and the outstanding man will receive the Scott Hinsch award. The volunteers selected will each generate a $1000 unrestricted grant from The Foundation’s Hinsch Family Fund for their sponsoring organization.

Organizations must be located in Piqua, Springcreek or Washington Townships, and the honorees will be selected based on their efforts for that single organization during 2019. For more information, or to access the nomination form, click Application and instructions 2020.

CHANGES COMING for the PIQUA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

The Foundation’s Board of Directors recently announced that Karen Wendeln will be stepping down from her position as The Foundation’s Executive Director no later than December of 2020.

Karen Wendeln

The Foundation’s executive search committee has been actively looking for its next executive director, and has now reached the point where they are not accepting additional applications. They have begun the interview and selection part of the process and hope to have the selection of their new executive director made sometime in February. An announcement to the community will be made at that time.

Erica Ernst Claypool will be staying on with The Foundation and is being promoted to Administrator of Grants and Scholarships, a role she

Erica Claypool

is excited to assume. Her responsibilities will include facilitating all Foundation scholarships and all grants from The Foundation’s unrestricted funds.

Following the selection process, the chosen candidate will have the opportunity to train with Karen and Erica for as long as necessary to be comfortable taking over the reins at the Foundation and for the Foundation board to feel comfortable with his or her expertise. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

                 2019 PRIZE WINNERS

PEOPLE’S CHOICE WINNER – Piqua Compassion Network (#33)

HIGH BID TROPHY WINNER – Miami Valley Steel (#102)

CORPORATE CHALLENGE WINNER – Miami Valley Steel (#102)

THEME PRIZE: 1st Place – Dobo’s Delights/Hallmark (#17)

2nd Place – Miami Valley Centre Mall (#1)

3rd Place – Upper Valley Career Center (#34)

CORPORATE CAKES:  1st Place – Phoenix Bats (#43)

2nd Place – Mutual Federal Savings (#58)

3rd Place – Piqua Manor/Garbry Ridge (#45)

NON-PROFIT CAKES: 1st Place – Child Care Choices (#24)

2nd Place – Piqua Compassion Network (#33)

3rd Place – Piqua Farm to Table Dinner (#52)

INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES: 1st Place – Stacy and Benny Scott (#51)

2nd Place – Beer Thinkers (#105)

YOUTH ENTRIES: 1st Place – Alexandra & Camilla Nicholas (#74)

2nd Place – Lorelai Manson (#71)

3rd Place – Lehman High School (#64)

CUPCAKE ENTRIES: 1st Place – Piqua Parents as Teachers/3 Joe’s (#2)

2nd Place – U.S. Bank (#38)

3rd Place – Ulbrich’s (#20)

JUDGES AWARDS FOR SPECIAL MERIT:

Piqua Arts Council (#5) – Piqua Chamber of Commerce (#8)

Angel Touch (#11) – Miami Valley Steel (#102)

Photos of all cakes can be found through the “Cakes for a Cause” tab above in the 2019 Cake Gallery.

CAKES FOR A CAUSE – 2019

This year’s event was a musical delight! Cakes had great tune-related themes and several even played their own music.

A big THANK YOU to all who entered or baked cakes, provided incentives, volunteered their time and energy, bid on cakes, and helped in any way!

The Foundation especially wants to thank our committee which included co-chairpersons, Emily Shawler and Marsha Koon. Also serving on the committee were Gail Staley, Susan Haas, Stephanie Gunter and Erica Ernst. Special thanks to our “Name That Tune” students from Piqua Catholic School – Carey Yant, Seth Knapke, Halley Petty, Anna Ray Scherer, and their teacher, Rachel Birman – and from Piqua Central Intermediate School – Megan Hall, Elayna Kew, Ella Snyder, Juli Robbins, Lorelai Manson, Katie Jo Beasley, Kaylie Hittle, Addie Leasure, and their teacher, David Broerman.

Photos of all cakes are available on our Facebook page, and in the 2019 Cake Gallery that is found in the Cakes for a Cause tab above.