DON GENTRY introduced the 9 members who celebrate another year in March and announced that so far $621 has been contributed to our foundations. We celebrated by singing Happy Birthday.

VICKI BURCH, with help from BRYAN METZGER, introduced Floyd Garrott, who lives with his wife, Pat, at 2120 North Salisbury, West Lafayette, IN 47906, phone 463-6080. He is Chairman and CFO of The Farmers State Bank, 309 S. Prairie Street, Brookston, IN 47923, phone 563-3135, e-mail: fgarrott@fsbbrookston.com.

DICK RAHDERT introduced GREG KAPP, CEO of The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette. GREG began by giving us the mission statement and history of the organization. The community foundation movement began in Cleveland in 1914 because there were several trusts dedicated to caring for the fire department's horses. When fire wagons were mechanized and horses were no longer necessary, the legal work to alter the trusts prompted a new idea. In l970 The Community Foundation was organized in our communities. They have disbursed an average of three quarters of a million Dollars in grants each year. Since 1988 the growth rate has hovered around 8%. GREG described the three corners of the triangle, which makes up the organization: asset development, community leadership and grant making.

JAN GRIFFIN KOEHLER, standing in for an ailing BARB REIF, introduced Kaitlin Hainje and Eliot Zak from Central Catholic High School. Each received a certificate and a travel mug with the 4-Way Test to commemorate meeting with us today.

Money Collector: GARY SUISMAN; Greeter: JERRY MC CARTHY; Invocation: DON GUSTAFSON; Piano: HARLEY FREY; Song Leader: MAURI WILLIAMSON; Help with attendance and facilitating a smooth meeting: VICKI BURCH and JERRY MC CARTHY; Help with Ripples: BILL FULLER.

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CRAIG IRVINE forwarded this report on the Haiti earthquake featuring Andrea Shiffman, daughter of local residents. View it here.

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