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WCF Announces 2011 Board of Directors and Advisors
(Dec. 13, 2010) Wamego, KS —The Wamego Community Foundation is pleased to announce the following Officers, Directors and Community Ambassadors for 2011:
Officers
President, Doug Springer; Kaw Valley State Bank and Trust
Vice President, Matt Bulk; First National Bank of Wamego
Treasurer, Jon Pachta; Wamego Vet Clinic
Directors
Eric Artzer; AMI Plumbing, Heating and Cooling
Norm Huse; H.Y. Painting
Steve Land; Heartland Physical Therapy
David Nelson; Edward Jones
Becky Riniker
Mary Kaye Siebert; USD 320
Lisa Ward;* Gilliland and Hayes, P.A.
Community Ambassadors
Bob Cole; Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corp.
Rosemary Crilly
Lisa Diederich; Ebert Construction
Bill Ditto
Jaque Eichman
Pam Fulmer; PRN Home Health & Hospice
Donna Johnson; Bennington State Bank
Andrea Metcalf; The Key Element
Pat Nelson; Kaw Valley State Bank and Trust
Margaret Peterson
Michael Rice; Wamego Telecommunications Co.
Rachelle Routh
Susan Symons; Kansas Dept. of Commerce Workforce Services
Adam Tyner; Tyner Insurance Group
Alberta Uhlrich
*Newly elected member for 2011.
“The addition of Lisa Ward to the Foundation’s Board ensures the organization will continue to benefit from a diversity of knowledge and expertise,” said René Eichem, executive director. “Lisa is an attorney who specializes in estate planning, so she brings a wealth of knowledge to our board.”
“I am also thrilled that Lisa Diederich and Pam Fulmer, whose terms expire the end of this year, chose to remain as Community Ambassadors. Their enthusiasm for and commitment to the mission of the Foundation is inspiring, and we are fortunate that they—and the rest of our ambassadors—will remain involved.”
The Wamego Community Foundation was established in 1998 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Since its inception, the Foundation has received approximately $1.3 million in gifts and donations and has distributed more than $600,000 back into the community, including to the river access boat ramp, scholarships, 4th of July Fireworks, the Wam-Sag-Man recreation trail, and the Wamego City Park Train Enhancement Project, just to name a few. For more information about the Wamego Community Foundation, please visit www.thewcf.org.
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For more information, please contact:
René Eichem, executive director
Wamego Community Foundation
1004 Lincoln Ave. | P.O. Box 25
Wamego, KS 66547
P: 785-456-8444 | F: 785-456-8443
wcf@wamego.net | http://www.thewcf.org
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