Ohio Living Park Vista Celebrates Dedication of Gelhaar Center and Mahoning Valley Lifelong Learning Institute
YOUNGSTOWN (Ohio Living Foundation) -- On June 9, Ohio Living Park Vista celebrated the dedication of The Gelhaar Center and the Mahoning Valley Lifelong Learning Institute it houses.
Funded by donors to the campaign for the Institute, The Gelhaar Center adds nearly 1,000 square feet of dedicated lifelong learning space to the Ohio Living Park Vista campus.
Now, with a proper facility, the Institute can serve more people with more programs. The center includes stateof-the-art technology to bring course presentations to life, as well as help those with vision or hearing difficulties to participate with ease.
The center was named for longtime Ohio Living Park Vista supporter Charlotte Gelhaar. A tireless advocate for the Mahoning Valley throughout her life, Charlotte was serving as honorary campaign chair when she passed away in 2014.
“I cannot think of a better way to recognize Charlotte for her leadership to [Ohio Living] Park Vista over the many years,” said Ohio Living Park Vista Executive Director Brian Kolenich.
“She believed in [Ohio Living] Park Vista, she believed in this project, and she believed in the collaboration between the arts, the cultural events, the historical and the educational, and the fact that this institute could bring them together in a more powerful way,” he added.
As part of the campaign, donors also supported endowment of the Institute‘s four lecture series, three of which – the Richard & Charlotte Gelhaar Lecture Series on Arts & Culture, the Ruth Kyle Lecture Series on Faith & Religious Life, and the Jack & Jaye Harris Lecture Series on History & Political Science – are named for lead donors to the project.
“These endowments are key for the sustainability of the Institute, now and into the future,” Brian stated. Moving forward, our objective is to reach $1.5 million to complete the lecture series endowment.
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