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Wightman Wieber Celebration-Safety Fair & Kids Fun Festival
Saturday, May 18, 2004
Noon – 4:00 pm
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April 29, 2024 | Pantry provides help
April 29, 2024 | Funding families
April 26, 2024 | Every child loves a piggyback ride. In 2007, the Piggyback Foundation was created to serve families with children under the age of 22, to carry them tough times when a life- threatening illness strikes. Wightman-Wieber Charitable Foundation has chosen to contribute $9,000 to an Emergency Fund for Erie County, administered by the Piggyback Foundation, to help families pay their rent or mortgage, make car repairs or provide other goods and services that families cannot afford due to illness.
After a diagnosis, families are encouraged to apply to the Piggyback Foundation via the website, www.piggybackfoundation.org, or in person. Applications are reviewed each month by the Foundation’s Board. Once a family is approved, a liaison is matched with the family to determine needs. Families are typically supported for one year.
Two “When Pigs Fly” stores, 509 Main Street, Huron and another in Norwalk, do resale/retail of gently-used donated furniture, household decor and new clothing and accessories to support of the Piggyback Foundation. Profits from the shops in addition to grants, fundraisers, and donations provide the funding for the families.
March 24, 2024 | Pancake Breakfast, Sandusky Elks Lodge, 8:00 am – Noon
January 20, 2024 | Dinner Dance Fundraiser, Erie County Fairgrounds, 5:30-11:00 pm
November 9, 2023 | Board members celebrated Gene Kidwell’s long tenure as Board President
May 20, 2023 | Kidsfest and Safety Celebration at Sandusky Bay Pavilion, Noon – 4 pm
April 2, 2023 | Pancake Breakfast at Sandusky Elks, 8:00 am – Noon
November 2022 | 50/50 Raffle Tickets are being sold by our Kidsfest members for $5/each.
The raffle will benefit the Wightman/Wieber Kids Fest; drawing will be held Saturday, January 21, 2203 at the Dinner Dance Event. 1st Prize: $3,000, 2nd Prize: $1,000, 3rd Prize: $1,000
July 2022 | Wightman-Wieber Foundation Kidsfest Committe Sponsors Family Movie Night in Downtown Sandusky
December 3, 2021 | 50/50 raffle benefits Safety Fair & Kids Fun Festival
October 25, 2021 | Huron nets funds for ice rink
July 8, 2021 | Sandusky Bay Pathway promotes progress
Images from Wightman-Wieber through the years:
Thank you to the Wightman Wieber Foundation
Thank you so very much for your generous grants to support our Club Smart & Personal Care Closet programs! Your kindness makes a huge difference in the lives of the children we serve!
Thank you so much for your very generous donation to our Feed the Children Project. We appreciate your support and are very grateful to have been awarded this grant. Thank you so much!
Completed Wightman Wieber Grant Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. on March 1 and September 1 each year.
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