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The Adams County Community Foundation recently awarded a grant to the Union Township Lions Club for playground equipment at Union Township Park. The Club updated the old playground equipment, which had become a safety hazard. The new, larger equipment has a tower, several swings, two slides, a tic tac toe panel and a telescope. To help ensure safety for people using the playground equipment, the ground beneath the play area was padded with wooden mulch to provide a safe, shock-absorbing base for the play area.
Scott Marbach, Union Township Lions Club, grant writer, expressed his appreciation to the ACCF for this support.
Ken Ketzler, ACCF Board member and grants committee member, noted that the ACCF is pleased to support the Lions Club efforts to provide safe equipment for the children to exercise and play.
This ACCF grant was made possible through the John and Kay Boch Fund. John Boch was the Decatur postmaster and Kay Boch was the owner of the popular ‘Kiddie Shop’ on Second Street in Decatur. Though deceased, they are leaders in the philanthropic giving in Adams County. Establishing a supporting organization in the ACCF in 1996, this fund has provided stability to the Foundation. Growing the fund to over $5,000,000, nephew Robert Boch was very dutiful as he managed the investment and the distribution of the grants and scholarships.
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