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The Piqua Community Foundation on October 4 awarded G. William Hartzell Community Grants totaling $36,400 to 27 organizations that serve Piqua residents.

The grants were made from the charitable fund established by the late G. William “Bill” Hartzell with a bequest from his estate. This fund also awards college scholarships every spring. The grant awards are unique in the simplicity of the application process and the unrestricted nature of the funds to be spent however best serve the organization’s needs.

The New Path, Inc.

The New Path, Inc. is one of the recipients of a G. William Hartzell Community Grant this year. The award will help the organization to continue to offer its Piqua food pantry twice a week.

“We are very grateful to The Piqua Community Foundation and the G. William Hartzell Charitable Fund for their support,” said The New Path, Inc. Executive Director William Lutz. “Through this partnership, we are able to serve the Piqua community through our food pantry on Commerce Drive and ensure our friends and neighbors are taken care of.”

G. William Hartzell

Randi Pearson, a retired Hartzell Industries, Inc. employee and fund committee member, said that The New Path’s commitment to serving the Piqua community reflects Bill’s heart for Piqua.

“The Hartzell family has been supportive of the Piqua community for decades, and Bill carried on the legacy of his parents, Robert and Miriam, that dates back as far as the 1940s,” Pearson said. “By endowing a fund with The Piqua Community Foundation in his estate plans, Bill ensured that tradition continues to be carried on beyond his lifetime.”

The organizations receiving 2023 G. William Hartzell Community Grants are:

• Brukner Nature Center
• Declare Worship Community
• Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, Inc.
• 4 Paws for Ability
• Friends of Mainstreet Piqua, Inc.
• Friends of the Piqua Parks
• Friends of the Piqua Public Library
• Goodwill Easterseals Miami Valley
• Greene Street United Methodist Church Daycare & Preschool
• Health Partners Free Clinic
• Isaiah’s Place Inc.
• New Creation Counseling Center
• Ohio’s Hospice of Miami County
• Piqua Arts Council
• Piqua Compassion Network
• Piqua Fire Department
• Piqua Parents as Teachers
• Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development
• SafeHaven, Inc.
• Seeds of Hope OH
• TeKonnect, Inc.
• The New Path, Inc.
• The Salvation Army
• Transformed Life Church
• Upper Miami Valley Young Life
• We Love Birthday Parties
• Wilma’s Place

To learn more about the G. William Hartzell Charitable Fund of The Piqua Community Foundation, click here.