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Community
Foundation’s
Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick
Fund
Helps Bulgarian Orphans with Medicines
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Gathered at a meeting of the Kiwanis Club of
Suburban Frederick for the check presentation from The Kiwanis
Club of Suburban Frederick Fund held by the Community
Foundation are from left to right: Community Foundation
Trustee Gordon Cooley, Nicoletta Bittinger, Kiwanis Club of
Suburban Frederick Young Children Priority One Committee Chair
Ed Crawford, speaker Julia Foye, and Bulgarian Orphanage and
Medical Relief Fund, Inc. President Bob Bittinger. Ms.
Bittinger and Ms. Foye are former Bulgarian orphans. Ms. Foye
spoke at the meeting and shared touching and personal
anecdotes regarding the abuse of orphans and their often times
lack of care, particularly medical care.
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Frederick, Maryland;
September 23, 2005; The Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick Fund, one
of over 500 funds held by The Community Foundation of Frederick
County, contributes $250 to the Bulgarian Orphanage and Medical
Relief Fund, Inc. The money will be used to provide life-saving
medicines and vitamins to orphaned children in
Bulgaria.
The Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick
established a donor-advised fund with the Community Foundation to
help improve the lives of children and senior citizens in Frederick
County and beyond. This type of fund allows the Kiwanis Club of
Suburban Frederick to recommend which charitable causes to support,
subject to the approval of the Community Foundation’s Board of
Trustees. This is the second time that The Kiwanis Club of Suburban
Frederick has recommended that a disbursement from the donor-advised
fund supports the Bulgarian Orphanage and Medical Relief Fund, Inc.
In 2004, a similar contribution was made, and this year’s gift
builds on the service club’s international charitable objectives in
support of children.
The Community Foundation of
Frederick County works with individuals, families, businesses, and
civic clubs, like the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick, to
establish funds that award scholarships, provide grants and support
charitable causes. These awards have amounted to more than $12
million since the Community Foundation’s founding in 1986. To learn
more about establishing a fund with the Community Foundation, visit
the web site or call 301.695.7660.
To donate to The Kiwanis
Club of Suburban Frederick Fund checks may be made payable to and
sent to The Community Foundation of Frederick County, 312 East
Church Street, Frederick, MD 21701. Insert “Kiwanis Club of Suburban
Frederick” in the check’s memo line. Contributions are also accepted
online using Visa or MasterCard by visiting the Community
Foundation’s web site and clicking on “Contribute” in the upper
right-hand corner. Call 301.695.7660 with questions. All check or
online donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the
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