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New! Community Service Opportunity

Scholarship recipients- looking for an idea to fulfill your community service requirement?  Call the Holmes County Rails to Trails office at (330) 674-0475 to help at the Great Ohio Bike Adventure (GOBA) on June 20th!

New! Education Foundation Awards Library Funds for

Grant Searching Database

The Holmes County Education Foundation (HCEF) recently provided the Holmes County District Public Library with a $1,785 grant to purchase the Premium edition of the Foundation Directory Online Database subscription.  This edition will allow individuals to search and review:

• Profiles of the top 20,000 U.S. foundations by total giving;
• Descriptions of more than 1.2 million recent grants;
• Information regarding more than 120,000 trustees, officers and donors;
• Using 23 search fields, plus keyword searches; and
• Daily philanthropy news and Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

Information can include a foundation’s contact information, its purpose and activities, program areas, geographic focus, application information, deadlines, financial data, and selected grants.  This subscription will only be available at the Holmes County library’s Main, Killbuck and Walnut Creek branches.

HCEF Trustee James McGuire commented on the subscription, stating that the Foundation’s alternative funding should be designed to support the overall nonprofit community in the county…  “This [database],” he continued, “could well be a resource used by students, adults and parents for funding sources.”

Darla Stitzlein, Executive Director of the Holmes County Education Foundation, stated, “It is our hope that local nonprofits and individuals seeking funding for a variety of reasons will utilize this resource.  The three subscriptions are located strategically across the county to make availability easier for our residents.”

The Holmes County Education Foundation has been encouraging further education for Holmes County residents by awarding more than $4 million in scholarships and grants since 1991.  For more information, view the Foundation’s website at www.hcef.net.

Did you know that you can support the Holmes County Education Foundation, just by searching the internet?

Now, the Foundation can earn a penny every time you search the internet. GoodSearch is a new search engine that donates half of its revenue- about one penny per search- to the charities its users designate.  You use the Goodsearch Toolbar just as you would any search engine like Google, and it's powered by Yahoo!

How can I get the GoodSearch toolbar?

Go to www.goodsearch.com and under the section marked "Who do you GoodSearch for?" Type "Holmes County Education Foundation" and hit the enter key on your keyboard or click "verify".  Then, click on the section marked "Get the GoodSearch plug-in or toolbar," follow the directions, and start searching for good!