Springs Close Foundation creates three community boards
In an effort to make its grant making more responsive to the communities it serves, The Springs Close Foundation Board of Directors has created three new Community Boards of Directors: one each in Chester, Lancaster and York counties.
The Community Boards replace the Foundation’s Community Advisory Committees and will oversee annual grant making within each of the counties.
“Our Community Advisory Committees have been invaluable in helping our board understand the needs of the counties we serve and the nonprofit organizations that are hard at work meeting those needs,” said chairwoman Anne Springs Close. “The Foundation’s Community Advisory Committee structure allowed us to build the relationships and understanding of the community that has led to this next, very important step in our evolution.”
Community Boards of Directors will include five to seven members and will assume responsibility for annual grant making in the counties they serve.
Residents who have agreed to serve inaugural 3-year terms on the Community Boards are:
Chester County Community Board of Directors: Mitch Foster, chair, Mary Funderburk, Susan Kovas, Richard Miller and Bill Nixon.
Lancaster County Community Board of Directors: Chad Catledge, chair, Bruce Brumfield, Doug Barfield, Otis Lathan and Fred Witherspoon.
York County Community Board of Directors: Annette Chinchilla, chair, Butch Cowart, Nikki Godrey-Hill, Martha Kinard, David Macaulay, Kevin Patton and Dora Perry.
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CUNA, a national trade association for America’s 7,000 credit unions, provides lobbying, regulatory advocacy, professional development and professional services management.
▪ Piedmont Medical Center is partnering with the non-profit “Walk with a Doc” to resume its walk-and-talk events at Riverwalk along the Catawba river.
The first walk is March 12 at 8 a.m. at the Rock Hill Outdoor Center on Herrons Ferry Road. Walkers will have the chance to ask Dr. Melodie Harrison, a pediatrician at Sutton Road Pediatrics, health questions.
First-time participates will receive a free t-shirt and pedometer. Registration is encouraged but not required. To register call 803-329-1234 and choose option 2, or go to myPMC.com.
▪ Haynes Full Circle Benefits recently held a grand opening-relocation ceremony at 304 N. Main St., Lancaster. Haynes Full Circle Benefits offers individual insurance products and employer-sponsored benefit plans. Haynes Full Circle Benefits is locally owned and operated by Marty Haynes.
▪ ACTS Retirement-Life Communities Inc. of Rock Hill has appointed Steven Robison as the new executive director at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill. Prior to joining ACTS, he served as executive director at Horizon Bay – Brookdale in Louisville, Ky.
▪ The Board of Directors for the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce in 2016 are: Kristen Blanchard Chair, Nutramax Laboratories; Shaun Barnes, Chair Elect, Comporium Communications; Walter “Skip” Pawul, Past Chair, PCI Group; Marvin Starks, Vice Chair Business Development, Nibrol; Dr. Linda Blackwell, Vice Chair Community Development, Lancaster County School District; Melissa Prince, Vice Chair, Membership Development, INSP Television Network; Larry Durham, Vice Chair Public Policy, State Farm Insurance; Kim Lineberger, Treasurer, LCI Construction; Todd Wallace, Secretary, Founders Federal Credit Union.
Other members of the chamber’s board are: Beverly Adams, OceanaGold; Bruce Barre, Duracell; Dr. Michael Bonner, USC Lancaster; Dr. Adam Cooper, Carolina Chiropractic & Wellness; James Hawthorne, Lancaster County Water & Sewer District; Marty Haynes, Haynes Full Circle Benefits; Dr. Cedrick McDonald, Victory Dental; Dr. Greg Rutherford, York Technical College.
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This story was originally published March 5, 2016 at 5:19 PM with the headline "Springs Close Foundation creates three community boards."