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Black Heritage Library & Cultural
Center
Contact: Nina Parker
Address: 817 Harmon St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.423.4954
Description: The mission of the Black
Heritage Library & Cultural Center/BSLA is to build & enhance community
awareness, understanding, and appreciation of cultural diversity. In addition,
we strive to provide a first class public library and cultural center facility
for the purpose of education, research and dialogue regarding the contributions,
history and culture of African Americans and our multicultural society.
Bluffton College
Contact: Karen Garmatter
Address: 280 W. College Street, Suite1
Bluffton, OH 45817
Phone: 419.358.3285
Email: garmatterk@bluffton.edu
Website: www.bluffton.edu
Description: Bluffton College is an
independent liberal arts college with a 100 year tradition of "educating
for life." Rooted in the Mennonite peace church tradition, Bluffton offers
students a unique combination of academic challenges, global perspectives
and service opportunities within a supportive faith community. It is pleased
to welcome the public to campus for numerous arts and culture and academic
events, and to workshops and classes.
Bluffton-Richland Public Library
Contact: Carolyn Boisvert
Address: 145 South Main St.
Bluffton, Oh 45817
Phone: 419.358.5016
Email: boisveca@oplin.lib.oh.us
Website: library.norweld.lib.oh.us/Bluffton
Description: The Bluffton-Richland
Public Library provides recreational, informational, and educational materials
and services, and facilitates access to materials and information beyond
the collection. Specific pre-school through high school programs seek to
encourage and enable a process of life-long learning.
FAMTAM
Contact: Beverly Fisher
Address: 821 Fox Run Rd.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.5657
Description: FAMTAM, "Findlay Area
Members of Toledo Art Museum", Since 1978 TAM members in the Findlay area
have been supporters of special exhibitions by attending private tours
(usually in the spring and fall). Requirements are only to maintain a constant
museum membership and a one time $10 fee to FAMTAM.
Findlay Area Youtheatre
Contact: Chab Guthrie
Address: PO Box 681
Findlay, OH 45839
Phone: 419.425.1016
Email: findlayareayoutheatre@yahoo.com
Website: www.geocities.com/findlayareayoutheatre
Description: Findlay Area Youtheatre-
"Nurturing creativity by providing opportunities to explore theatre arts."
The Findlay Area Youtheatre enables children to participate in all aspects
of theatre and performing.
Findlay Art League for the Visual
Arts
Contact: Kathy Roynon
Address: 626 E. Lincoln St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.9359
Email: findlayartleague@juno.com
Description: We are a non-profit organization
with the purpose of supporting, promoting, and advancing the knowledge
and enjoyment of art in our community. Organized in 1947, the Findlay Art
League is the oldest continuing art organization of its type in the area
and the only one dedicated to the visual arts.
Findlay City Schools
Contact: Lois Armeni
Address: 227 South West St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.425.8295
Email: fn_armeni@noacsc.org
Website: www.findlaycityschools.org
Description: The mission of the Findlay
City Schools, as a community partnership committed to educational excellence,
is to instill in all students the virtues, knowledge and skills necessary
to be lifelong learners who recognize their unique talents and use them
in pursuit of their dreams and for service to society. This is accomplished
through the cooperative efforts of involved and caring families, community
members and staff that share knowledge, facilitate discovery and inspire
vision.
Findlay-Hancock County Chamber of
Commerce
Contact: Doug Peters
Address: 123 E. Main Cross St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.3313
Email: dpeters@findlayhancockchamber.com
Website: www.findlayhancockchamber.com
Description: The Findlay-Hancock County
Chamber of Commerce is a business organization dedicated to developing
and promoting the economic and educational climate, prosperity and quality
of life in the Hancock County region. The Chamber is an organization comprised
of business, industry, commercial, retail and service-related companies
united to foster the free enterprise system. For over 100 years the Chamber
has been serving the interests and promoting the well-being of businesses
in the Findlay area.
Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
Contact: Sybil Gayler
Address: 206 Broadway
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.1712
Email: gaylersy@oplin.lib.oh.us
Website: www.findlay.lib.oh.us
Description: Committed to providing
print and nonprofit materials, facilities, services, and programs to serve
the informational, recreational, and educational needs of citizens of all
ages and backgrounds residing in cities, villages, and areas of Hancock
County.
Findlay Light Opera Company
Contact: Kathy Newell
Address: PO Box 264
Findlay, OH 45839
Phone: 419.423.0791
Email: Basque@friendlynet.com
Description: The Findlay Light Opera
Company was organized in 1987 as a non-profit, tax exempt organization.
During the first years of operation, a strong foundation of support was
established through a grant from the L. Dale Dorney Fund. Productions are
now made possible through financial support provided by individuals, small
businesses, and corporations. In 1990, the Eleanor S. Mitchell Vocal
Music Scholarship was established in honor of Mrs. Howard E. Mitchell,
a charter member of the Findlay Light Opera Company and a former president
of the organization. All funds given to the Findlay Light Opera Company
to memorialize Ellie Mitchell are used to support this scholarship. Interested
vocal students may send a letter of inquiry to the Findlay Light Opera
Company. Our mission is "to provide quality musical entertainment for the
community and the surrounding area while showcasing local talent, allowing
them the opportunity to grow and develop under professional direction,
and to enhance community awareness of musical theatre and its relationship
to different musical art forms through educational outreach and scholarship."
First Presbyterian Concert Series
Contact: Jane Van Valkenburg
Address: 2330 S. Main. St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.423.2112
Email: FPC@friendlynet.com
Website: www.FindlayFPC.org
Description: We are an active, open
community of Christians seeking to know and glorify God, nurturing all
people and sharing Christ’s love and teachings. The First Presbyterian
Concert Series was organized in 1980, upon the 150th anniversary of the
First Presbyterian Church, as a gift to the Findlay community. The series
serves as a showcase for local and regional talent, offering concerts to
the public. Supported solely by patron contributions, no admission is ever
charged. A freewill offering is received. The First Presbyterian Concert
Series offers 2-4 concerts during each program year, using the facilities
of the church at 2330 South Main St., Findlay.
Findlay Service League
Contact: FSL President
Address: PO Box 1231
Findlay, OH 45839
E-mail: President@FindlayFSL.org
Website: www.FindlayFSL.org
Description: The purpose of the Findlay
Service League is to initiate and implement service projects to meet community
needs, support local non-profit charities through volunteer service and
financial support, and offer opportunities to members to develop effective
volunteer and leadership skills.
Flag City USA Civic Concert Band
Contact: Jackie Dennen, President
Address: 1110 Fishlock Ave
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.306.6454
Email: jdennen@hcsus.jnj.com
Description: The Findlay Civic Concert
Band was formed in 1952 by conductor Ralph Shell, and has appeared each
summer since in concerts at Findlay’s Riverside Park Band Shell. First
under the direction of Shell, and later, Cliff Hite, the Findlay Civic
Concert Band is now under the direction of Jack Taylor, Director of Bands
at The University of Findlay.The band remains a volunteer organization
with its members being "compensated" only by the offer of ice cream bars
after rehearsals and performances. Professional, semi-professional, and
amateur musicians gather each summer from throughout Ohio to participate
in the band and to perform before large and appreciative audiences from
the Findlay area.
In 1991, the Findlay Civic Band was
invited to participate in the Pacific Basin Music Festival hosted by the
Sydney Opera House in Australia. The Flag City USA Civic Concert Band was
formed by Taylor as a touring ensemble related to the Findlay Civic Band,
and began a separate schedule of rehearsals, performances, and social/fundraising
events.
In its first tour in July 1992, the
Flag City Band was awarded a bronze medal for its performance in the Community
Band Division at the Pacific Basin Music Festival. In Sidney, the band
also appeared in concert with programs at the Town Hall and an "American
Style" Fourth of July concert near the bay. Additional programs were presented
in Auckland and Hamilton, New Zealand, and a final program was offered
in Honolulu, Hawaii on the return trip.
In the summer of 1996, the Flag City
Band appeared on its second international tour. Concerts were given at
venues throughout Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
The summer of 2001 marked the third
tour of the Flag City Band, with appearances in Bath, London, Stratford,
and Edinburgh. The members in the current edition of the Flag City Band
represent the Ohio cities of Arlington, Bowling Green, Bucyrus, Columbus,
Defiance, Findlay, Fostoria, Hilliard, Kenton, Lexington, Mansfield, Maumee,
Miller City, Napoleon, Pandora, Perrysburg, Tiffin, and Wapakoneta, as
well as Woodbury, Connecticut.
The Flag City Band has produced five
recordings ranging from live concert appearances to studio recordings.
All are available for purchase in cassette tape or CD format.
Fort Findlay Doll Fanciers Club
Contact: Ann Jewett
Address: 11049 Township Hwy 28
Carey, OH 43316
Phone: 419.396.7368
Description: The object of our doll
club is to create, stimulate, and maintain a local interest in all matters
pertaining to doll collection: to establish and promote educational and
philanthropic endeavors through dolls, to serve as a clearinghouse for
ideas relating to doll collecting, to stimulate an interest in the establishment
and maintenance of museums with permanent doll and toy exhibits wherever
the need of these things is found. It is our goal to have a fun group and
learn more about dolls and bears. The meetings of the Fort Findlay Doll
Club are held on the third Monday of each month @ 7:30 PM unless otherwise
specified. The meetings are held at the Stonebridge Church of God, 211
Stonebridge Dr., Route 12, Findlay.
Fort Findlay Playhouse
Contact: Bill Rayle
Address: 321 Hancock St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.423.7168
Email: brayle@hotmail.com
Description: The Fort Findlay Playhouse
is located at 300 West Sandusky Street. The Fort Findlay Playhouse is Findlay’s
own live community theatre, since 1955. The goal of the Playhouse is to
offer the community quality, affordable live theatre, using community people.
The Playhouse is open to anyone in the community interested in any aspect
of theatre. The Playhouse has membership meetings the first and fourth
Wednesday of each month. Auditions are posted in the local newspaper, listed
on the side of the building, and anyone can be placed on our mailing list
by calling 423-7168.
Fostoria Barbershop Chorus
Contact: James Disher
Address: 2627 Goldenrod Ln.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.423.7945
Email: jrdisher@bright.net
Website: www.spebsqsa.org
Description: The Fostoria Lake Plains
Barbershop Chorus was formed in 1962. It is affiliated with the international
organization "Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber
Shop Quartet Singing in America" (SPEBSQSA, Inc.) Currently there are 40
members who live in Fostoria, Tiffin, Findlay, Fremont and other nearby
communities. The chorus is directed by Fred Schmidt, retired choral director
at Oregon Clay High School. The group sings in the barbershop style for
its own enjoyment and the enjoyment of others. The group presents an annual
Barbershop Quartet show each spring at Fostoria High School. Well known
quartets appear in this show along with the Fostoria chorus. The group
also performs at county fairs, street fairs, concerts in the park, nursing
homes, service clubs and other community activities.
Friends of Findlay Hancock County
Public Library
Contact: Sheran Stump
Address: 524 Clinton Court
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.429.1826
Email: lds@bright.net
Description: Friends of the Findlay
Hancock Public Library (FOL) is a volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated
to the support of the Library and its relationship to the community. Friends
help promote the growth and development of the library. The FOL staff and
the Book Cellar and Café offer gently used books and fabulous coffee
and pastries. FOL meets 3 times per year; all meetings include an in-depth
presentation from a community organization or literature-related speaker.
You receive a free gift for joining, dues and gifts are
tax -deductible! Be a friend, please join us. Membership forms are available
at the Library.
Fee: $3 for students/seniors, $7.50
individual, $15 family, $25 contributing, $50 sustaining, $75 patron, $500+
benefactor
Hancock County Convention and Visitors
Bureau
Contact: Lu Draper
Address: 123 E. Main Cross St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.3315
Website: www.findlayhancockchamber.com
Email: ldraper@findlayhancockchamber.com
Description: Hancock County Convention
and Visitors Bureau, a division of Findlay Hancock County Chamber of Commerce,
is charged with the task of marketing the Findlay area as a place for tourism,
conventions, and meetings.
Hancock County Schools
Contact: Rick Charchol
Address: 7746 County Road 140
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.7525 ext. 223
Email: hc.charchol@noacsc.org
Website: http://www.noacsc.org/schools/default.htm#Hancock
Description: The governing Board of
Hancock County Schools ESC believes that every individual possesses the
capacity and will to learn. We recognize that every learner has different
abilities, needs and interests which affect their degree of learning and
realize that this necessitates a varied curriculum and stimulating environment.
We also believe that it is our responsibility to develop a high quality
educational service organization dedicated to providing administrative,
curricular, instructional, pupil personnel, and professional development
services to the schools of Hancock County by the most efficient and economical
means possible.
Hancock Park District
Contact: Sarah Betts
Address: 819 Park St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.425.7275
Email: hpdparks@bright.net
Website: www.hancockparks.com
Description: The purpose of the Hancock
Park District is to create, preserve, protect, and manage a system of parks
and outdoor recreational facilities. These facilities are to be held in
public ownership with a focus on local, natural, historical and cultural
resources and maintained for the enjoyment of this and future generations.
Hancock Historical Museum
Contact: Sue Tucker
Address: 422 W. Sandusky St.
Findlay, OH 4540
Phone: 419.423.4433
Description: The Hancock Historical
Museum collects, cares for, exhibits, and interprets items that will serve
to illustrate the history of Hancock County from prehistoric times to the
present with an emphasis on the gas boom period of the late 19th
century. This purpose will be carried out through the exhibition of representative
artifacts and dissemination of knowledge through publications, lectures,
educational programs and research services of the museum’s archival collection.
Hancock Recreation Department
Contact: Kenn Trout
Address: 215 East St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.424.7176
Email: ktrout@ci.findlay.oh.us
Website: www.ci.findlay.oh.us
Description: Operating under the Findlay
Parks and Recreation Board, the Recreation Department’s goal is to meet
the recreation and leisure needs of the people of Findlay and Hancock County
by providing programs with city facilities and by supporting the efforts
of volunteer organizations, other agencies, corporations,
and individuals in their efforts to provide programs and facilities.
Millstream Singers
Contact: Terry Emrick
Address: 210 Elm St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.424.3574
Email: emrick@bright.net
Description: The Millstream Singers
Men’s Chorus began in 1980 with music borrowed from Bowling Green State
University and first rehearsed in the choir room at the University of Findlay.
The Millstream Men’s Chorus is a member of the Lake Erie district of the
Associated Male Chorus of America. The chorus now enjoys an extensive library
of choral music and has an active schedule performing for various civic
functions, nursing homes, and other local events and have performed with
the Lima, Ohio Symphony Orchestra.
Ohio Music Teachers Association
Contact: Marlene Rayle
Address: 1235 Brookside Dr.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.6409
Email: marlene@juno.com
Website: www.mtna.org
Description: The Ohio Music Teachers
Association meets 4-6 times a year for study, workshops and to sponsor
recitals and a piano festival for students.
Historic Preservation Guild
DeWald Funk House, 345 East Street,
Findlay
Contact: Jan Sartore
Address: PO Box 621
Findlay, OH 45839
Phone: 419.423.8487
Email: esartore@turbosurf.et
Website: Findlay-Hancock County Public
Library, search catalog under "series" and type HISTORIC PRESERVATION GUILD
Description: The purpose of this organization
is to protect and preserve sites and structures in Hancock Country which,
because of their historical, archeological, or cultural values, form a
part of our historical heritage through: the purpose and restoration of
any sites and structures whose importance warrants such action, the compiling
of a catalogue of historic sites and structures within the county, and
the maintaining of a reference library, the advising of individuals, organizations,
businesses and public officials on the proper techniques of preservation,
the educating of the citizens of the county on their historical heritage,
and sponsoring or cooperating with activities publicizing the county’s
heritage. Meetings are held the 4th Monday @ 7PM at the DeWald Funk House,
345 East St., Findlay. The Preservation Guild sponsors a number of events
including: Historic Homes Tour in May, the Garden Party in July, Frontier
Arts and Crafts Show at Ghost Town in September, 1999’s Walking Tour of
Downtown Findlay, and lectures on varied topics throughout the year.
Fee: $10 individual, $15 couple, $30
patron, $50 supporting, $100 benefactor, $500 lifetime
Ritz Theatre
Contact: Bruce Hannam
Address: 30 S. Washington St., PO
Box 289
Tiffin, OH 44883
Phone: 419.448.8544.14
Email: bruce@ritztheatre.org
Website: www.ritztheatre.org
Description: The Ritz Theatre is a
renovated 1928 Vaudeville movie palace located on Washington St. in downtown
Tiffin, OH. Its mission is to entertain and enrich people by providing
a historic center for the creative expression, education, social interaction,
and community development. The organization communicates and promotes an
appreciation for the arts and a greater understanding of our heritage and
culture through the diversity of programs designed to benefit people within
the tri-state region of Northwestern Ohio. The Ritz Theatre annually works
to fulfill its mission by presenting a diversity of professionally performing
artists, produces community theatre, and offers a number of educational
programs for school age children, families and adults.
Riverdale Local Schools
Contact: Helen Ruhlen
Address: 20613 SR 37
Mt. Blanchard OH 45867
Phone: 419.694.2211
Email: hmruhlen@juno.com
Description: The mission of the Riverdale
Local Schools District, a tri-county, rural district with a diversified
workforce, is to help students develop critical thinking and life-long
learning skills necessary for their next step in life, through determination
and total teamwork of their district using the best resources available.
St. Michael’s School
Contact: Bonnie Shindledecker
Address: 701 Adams Street
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.422.2512 or 419.423.2738
Email: TLShindle@juno.com
Website:
http://www.findlaystmichaelschool.org/
Description: St. Michael School is
a spirit-filled community that used the Gospel Message to develop academic
excellence, prayerful leaders, personal responsibility, life-long learning,
effective Christian witness, and service to God and neighbor, both now
and in the future.
The University of Findlay Summer
Stock
Contact: Scott Hayes
Address: 1000 N. Main St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.434.4562
Email: hayes@findlay.edu
Website: www.findlay.edu
Description: The U of F Theatre Program
offers a wide range of styles from Greek Tragedy to contemporary comedy
to musicals. Open to all UF students, auditions are based on the best person
for the role, period. Each year brings a full-scale drama or comedy, a
major musical and a smaller production to complete the season.
The University of Findlay Department
of Undergraduate Language & Culture
Contact: Hiroaki (Hiro) Kawamura
Address: 1000 N. Main St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.434.4711
Email: kawamura@findlay.edu
Website: www.findlay.edu
Description: We are committed to the
promotion of multicultural education on campus as well as in the Hancock
County community. We offer courses in foreign languages, bilingual education,
and TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages). We encourage
students to take part in study abroad, cross-cultural internships as well
as hosting visiting scholars and students from other countries. We also
organize multicultural events, serve as a resource center of the community,
and provide service to the corporations and organizations in the community
on bilingual and multicultural issues. Our mission is to go beyond the
boundaries of the University campus and work toward the goal of diversification
and internationalization of our community.
UF Mazza Collection Galleria
Contact: Tamera Rooney
Address: 1000 N. Main St.
Findlay, OH 45840
Phone: 419.434.5344
Email: mazza@findlay.edu
Website: www.mazzacollection.org
Description: A collection of original
artwork by the most distinguished and honored illustrators of children’s
books. It is the largest teaching gallery in the world specializing in
such art. Its 5 galleries house over 1,100 original works of art. The mission
of the Mazza is to build an eclectic collection of the highest quality
of original artwork from children’s books emphasizing the education value.
Housed at the Virginia B. Gardener Fine Arts Pavilion.
