Stories: Medina County Women's Endowment Fund Stories

In 2021, OPEN-Bees received a $2,500 grant to provide professional advocacy services for exceptional children, who often find it challenging to navigate through school and extracurricular activities. As a direct result of the grant, OPEN-Bees paid the...

As spring approaches, our advisory board is eagerly anticipating the 2023 grant application season. We find it extremely rewarding to be given the opportunity to learn about the incredible nonprofit organizations within Medina County. Through their diverse...

In 2022, women have the opportunity to make a powerful impact in our community through philanthropy. We have the knowledge, resources and determination to improve the lives of women and children, and thereby our entire community.  Since 1998, when three...

Although the groundhog may have seen his shadow and we have many more weeks of winter ahead of us, the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund has been working hard on carrying out our mission this winter. To help educate the community about our work and the...

The Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund gained two new advisory board members. Join us in welcoming Sonja P. Pagniano and Victoria A. Wickley to our fund. Sonja P. Pagniano is the assistant director of annual giving for The College of Wooster. Before her...

Over the past few months, it has been hard to find joy when so much of our world has been turned upside down. Many of us are grieving loss of life and also grieving the loss of jobs, routines, social connections, and financial security. How will we remember...

By Elizabeth KereszturiPR & Education Chair, Medina County Women's Endowment Fund Each year, more than 1,000 people reach out to the Battered Women's Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties looking for a chance at a new life. Unfortunately, the problem of...

As part of our 2019 grant cycle, the Medina County Women’s Endowment Fund awarded $2,500 to Marian’s Closet to help provide new bedding for those in need. Founded in 2007, Marian’s Closet is a volunteer-run store that provides free essential items...

About this time of year, you are bound to run into a news story proclaiming the oft-cited statistic: nearly 80% of New Year’s resolutions fail by the second week in February. Are you among this 80% or are you staying focused in this first year of the...

In June, the Medina County Women's Endowment Fund gained three new advisory board members. Join us in welcoming Joyce Fuerst, Carol Godard, and Beth Kereszturi to our fund. Joyce Fuerst is a speech language pathologist at Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital. In...