NEW PROJECT FUND - RTR Baseball Field in Ruthton

It is my pleasure to inform the Tyler Area Community that a new project fund has been opened to raise dollars for the RTR Baseball Field Project in Ruthton.  The project will allow the field to meet the MN State High School requirements for baseball fields.

The project was an idea of parents of the baseball players and has been supported by the RTR School Board.  The school has committed $36,000 for the project and the RTR Baseball Committee has indicated the desire to continue fundraising to make additional updates to the field.  The committee joined us for our foundation meeting in August and indicated that they have identified an additional $50,000 in equipment and project needs to finish the project.

The additional projects included part of the new scoreboard, additional ag lime for the field, grass seed and fertilizer, fencing for bullpens, expansion of the existing dugouts, maintenance equipment, a line marking machine and template for the batter's box, additional lighting, new sound system, larger concession stand, new bathrooms and a crow's nest for local media.  As you can see, there is still a lot of needs to make this a great baseball field.

If you would like to donate to the project, please mail your check to: TACF, PO Box 239, Tyler, MN 56178 and include a note that the donation is for the RTR Baseball Field Project.  The check can be made out to TACF and we will make sure that the donation is put in the project fund.  As always, all donations will receive a letter from our partners at the Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) indicating that you made a tax deductible donation for this project.

Volunteers Needed for Jr. Achievement Program

Just received this request from Jr. Achievement of Lincoln County

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Junior Achievement needs volunteers in the RTR community to help out in Ruthton for all grades. The Junior Achievement Program is offered to all children ages Kindergarten through 6th grade. Volunteers will implement five 45-minute lessons with different educational packets to be presented to the school children. All of the lesson plans are already designed and put together for each particular grade. Volunteers and teachers collectively schedule times and dates for each session and all five lessons are to be completed before the end of the school year.

This program has been ongoing in all Lincoln County Schools for five years, is such a benefit for the children and is so rewarding for volunteers! Will you help? 

Please contact Jessica Sheik by calling (320)-220-2087 or by email at jessicasheik@yahoo.com

Give to the Max Day - November 13th

Give to the Max Day is Thursday!

 

Avoid the virtual lines on Give to the Max Day!  Schedule your gift today at https://givemn.org/    The page for the Tyler Area Community Foundation is: https://givemn.org/project/Tyler-Area-Community-Foundation-Endowment-Fund   Make a donation to your favorite cause on November 13 and be part of Minnesota's annual day of giving! For those that like to plan ahead, you can schedule your gift in advance today. All scheduled gifts will transact on November 13 and be eligible for GiveMN Leaderboards and Golden Tickets. Please remember the Tyler Area Community Foundation when making your gift.  GiveMN will bring back Golden Ticket prize incentives thanks to the generosity of the Bush Foundation.    Here's how it works: Every hour throughout Give to the Max Day 2014, GIVEMN will randomly draw one donation made on GiveMN.org to a nonprofit and one donation to a school. That nonprofit and school will receive a Golden Ticket prize grant incentive of $2,000 each. They will do a total of 48 drawings over 24 hours (two per hour). At the end of Give to the Max Day, they will do a final random drawing for the Super-Sized Golden Ticket. One nonprofit and one school will receive a Super-Sized Golden Ticket prize grant incentive of $20,000 each. Spread the word!  Our organization has a chance to turn a $10 donation into $2,000 - or even $20,000!

Give to the Max Day is November 13th

Good Afternoon!  It has been awhile, so I wanted to make sure everyone knew that the Tyler Area Community Foundation was still alive and looking for donations to grow our endowment fund.  The Foundation's Endowment fund allows us to grant out dollars to area projects each year. The foundation has been able to grant out over $7,000 over the last four years and we would like to grant out even more dollars in the future by growing the fund.  Some of the previous grants have been used to help offset the costs of new choir robes for the high school, Jr. Achievement in Lincoln County, Grain Rescue Tubes, the Tyler Food Shelf, Aebleskiver Days and many more. 


You can help us grow that amount by donating on Minnesota's Give to the Max Day which will be held on November 13, 2014.  If you want to donate online that day or any day, please visit:  https://givemn.org/project/Tyler-Area-Community-Foundation-Endowment-Fund and make your donation.


Thank you and stayed tuned to see how much is raised for the Tyler Area Community Foundation.

Waffle Feed Fundraiser - Swimming Pool Project

Just a short reminder of the Waffle Feed Fundraiser that will be held this Sunday, November 24th at the Tyler Legion Hall from 9am to Noon.  The Swimming Pool Group is looking to raise additional dollars to improve the Tyler Swimming Pool.  Please come out and enjoy a waffle breakfast from Dad's Waffles and support the Tyler Swimming Pool.

Have a great day!

Tyler Food Shelf - OPEN HOUSE

The Tyler Food Shelf will be having an Open House at their new location this Sunday, November 17th from 11am to 1pm.  The new location is located behind Tyler City Hall and the remodeling job turned out great.  The Tyler Area Community Foundation was able to help with some of the costs of the remodeling project by recently awarding the Food Shelf with a $1,000 Endowment Grant.  There is still some work to do get all of the costs paid for with the remodeling, so additional monetary donations will be accepted at the Open House.  Food Donations will also be accepted at the Open House.

Stay tuned for next week's post to learn more about the Waffle Feed Fundraiser that will be held Sunday, November 24th at the Tyler Legion Hall from 9am to Noon.  The Swimming Pool Group is looking to raise additional dollars to improve the Tyler Swimming Pool.

Tyler Food Shelf and Pool Projects

It's been awhile since I posted an update, so here goes. 

Last night at the foundation board meeting, we heard updates on two on-going projects. 

The Tyler Swimming Pool project was up first and we heard about how well the slide was received by the kids this year.  Kristie Johnson informed the board that they will be looking at updating the chairs and tables around the main pool and that the pool group would also be looking at holding another fundraising breakfast the weekend before Thanksgiving to raise dollars for the kiddie pool area.

Joan Jagt then updated the group on the Tyler Food Shelf project.  She mentioned that demolition would start soon and the remodeling would begin soon after.  The food shelf board is expecting the need to raise $10,000 to complete the project.  The are also planning to have a fundraiser, so please stay tuned and we will get that information out as soon as we have it.

If you would like to donate to the Food Shelf project, Swimming Pool project or to our endowment fund, you can make your check out to TACF and mail it to PO Box 239, Tyler, MN  56178.  Remember to write which project you want to donate to on the check and we will make sure it gets put into that account.

Also, stay tuned to the blog and to the newspaper as we start to look for community projects that would be eligible to receive endowment fund grant dollars this year.  We will also be looking for new board members in the next couple of months, so please let us know if you are interested in joining us.   To learn more about the foundation, you can visit with our current board members.  Current board members include:  April Thomas, Glen Petersen, Gary Manson, Joyce Dass, Robert Wolfington, Sandy Enemark, Kristie Johnson, Joan Jagt and Tim O'Leary