10 organizations receive grants from McManus Shepard Fund

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The John W. and Edna McManus Shepard Fund recently awarded eight grants totaling $46,947 to organizations serving Cambridge and Guernsey counties. The 2022 awardees are as follows:

  • Cambridge Main Street Initiative Inc. — $5,000 to hire entertainment for the Food, Art, Music and Entertainment Festival

  • Cambridge-Guernsey County Community Improvement Corporation — $5,000 to support CIC marketing efforts, including print ads, trade show and Manufacturers Council expenses, marketing material and website updates.

  • Dickens Victorian Village Of Cambridge, Inc. —$7,100 to support Historical Trolley Tours by and a new building acquisition.

  • Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council — $2,500 to support girls in Guernsey County as they gain courage, confidence, and character through the Girl Scout leadership experience.

  • Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center, Inc. — $5,000 to support enriching Guernsey County seniors' lives and achieve local cash match funding requirement for four new handicapped vehicles.

  • Hospice of Guernsey, Inc. — $5,000 to support the current bereavement program at Hospice of Guernsey, Inc. with the introduction of a weekend widow's retreat.

  • Living Word Outdoor Drama, Inc. — $5,000 to support the lighting project of the newly installed handicapped parking lot project.

  • Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio — $5,000 to support the services of the LSS food pantries in Guernsey County.

  • Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation (Salt Fork Arts & Crafts Festival) — $5,000 to provide operating funds to the Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival for entertainment and local artist tent funding.

  • United Way of Guernsey & Noble Counties — $2,347.35 to the United Way of United Way of Guernsey County.

The Shepard Fund was established in 1998 by Arthur E. Shepard in memory of his parents who were longtime residents of Cambridge. Shepard’s father, John W. Shepard, owned and operated a dry cleaning and tailoring business for 36 years before his death in 1944. His mother, the former Edna McManus, moved to Cambridge with her family when the Cambridge Glass Company opened. Her father made the first piece of glassware produced at the company.

The Shepard Fund awards grants to benefit cultural and economic programs for Cambridge and/or Guernsey County. Since its inception, the fund has awarded more than $350,000 to local organizations. In addition, an annual distribution is made to benefit the United Way of Guernsey County. An advisory committee, made up of two officers of the Guernsey County Foundation and John A. Davis, assists with grant recommendations.

Information supplied by The Columbus Foundation.

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