Grandma's Gifts
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Grandma’s Gifts is a charity organization that works to provide food, clothing, books, toys, glasses, school supplies, scholarships, and educational experiences to children, families, schools, businesses, and organizations in Appalachian Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.
The organization was founded in 1993 by Emily Elizabeth Douglas, at the age of eleven, of Powell, Ohio. Emily founded this organization in memory of her grandma Norma Ackison of Ironton, Ohio, who passed away in 1991 of breast cancer. Since 2002, Grandma’s Gifts has operated as a donor advise fund through the Columbus Foundation.
Grandma's Gifts is run by volunteer young adults and youth you wish to make a difference in their community. One-hundred percent of funds raised go to pay for goods, services, or books.
To date, over $2,500,000 in goods and services has been provided. Additionally, over 650,000 books have been placed into the hands of needy children, daycare’s, hospitals, and libraries and more than 10,000lbs of food have been given to families, battered women's shelters, and food pantries. 12-12-2007
[edit] References
- The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business News. Emily Douglas: A profile in community leadership
- Jill Corbett. Grad student's 'Gifts' has helped rural poor The Ohio State University, OnCampus Newspaper, October 17, 2006
- Vivian Wagner. Honoring Grandma, American Profiler June 8, 2003
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- Young Adult National Caring Award Winner: Emily Douglas. Caring Institute. [3], 1999
- Kappa Delta: Making Great Things Happen, Grandma's Gifts. ΚΔ [4], 2007
- Presidents Community Volunteer Award, Winner Profile: Emily Elizabeth Douglas. [5], 1999
