PDS CARES has selected Lifeline of Ohio as the 30 Years, 30 Gifts recipient this week, nominated by a friend of PDS, Suzanne Ryan Hoyt, and PDS employee, Susi Johnson. Suzanne and Susi both support Lifeline of Ohio for their tireless effort in the promotion of organ, eye and tissue donation registration in the State…
PDS CARES 30 Years, 30 Gifts charitable gifting program has selected Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana as our lucky week 13 charitable gift recipient! Matthew Stewart, a friend of PDS Planning, Inc. serves on the Advisory Board. Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana is headquartered locally, in Columbus. Matt nominated Make-A-Wish as it is clearly near…
A friend of PDS Planning, Inc., Beth Maxwell, submitted Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry, for consideration of a donation through the PDS CARES 30 Years, 30 Gifts 2015 charitable gifting program. PDS CARES has selected LSS Food Pantry as our 12th recipient of our donation program and extend our best wishes for many years to…
PDS Clients, Tom and Peggy Dlusky, brought Lettuce Work to the attention of PDS CARES to be considered for a donation through the PDS CARES 30 Years, 30 Gifts program. Tom and Peggy’s grandson, Noah, is an adult with autism and currently employed by Lettuce Work in New Albany. Tom says “we can tell you…
Nominated by PDS Client Rob Moskowitz is The Serious Fun Children’s Network, our week 10 selection to receive the 10th donation from PDS CARES 30 for 30 program! More than two decades ago, Paul Newman had a vision: imagine if children living with serious illnesses had the chance to simply be children. To just…
Congratulations to the Aids Resource Center Ohio (“ARC Ohio”) who has been selected as the ninth recipient selected to receive a donation from the PDS CARES “30 for 30” charitable gifting program! PDS Planning clients, Wayne and Donna Rhodeback nominated ARC Ohio and had the following to say about this important organization: “HIV/AIDS is…
Once we visited the website of the organization you are going to read about, how could PDS CARES not select this program for our eighth donation, headed up by PDS Client, Paula Baur! “In 2001, seven caring women formed an organization, Scholarship Opportunity for Success, to help central Ohio women at or near the…
PDS clients, Bruce & Barb McLoughlin, nominated the Free to Smile Foundation which is the seventh charitable organization selected to receive a donation from the PDS CARES 30 for 30 program. Bruce says, “They perform dental surgeries (many cleft palates etc.) in foreign countries including Central America, Africa and Southeast Asia. 100% of the donations…
Our sixth selection to receive a contribution from PDS CARES 30 gifts for 30 years is the Logan Elm McDowell Junior High Library, nominated by PDS clients, Steve & Paula Thomerson. Paula tells us “Logan Elm has been unable over the last 20+ years to encourage its voters to pass a levy for new buildings.…
The fifth recipient of PDS CARES 30 gifts for 30 years is CATCO, who was nominated by Brian Hoyt. Coincidentally, CATCO is also celebrating its 30th year anniversary! This donation will be made to the CATCO Annual Fund. Donations to CATCO enable the organization to produce a wide variety of high-quality, professional theatre each…
PDS CARES has selected Neighborhood Services, Inc., better known as NSI, as the recipient of our fourth charitable contribution. NSI exists in the effort to alleviate poverty and provides food services and material assistance to persons in need in the Columbus community. In 2014 NSI: Provided clothing for94 families Pantry served 5,588 households Distributed…
Week 3 of the PDS Cares 30 for 30 charitable gifting has been awarded to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, nominated by Judy Skinner. Judy has been a volunteer there for many years and says “It is a blessing to volunteer at the Ronald McDonald House which is truly “the House that Love…
Congratulations to the Lupus Foundation of America, Greater Ohio Chapter, the second charity selected to receive a donation from the PDS Cares “30 for 30” charitable gifting program. PDS client, Carolyn Vander Stouw nominated this organization because Lupus has touched her family very close to home. Carolyn’s daughter has been living with Lupus for…
We are happy to announce that Habitat for Humanity has been selected as the first of 30 recipients of the PDS Cares “30 for 30” charitable gifting program! PDS Planning clients, Donna Rhodeback and Dottie Haggard both nominated Habitat for Humanity. Donna, along with her church family, is actively working with Delaware County Habitat on…
PDS Planning’s, Jamie Menges, CFP®, CPA, has been elected to the Executive Board of the Ohio Society of CPA’s. Jamie comments, “It’s an honor to be asked to serve, then to be elected by your peers. CPA’s are trusted advisors to their clients, and I owe a great deal to the industry. I’m excited for…
