Friends of the Foundation

The Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc. (DCF) periodically recognizes individuals, organizations or businesses that are strong supporters of the Foundation. In 2009 four different organizations were honored as Friends of the Foundation:

2009 Friends Of The Foundation Honorees

Aurora Public Library District in the spring of 2008 decided to establish the Aurora Public Library District Fund to support the district’s operations. Library district director Mary Alice Horton was thinking of the future and how an endowment could support needs of the library district. The library district has also assisted the Foundation for many years through the use of the library display areas for a way to disseminate our messages to the community.

Dillsboro Volunteer Fire Department like many organizations in our community receives contributions from the community from time to time. In the spring of 2008, the fire department decided to utilize some of those donations to establish the Dillsboro Fire Department Fund. The endowment fund is the first established at the Foundation by a fire department.

Main Street Aurora, Inc. established the Main Street Aurora Trail Fund in 2008 to support the Dearborn Trails. Main Street Aurora saw a need to provide for future upkeep of the popular recreational trail in their community, so they established the endowment fund. Main Street Aurora also has an endowment it established several years ago to support the organization’s operations.

South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars has raised funds for and awarded thousands and thousands of dollars in scholarships over the years. Several years ago the organization established an endowment at the Foundation to support Dollars for Scholars. But the organizations leadership has not stopped with one endowment for future scholarships. Since that first endowment was created, they have worked with Dollars for Scholars donors and DCF to establish five more endowments for a total of six.

Friends of the Foundation Honorees

1997 Charles W. Lehner
1998 Lisa deHart Lehner
1999 Richard Ullrich Jr.
2000 Mark Neff, Dellas Ross
2001 John Maxwell
2002 Jim Deaton, E.G. McLaughlin
2003 Dr. Frank Frable, James Rupel
2005 Mike Kramer, Jim Helms
2006 Leaders of City of Aurora, Dearborn County & City of Lawrenceburg
2007 Argosy Casino & Hotel (now Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg), Pi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Kappa, Inc. of    Lawrenceburg, the Rupel Family and Hidden Valley Golf Club
2009 Aurora Public Library District, Dillsboro Volunteer Fire Department, Main Street Aurora, Inc., South Dearborn Dollars for Scholars