Stand Up Fight Blight Campaign for 45 Oneta Street a Success!


Thursday, January, 28, 2016

The 45 Oneta Street, Stand Up Fight Blight Individual Donation Campaign was a success raising more than the $10,000 goal thanks to online, regular mail, and in person donations

from the following individuals and local businesses by: Councilman Mike Ray, Jr., Vallourec Star, Finance Fund, NYO Property Group, James and Sons Insurance, Wardrobe LLC, Former Councilman Paul Drennen, Former Councilwoman Annie Gillam, Garden District Neighborhood Association, Jerry and Barb O’Hara, Truman and Katherine Greene, Janet Yaniglos, Mary June Tartan, Marcia Haire-Ellis, Gemma Sole , Dollaine Holmes, Robert Gray, James and Julie Green, Deb Flora, Dominic Marchionda, Germaine Bennett, Angela Shehadi, Eric Barrett, Emily Schaff, Christine Silvestri, Lisa Metzinger, Jessie Tuscano, Judith Brown, Mario Pecchia, Geralyn Slipski, Roberta Reichtell, Katherine Zetts, Kathleen M Fox, Ryan Bosworth-Mancini, Mary Krupa, Alan Mallach, Karen Schubert, Corey Leon, Philip Kidd, Elsa Higby, Sara Wenger, and Ian and Krista Beniston. MANY THANKS TO ALL THE DONORS!

In addition to the individual donations, grant awards to the project have been made by Florence S Beecher Foundation, John Hynes Foundation, John Finnegan Foundation, Frank and Pearl Gelbmann Foundation, Walter and Caroline Watson Foundation, J. Ford Crandall Foundation, Fibus Family Foundation, DeBartolo Foundation and the City of Youngstown. Again many thanks to these supporters! The project will continue with additional improvements at the facility in the spring. Stay tuned.