Medina County Women's Endowment Fund to hold holiday fundraiser Nov. 5

The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation invites local residents and community leaders to save the date for its annual Festival of Trees event, which will take place Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. at Weymouth Country Club.

The Festival of Trees kicks off the holiday season with live and silent auctions of uniquely decorated trees and other décor items, as well as dinner and wine. Proceeds from the auction and ticket sales benefit the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund. The fund’s mission is to improve the lives of women and children in Medina County and to encourage philanthropy among them.

Recent grants from the fund have provided adapted toys for children with disabilities, purchased prescription vouchers for women in poverty, and supported suicide prevention programs in Medina County high schools.

Corporate and individual sponsorships range from $100 to $3,000. The $3,000 presenting sponsorship includes prominent recognition at the event and eight complimentary tickets, among other benefits.

The fund is also accepting donations of live and silent auction items, including service packages, gift items, and festively decorated trees and décor items.

For more information about becoming a sponsor or donating an auction item, call Karen Glass, Festival of Trees Committee co-chair, at 216-339-6199 or send an email to medinacountywef@gmail.com.

Tickets for the event will go on sale in September. To request your invitation, register for the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund’s e-news at www.akroncf.org/MCWEFnews.

About the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund

The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund, an affiliate of Akron Community Foundation, was established in 1998 to improve the lives of women and children in Medina County. The mission of the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund is to fund organizations and programs in Medina County that support women and children, to serve as a catalyst for needed projects, and to assist women in their growth as philanthropists. The fund encourages the advancement and full participation of women and children in the community and in society. In addition, it supports organizations and programs that create opportunities for the educational, physical, emotional, social, artistic and personal growth of women and children. Since the fund’s establishment, it has grown to nearly $350,000 and awarded more than $111,000 in grants. For more information, or to contribute to the Medina County Women’s Endowment fund, go to www.medinawomensendowment.org.

About Akron Community Foundation

Celebrating 59 years of building community philanthropy, Akron Community Foundation embraces and enhances the work of charitable people who make a permanent commitment to the good of the community. In 1955, a $1 million bequest from the estate of Edwin Shaw established the community foundation. Today, it is a philanthropic endowment of more than $185 million with a growing family of more than 480 funds established by charitable people and organizations from all walks of life. The community foundation and its funds welcome gifts of all kinds, including cash, bequests, stock, real estate, life insurance and retirement assets, just to name a few. To date, the community foundation’s funds have awarded nearly $121 million in grants to qualified nonprofit organizations. For more information about Akron Community Foundation or to learn more about creating your own charitable fund, call 330-376-8522 or visit www.akroncf.org.

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