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Ethan Braunstein MD, Board Chair, Forest Highlands Foundation
We also recently paid a visit to Camp Colton, the site on Hart Prairie where all Flagstaff schoolchildren learn about their natural surroundings. After the hard hats on the
The Denise Martinez Memorial Golf Tournament was recently concluded. At first the weather didn’t cooperate, but then it did and the event concluded on a beautiful August late afternoon. Thanks to our Tournament chair, Vickie Selzer, it netted about $60000 and smashed the previous fund raising record set last year by, not coincidentally, Vickie Selzer. We’ll have the final numbers in our annual report. Congratulations to Vickie on a job well done. As always, the tournament was capably managed by Matt, Steve, Meghan and the golf staff, and we thank them also. Finally, thanks to our sponsors, volunteers, golf pros who came from all over the area, and to our members and guests who made the day such a success.
Lowell visit, we endured a teeth rattling, suspension challenging drive over a rocky, unpaved Forest Service “road” to get there. We were rewarded by spectacular scenery and wildlife near the camp. I’ve mentioned Camp Colton to you before, but this latest visit was to get
a look at their facilities that will be upgraded or replaced as part of a master plan for capital improvement. Half of the funding will be on a Flagstaff school bond issue in the November election, and the other half will be by private donation. Our annual “horse trading” even with The Arizona Community Foundation also recently took place. In this unique combination of what looks like playing poker and collaborating with ACF and other local charitable foundations at the same time, we managed to donate $281000 to 31 local human services nonprofits. This set a new record for the Forest Highlands Foundation, and coupled with anticipated grants extramural to the ACF grant cycle we will be well placed for meaningful changes in the lives of many underserved Flagstaff residents.
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While raising money on the one hand, we were looking for ways to spend it on the other. We paid a recent site visit to the Lowell Observatory, where a few of us donned hard hats and viewed the massive construction project tithe will replace the education center with state of the art audiovisual equipment and a planetarium with a glass roof so that images can be projected while actually viewing the night sky. The Lowell also has a project in collaboration with the Flagstaff Family Food Center in which children at the center will have an after school program in astronomy staffed by the Lowell. As this is the target audience in the population we serve, our grant committee will soon be recommending to our board approval to fund this project.
We’ll have more for you next month. Thanks for all you do for the Foundation and for Flagstaff.
Ethan Braunstein, MD Board Chair, Forest Highlands Foundation
The Forest Highlands Foundation will have a booth at the Labor Day Celebration. At the event a silent auction of donations including art from
local artists will be available for bidding! FEATURING : Photography by Greg Brown "Knot Art" by Chef Eddie Matney
Water Color designs by Jeanette Miller
All proceeds go to the FH Foundation
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