Trauma Responsive Frederick Website Launched
After months of planning, Trauma Responsive Frederick (TRF) Community Education and Awareness Committee unveiled a new website. This effort began in April of 2020 as a response to slow the sluggish governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and its behavioral...
Nonprofit Cybersecurity Seminar
In July, On Mission IT presented a seminar about cybersecurity and its importance for the nonprofit community. Nonprofits need security from online hackers and protection for their data, be that financial, donor, client, or employee information. Breaches are costly...
Exploring Youth Center for Frederick
We have had so many wonderful community partners lending their voice along the way and look forward to the opportunity to share the findings and recommendations of the study. There will be two options to hear the same presentation, (one in person and one virtually)....
Children’s Chorus Concert
Recently, the Frederick Children’s Chorus held its Socially Distanced Outdoor Concert. The concert was directed by Judith DuBose and featured the talents of 38 children of all ages. The Ausherman Family Foundation was pleased to support the Chorus with a $5,000...
Denise Rollins, PhD, Joins Board of Trustees
Denise Rollins, PhD, Ausherman Family Foundation Board of Trustee MemberDr. Denise Rollins wears multiple hats: business partner in the Gary L. Rollins Funeral Home; executive director of the nonprofit Whole Heart Grief & Life Resource Center; diversity, equity...
Now Hiring – Note Taker for Community Forums
Stillwork Consulting Group LLC has been hired by the Ausherman Family Foundation to conduct a study on transportation access in Frederick County, Maryland. We are seeking someone to take notes at six to eight community forums which will be held this Fall. Half will be...
115/117 E. Church St. Drive Aisle Expansion Underway
The Ausherman Family Foundation purchased 115 and 117 E. Church Street a few years back with the goal to renovate the buildings for charitable purposes. The Foundation has since renovated both buildings, partnering with two great organizations here in Frederick to...
Frederick’s Ambassador Program
Downtown Frederick Partnership was awarded a grant for the next two years to help catalyze a new Ambassador Program with the City of Frederick. The Foundation awarded a grant of $80,000 to be distributed over two years. This Program was one of the recommendations that...
Barbara Fritchie Mural
“Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country’s flag, she said.” The Barbara Fritchie Mural was completed on July 2, 2021, to celebrate one patriotic, Frederick icon. This mural, added nearly one hundred years after the reconstruction of her home in...
Theater Row Collaborative
In the heart of Downtown, three local theaters are joining forces to help bring back a thriving arts district together and are doing so with an eye on collaboration. The goal of this endeavor is to increase patronage through participation of all performing arts...
Feeding Frederick Launches in Frederick County
Feeding Frederick Launches in Frederick County Courtesy of Frederick County Government and The Community Foundation of Frederick. Feeding Frederick, a resource and awareness campaign committed to combating food insecurity throughout Frederick County, officially...
Rainbow of Love Recovery Receives Funding
Rainbow of Love Participants & Families Rainbow of Love was awarded a $20,000 General Grant to support costs of transitional housing for women who are entering the next stage in recovery after leaving the protection of a rehabilitation facility. Transitional...