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YOU DID IT!
In March, the Community Foundation of Dickinson County hosted its sixthannual Donate Day. Thanks to you, the Eisenhower Foundation raised $17,172! This secured a $10,000 match by the Community Foundation and a loyal Kansas donor, for a total of $27,172! All money raised will be added to the Eisenhower Foundation’s endowment fund. Thank you for your continued support of our mission to honor Ike’s legacy and share it with future generations.
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D-Day Commemoration…… 2 Veteran Panel …………..….. 3 IKEducation …………..…….. 3 Meredith’s Memo …..……… 3
APRIL 2024
Presidents Day Match Met! Thanks to you — our loyal donors — the Eisenhower Foundation will be adding an original Dwight D. Eisenhower painting to our collection. In honor of the 70th anniversary of Ike’s rst term in of ce, the Eisenhower Foundation was issued a unique matching gift challenge. If the Foundation raised $20,000 for the 70th Anniversary Presidential Program Series by April 5, 2024, the Estate of Harry and Edith Darby would donate a priceless painting by Eisenhower to the organization. The painting was a Darby family heirloom that was given to David Alford, grandson of Senator Harry Darby, who was a close friend of Eisenhower’s. The painting hung prominently in the Darby house, despite Ike’s personal note reading, “I advise strongly that you do not put it in a prominent place in your house. The deeper the shadow the better it will show up.” Thank you again for your support, and we would also like to give a special thank you to David and his wife Sarah for making this matching opportunity possible.