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Foundation for Tri-State Community Announces Recipients of
Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund

   ASHLAND (06/12/2007) - $75,000 is being distributed to 31 tri-state charitable organizations by the Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc., Mary Witten Wiseman, the foundation’s president, announced today.
   In the eight years since the formation of the Ashland Donor Advised Fund, more than $2,526,600 has been given to improve the quality of life in the area, Wiseman said.
  “The Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund is an excellent example of how a corporation and its employees can make a difference in a community,” Wiseman said. “The donor advised fund, again this year, will support a variety of organizations across the tri-state.”
  Every recipient has important uses for the funds and has a story to tell about how it will use the money, according to Wiseman.
  “This is an important contribution to the Jesse Stuart Foundation,” according to Dr. Jim Gifford, the foundation’s chief executive officer and senior editor. “The money received will help us reprint Harry Caudill’s Night Comes to the Cumberlands. It will make a big difference to our foundation’s operations.”
  Patti Price, executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State, says the money it is receiving will support the organization’s school-based mentoring program. “Our school program puts a volunteer together with a student for one hour each week during the school year,” Price says. “The donation helps us with the costs associated with recruiting, screening, matching and training of volunteers, as well as with background checks and materials. We have a waiting list of children who want mentors, so recruiting more volunteers is very important.”
   CAReS, in Ashland, identifies, coordinates and mobilizes needed services and materials for those in emergency or crisis situations, according to Lesli Moore, its executive director. “Without this, we wouldn’t be able to fund important programs. We’re helping with rental assistance, utility assistance, emergency food needs – even household cleaners and diapers.”
   According to Ann Bryan, a member of the Catlettsburg Leadership Community Development Club and co-chair of the Catlettsburg Lock Mural Project, the grant her organization received is an important contribution to its plans to add three murals this year. “The murals on the flood wall in Catlettsburg are costly, but they have generated much positive publicity for the city and built a degree of self-esteem in our community,” said Bryan. “We’re excited to see the project continue and hope other organizations, businesses and individuals will help us with our efforts.” For more information, contact Bryan at (606) 465-7123.
  The Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund is one of many such funds at the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, which has as it primary mission to improve quality of life by raising, encouraging, administering, and distributing gifts for charitable, educational and scientific purposes.
  The foundation has its headquarters in Ashland. It serves eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, and southwestern West Virginia and is the tri-state's only community foundation. To learn more about the foundation, visit www.tristatefoundation.org.
  Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH), a diversified, global chemical company, provides quality products, services and solutions to customers in more than 100 countries. A FORTUNE 500 company, it operates through four divisions: Ashland Performance Materials, Ashland Distribution, Valvoline and Ashland Water Technologies. To learn more about Ashland, visit www.ashland.com.

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2007 Recipients of Ashland Inc. Donor Advised Fund

  • American Junior Golf Association
  • Area Charity Properties, Inc.
  • Artists in Concert
  • Ashland Alliance Foundation - Youth Leadership Program
  • Ashland Community Kitchen, Inc.
  • Ashland Main Street
  • Backstage Players
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Tri-State
  • Boyd County 4-H Council
  • Boyd County Adult Education
  • CAReS
  • Carter Olive Hill Adult Learning Center
  • City of Catlettsburg
  • Community Faith in Action
  • Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc.
       Area Education Grants
       Leadership Tri-State
  • Greenup County 4-H Council
  • Helping Hands of Greenup County
  • Highland Museum & Discovery Center
  • Hillcrest Bruce Ministries
  • Hope’s Place
  • Huntington Museum of Art
  • Jesse Stuart Foundation
  • Johnson County Rescue Squad
  • Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
  • Paramount Arts Center
  • Partners in Price
  • River Cities Harvest
  • Safe Harbor of Northeast Kentucky, Inc.
  • Saints John and Elizabeth Catholic Church
  • Shelter of Hope