Huntingburg Foundation to hold community discussion on merger exploration

On Tuesday Evening, January 31, at 7 PM in the Ballroom of the Huntingburg Old Town Hall, the Board of Directors of the Huntingburg Foundation will host a community discussion with the public and its supporters.

The purpose is to share what has been learned over the past year as the Foundation moves deeper in the merger exploration with Dubois County Community Foundation. The discussion will include the challenges seen, the benefits, the vision, and the opportunities explored in the past year. Questions will be taken for consideration as they move forward in the process.

The Board of Directors of the Huntingburg Foundation looks forward to sharing and learning with its supporters. The format shall be a casual conversation designed for the public who care about the Foundation and want to learn more from the planning process—to shape ideas, share any issues not foreseen, and reinforce the strength of any Community Foundation is dependent on the goodwill of the people to utilize it for the benefit of our community today and in the future.

The Board has appointed a Leadership Task Force, which consists of Mitch Clark, Larry Fuesler, Sue Hubster, and Kurt Fuhs to explore this opportunity in greater detail on behalf of the Foundation. The task force will serve as a panel to take questions and expand on the details of why a merger is seen as an important step to increase philanthropy and create a true, assessable Community Foundation for all communities of Dubois County.