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The Otsego Endowment Foundation
make a donation
Meeting Dates - Third Tuesday of each month - HS
Conference Room -
6 pm
September - May
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Statement of Purpose
The OTSEGO ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION was established to provide enriching, educational opportunities not otherwise available due to school budget constraints. Through the OEF, individuals, families, companies, and organizations are invited to support supplemental activities that reinforce many of the lessons being taught in Otsego's classrooms. |
| "Expanding Their Horizons" is the reason the Otsego
Endowment Foundation exists for the students. Foundation grants fund
enriching educational activities not otherwise available because of school
budget constraints. The OEF, along with grants, awards Education
Assistance Awards of $500 each of four students in the district each year.
This year's awards were presented to four students who will be or are
currently attending college.
 | Allison Agoston - Attending Ohio Northern University |
| Courtney Rehbein - attending Bowling Green State University |
| Kenneth Rogers - attending Bowling Green State University |
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Since its inception in 1988, individuals, families,
and companies have donated and bequeathed money to the foundation.
Interest from this amount has totaled more than $90,000 and funds
the grants. Each year, a
Reverse Raffle/Dinner in April and a membership drive are held to raise
money. Interested parties
also can give memorial, deferred, and incremental gifts.
The Otsego Endowment Foundation is always looking for
parents, students, staff, and community members willing to donate time
and talents. Meetings
usually are held the third Tuesday of each month in the high school
library.
The Foundation uses only accrued interest on investments, which currently total
over $520,000 for grant requests, assuring funding support in perpetuity. The Code of Regulations adopted by the OEF assures proper standards and procedures for the management of the general funds.
Please consider becoming involved in your communities' schools, and having a positive impact
on the next generation who will one day be leading our nation. By investing in our youth, you will help ensure the future health and stability of
the Otsego Community.
Ways To Give
There are several ways you may choose to contribute to the OTSEGO ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION. Your
tax-deductible contribution can be made in any of the following ways:
OUTRIGHT GIFT - Cash or long-term appreciated securities.
MATCHING GIFT - Your employer may match a personal gift to a non-profit corporation. Please check with your company's personnel office to obtain an appropriate form and enclose it with your gift.
MEMORIAL GIFT - Cash or assets in memory of a deceased friend, relative or educator.
DEFERRED GIFT - Bequests, gift annuities, life insurance, charitable remainder trusts, etc.
INCREMENTAL GIFT - Gifts made in planned stages over a specific period of time. |
Donations should be made payable to the OTSEGO ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION. The foundation qualifies as a
tax-exempt organization; therefore, if you itemize your deduction, your contribution is tax deductible.
Governance
A nine-member Board of Trustees governs the OTSEGO ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION. They are completely independent from both the Otsego Board of Education and the Otsego Local School District's employees. Three trustee positions are filled each year, and interested individuals are encouraged to participate in the foundation as members/ officers. Meetings of the OEF Board of Trustees are held the third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at Otsego High School. The public is invited to attend.
Yearly Events
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE - Each February
ANNUAL REVERSE RAFFLE/DINNER - Mid-April
(Tickets available for sale from any trustee or ex-officio member beginning in February each year. Advance sales are limited to 195 with 5 sold on-site at the event. Cash prize of $5,000 to last ticket drawn.)
COMMEMORATIVE BRICK PROJECT - Granite bricks currently being sold until
project is completed.
Your Involvement
Please contact any trustee or ex-officio member of the Otsego Endowment Foundation by telephone if you require additional information or are willing to donate your time and talents.
Students, parents, faculty, staff, and community members are eligible to apply for grants. If you have a project idea that would benefit the communities' students, OEF grant forms are available at all Otsego school buildings or the Central Office.
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OEF Board
of Trustees - 2008
Tim Smith, Chairman
18650 North Street, PO Box 221
Tontogany, OH 43565
419-823-3344
Selene Bostdorff, Secretary
17651 Mitchell Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-352-8546
Barb Vollmar, Treasurer
18729 Tontogany Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-823-8802
Trustees:
Lori Carson 419-878-2766
625 Wilkshire
Waterville, OH 43566
Joe Schroeder, 419-669-2205
13179 Main Street
P.O. Box 1
Weston, OH 43569
Sue Clanton
P.O. Box 93
Weston, OH 43569
Eva Vasher
13810 River Road
Grand Rapids, OH 43522
Christiana Nietz, CPA
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| OEF
Grant History |
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Feb 2008 - Grants totaling
$7,545.81 were awarded |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| Haskins |
Kay Kuhlman |
$995 |
Learning
Links - Multi-grade, multi subject computer program - OAT prep |
| Weston |
Cindy Johnson |
$995 |
Learning
Links - Multi-grade, multi subject computer program - OAT prep |
| Weston/GRE |
Betty Arn |
$505 |
Great Grow
Along - 6th grade hands on nutrition-related sceince. |
| Weston |
Melissa
Seeger |
$2,448 |
Smart Board
- 4th grade and others |
| Jr. High |
Joe Gerwin |
$692.10 |
Document
cameras and laptop computer to work with Smartboards |
| Jr. High |
Jan Hemsoth |
$1,050 |
Civil War
Project |
| Jr High &
High School |
Multiple
Teachers |
$1,000 |
Michael
Peslikis - Jr & Sr. high school students in English, Music etc |
| October 2007 - Grants totaling
$7,407 were awarded |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OHS |
Ellen Larabee |
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Enhancement to drama
program and continue duties of Thespian Society Troupe Director |
| Weston |
Chris Heban |
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Sixth grade to attend
performance of Mystery of King Tut |
| Grand Rapids |
Selene Bostdorff |
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Purchase of SmartBoard
and projector to enhance technology in classroom |
| Grand Rapids |
Nina Ogden & Lisa Grimmer |
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Purchase of interactive
computer program to enhance student scores on Ohio Achievement Tests |
| Jr. High |
Ron Grimm & Jill Smithers |
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RSVP-Abstinence Program
brought to students in building |
| Weston |
Marcie Wahba |
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Brings Gilda Berger,
non-fiction children's author to building for Right-to-Read Week.
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February 2007 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OHS |
Rita Foos/Post Prom
Committee |
3,250.00 |
A drunk driving
simulator. |
| Weston |
Cindy Johnson |
$1,815.25 |
Everyday Math materials
for school and home. |
| Weston |
Annette Castorena |
$995.00 |
Lifetime site license
for WeatherNet Program |
| Haskins |
Kay Kuhlum and Angie Lutz |
$950.00 |
Summer reading program. |
| Haskins |
Erin Funk |
$550.00 |
15 Exploere Calculators
for use with Everyday Math Program. |
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October 2006 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OMS |
Nancy Campisi |
$2,579.55 |
Purchase of 10 Neos - a
laptop device which helps the learning disabled children. |
| OMS |
Jan Hemsoth |
$950.00 |
Interdisciplinary unit
on the Civil War. |
| OHS |
Janine Baughman |
$1,468.00 |
A commissioned musical
work to be presented in the new auditorium. |
| Weston |
Annette Castorena |
$350.00 |
AIMS science materials
to extend science curriculum. |
| OMS |
Ron Grimm |
$300.00 |
RSVP - abstinence based
program for the 7th grade |
| OMS |
Jill Smithers |
$300.00 |
RSVP - abstinence based
program for the 8th grade |
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February 2006 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OHS |
Debbie Archambo |
$3,600.00 |
Professional Speaker
Dave Rover |
| Weston |
Robin Digby |
$4,237.00 |
Indoor Rock Climbing
wall for P.E. |
| OHS |
Bob Furlon & Mike
Brewster |
$820.00 |
Partial funding of the
Science Olympiad Team |
| OMS |
Jan Hemsoth |
$1,000.00 |
Civil War Days |
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October 2005 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OMS |
Ron Grimm |
$300.00 |
RSVP Program for all 7th
grade students |
| Weston |
John Parke |
$200.00 |
6th grade business unit
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| OHS |
Ellen Larabee & Janine
Baughman |
$2,151,95 |
Purchase portable
lighting package for drama and music departments |
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February
2005 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| Weston |
Elaine Schroeder |
$774.00 |
Accelerated Reader Tests |
| OMS |
Eighth Grade Team |
$950.00 |
Civil War Unit |
| OMS |
Richard Dubler |
$645.00 |
Brum set for jazz
instruction |
| GRE |
Angela Crosby |
$350.00 |
People To People
Ambassador Trip |
| OHS |
Jennifer Baker |
$1,000.00 |
People To People
Ambassador Trip |
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October
2004 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description |
| OHS |
Dave Drewyor |
$1003.56 |
High School Leadership
Program |
| OHS |
Furlong |
$1270.00 |
Science Olympiad Team |
| WES |
Castorena |
$3211.20 |
To purchase WeatherBug
Station equipment for fourth graders to use to track and observe
weather patterns. |
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February
2004 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| OMS |
8th grade team |
$900.00 |
Interdisciplinary unit on the Civil War (140) |
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GRE |
Funk & Feehan |
$1,000.00 |
To purchase books for a guided reading approach in
the classroom (45). |
| GRE |
Grimmer |
$500.00 |
To purchase Accelerated Reader quizzes to accompany
books in the classroom/library(270) |
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OHS |
Gargus |
$350.00 |
To provide an after-school tutor for Spanish students
(20). |
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WES |
Schroeder |
$516.00 |
To purchase quizzes to accompany Accelerated Reader
books (120). |
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OHS |
McCord |
$1,250.00 |
To bring two published poets with experience in
Poetry in the schools to teach HS students (100). |
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October 2003 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
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OHS |
Drewyor |
$1,043.17 |
Continue high school leadership program to develop
student leadership skills and involvement in community activities
(30) |
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OHS |
Furlong & Brewster |
$767.50 |
Math-Science Club participates in the Science
Olympiad Tournament which is nationally sponsored and is devoted to
increasing student interest in science(30) |
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GRE |
Baus |
$283.34 |
To purchase non-fiction leveled books for the second
grade guided reading program (121) |
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OHS |
Belleville |
$200.00 |
To send two Otsego FFA members to the FFA Washington
Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.(2) |
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OMS |
Eighth Grade Team |
$276.00 |
To integrate a unit on baseball with four content
areas (137). |
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OMS |
Seventh Grade Team |
$1,236.35 |
To follow the 32nd Annual Alaskan Iditarod Race to
enhance student learning in all curriculum areas by making the
Iditarod Race a fun venue in which to teach concepts the students
will need and use throughout their lives (128) |
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WES |
Roberts |
$500.00 |
To bring "Animal Guys" to the classroom to enhance
student learning (42). |
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WES, GRE, HES |
Canterbury |
$2,757.00 |
Goal is to have a district wide K-6 Right-to-Read
Week encompassing the theme of Ohio's environment/habitats(325). |
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February 2003 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| OMS |
8th grade team |
$950.00 |
Interdisciplinary unit
on the Civil War (124) |
| WES/HES |
Helle |
$950.00 |
Provide quality art
visuals to benefit students at both schools (605) |
| GRE |
Frantz |
$2,582.00 |
Accelerated Math
Learning System to assist in the mastery of math skills for all 4th,
5th, and 6th grade students (154) |
| HES |
Kuhlman, Weaver, Lockwood |
$1,050.00 |
Leadership Camp
organized for middle school students and follow through to summer
latch key program (40) |
| HES |
Lockwood |
$500.00 |
Audio visual tools
purchased to enhance social studies curriculum (30) |
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October 2002 |
| Building |
Appplicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| GRE |
Baus/Grimmer |
$500.00 |
Accelerated
reader quizzes (all students) |
| OMS |
Campisi |
$1,195.00 |
AlphaSmarts for special
needs students ((40) |
| WES |
Roberts |
$500.00 |
Animal presentation and
supplies (122) |
| WES |
Poolos |
$467.44 |
Fourth-sixth
grade nonfiction reading |
| HES |
Bechstein |
$500.00 |
Kindergarten-third-grade
leveled books |
| WES |
Doren
and Baum |
$1,383.68 |
Language
arts materials for HOSTS (66) |
| OHS |
Drewyor |
$1,159.31 |
Leadership
program in extracurricular activities (20) |
| HES |
Kuhlman |
$400.00 |
Ohio
bicentennial presentations (school) |
| OMS |
Fitch |
$323.00 |
Reading/English
enhancement (55) |
| OMS |
7th
grade team |
$492.00 |
Seventh-grade “Local
History Day” (141) |
| OMS |
Kendall |
$1,050.00 |
Seventh-grade language
arts living-history presentations (141) |
| OHS |
Furlong |
$350.00 |
Science Olympiad (18) |
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February 2002 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| MS |
Brenda Mackey |
$499.11 |
Picture book collection
that can be used by teachers and students to enhance the subjects
taught and concepts covered in curriculum. (261) |
| MS |
Deb Kendall |
$440.45 |
Civil Rights / Black
History unit that will bring Abe Lincoln to the school, and an
Underground Railroad Quilt will be made. (135) |
| MS |
Ginger Caris |
$600.00 |
Purchase of 30 copies of
2002 Word Book Encyclopedia for lab computers. (261) |
| GRE |
Lisa Baus |
$700.00 |
One day visit to COSI On
Wheels for all students K-6. (342) |
| GRE |
Judy Schilt |
$1,530.00 |
Purchase of additional
Accelerated Reader books and quizzes. (342) |
| MS |
8th grade team |
$900.00 |
Interdisciplinary unit
on Civil War. (135) |
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October 2001 |
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October 2001 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| GRE |
Funk and Pannell |
$1,200.00 |
Accelerated reader books
and quizzes for third grade (53) |
| GRE |
Grimmer and Heyman |
$516.00 |
Accelerated reader
quizzes purchased to match titles in library (106) |
| OMS |
7th grade team |
$677.00 |
Interdisciplinary unit
on Veteran's Day (123) |
| OHS |
Furlong and Rosinski |
$2,000.00 |
Extra-curricular
activities related to math and science (75) |
| GRE |
Baus |
$818.14 |
Accelerated reader books
for second graders (46) |
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February 2001 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| GRE |
Schilt |
$1,265.00 |
Accelerated reader
books to expand school library (346) |
| HES |
Kuhlman and Young |
$395.00 |
Assmebly to promote
positive self esteem to coincide with school theme of Movin
and Groovin (262) |
| MS/HS |
Fitch and McCord |
$2,000.00 |
Published poet to
present poetic and music expertise to middle and high school
students (380) |
| MS |
Keating |
$775.00 |
Civil war
cross-curricular activity (122) |
| OHS |
McCord, et al |
$1,000.00 |
Students will create
on-line literacy magazine which will publish student work
from high school and middle school (100) |
| WES |
Digby |
$850.00 |
Motivational speaker
during Right-to-Read Week (300) |
| OHS |
King, et al |
$900.00 |
Students participate in
lock-in with workshops and motivational speakers (250) |
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October 2000 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| OHS |
Rosinski and Furlong |
$1,800.00 |
Math/Science Club to
participate in various competitions (50-100) |
| OHS |
Baughman, McCord et al |
$1,500.00 |
Cellist Stephen Elisah
and poet Nick Muska will perform and instruct students (532) |
| GRE |
Schilt |
$1,311.95 |
Accelerated reader
quizzes provided for library |
| OMS |
Campisi |
$976.00 |
AlphaSmarts and
accessories (25) |
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February 2000 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| HES |
Kuhlman |
$500.00 |
Students to attend
science production (Great Scientists Through the Ages"
(100) |
| GRE |
Frantz |
$465.50 |
Students to attend
science production (Great Scientists Through the Ages"
(48) |
| GRE |
Schilt |
$1,450.00 |
Accelerated reader
collection expanded for use of all elementary students (336) |
| GRE |
Heyman |
$161.00 |
Students will study
history of print and video media and tour a newspaper and
television station (52) |
| OMS |
8th grade team |
$675.00 |
Civil War
interdisciplinary unit to culminate in actual re-enactment day
(119) |
| OMS |
7th grade team |
$475.00 |
Students will
participate in "Local History Day" (124) |
| OHS |
Riegger and Jones |
$949.80 |
Heart monitor watch and
Cycle-OPS will be provided for students to use to increase
development of life-long healthy heart habits (40) |
| OHS |
Grant/McCord |
$1,500.00 |
Students will
participate in the Governor's Institute. (25) |
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October 1999 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| WES |
Suter and Coale |
$2,078.05 |
Students to participate
in three-day workshop including presentation by an author,
storyteller, and illustrator (331) |
| HES |
Kuhlman and Villalta |
$793.50 |
Accelerated reader
program expanded for grades K-4 (156) |
| OMS |
Hemsoth et al |
$443.0 |
Students to participate
in Local History Day (130) |
| OMS |
Whitmer |
$569.00 |
New buzzer system for
quiz bowl team participation |
| OHS |
Furlong and Rosinski |
$1,875.00 |
Students to continue
math and science enrichment (50+) |
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February 1999 |
| Building |
Applicant |
Amount |
Description (number of students
served) |
| OHS |
Genson and McCord |
$1,500.00 |
Students to attend
Governor's Summer Institutes (10) |
| GRE |
Baus |
$229.95 |
"See-Inside"
incubator to supplement kindergarten science curriculum (50) |
| GRE |
Rehbein |
$171.50 |
Students to attend Young
People's Concert at Stranahan to extend their study of symphony
orchestra (345) |
| GRE |
Grimmer |
$122.00 |
Students will visit
Providence Metropark and Ludwig's Mill to enhance Ohio history
(38) |
| OMS |
Hemsoth |
$685.00 |
"Civil War
Days" continued to enhance studies on complete civil war
story (138) |
| OMS |
Kendall et al |
$732.00 |
Students to attend
performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" at Stranahan
Theater following extensive study of Holocaust (116) |
| OHS |
Gargus |
$500.00 |
Spanish curriculum
enhanced by incorporating cultural activities with the purchase of
specific items in Mexico (12) |
| WES |
Williams, et al |
$501.90 |
Puppetry used to
increase literacy skills of students, specifically special needs
students (293) |
| GRE |
Schilt |
$988.00 |
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