Gregory Nielsen “My most meaningful legacy will be my children and my efforts to bring people and groups together to build the fabric of our nonprofit community which cares for the sick, educates the child, thrives through the arts, and honors the veteran.” — Gregory Nielsen, CEO, Center for Nonprofit Excellence Read about what Holly Houston, Sharon Darling, Kerri Cokeley, and Phoebe Wood are doing to create impactful legacies.
“The Gheens Foundation started as a legacy gift of Mary Jo and Edwin Gheens of $28 million in 1982. Since its beginning, the Foundation has invested $112 million in our communities and continues to do so. The Gheens’ remarkable sense of selfless, generous stewardship is itself a legacy we should all seek to emulate.” — Phoebe Wood, Trustee of Gheens Foundation Read about what Holly Houston, Sharon Darling, and Kerri Cokeley are doing to create impactful legacies.
“Both professionally and personally I’ve had the great fortune of being a part of some amazing acts of philanthropy in our region. The Women’s Foundation of Southern Indiana reinvented our approach to fundraising and grant giving by launching Impact 100 SI. We just concluded our first annual event by making a $50,000 grant to support transformational change for women facing homelessness in Clark, Floyd, and Harrison Counties. This is ten times the size of our previous awards.” — Kerri Cokeley, President of the Advisory Board, Women’s Foundation of Southern Indiana Read about what Holly Houston and [...]
“What began as my volunteering as a reading tutor, grew into what is today, the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL). Since 1989, millions of lives, both children and adults, across the country have been changed as they have participated in our programming and utilized our resources to create a path to success. Any lasting legacy can be created by helping even one person in need.” — Sharon Darling, President and Founder, National Center for Families Learning Read about the legacy Holly Houston wants to leave for the community.
Holly Houston “In everything I do, I want to honor the foundation that women who came before me laid for women’s and girls’ equality and inspire those who come after me to keep showing up and doing the work and to never give up the fight. The brilliant, strong, passionate, funny, and talented women I know and love inspire me every day. Use your voices and skills to build the world you want to see.” — Holly Houston, attorney
By Megan M. Seckman Vallorie sews a Nuno piece of fabric, which she created to make her top. Nuno involves felting together merino wool and silk to produce a warm and soft fabric. Photos by Melissa Donald Like most art, Vallorie Henderson’s textiles mirror her life. She takes fragments of felted wool and silk, a traditional technique inspired by her native Kentucky roots, cuts them up into morsels of color, and pieces them together to make a masterpiece. The lines are sometimes askew, the edges are often rough, the array of colors contrast, yet [...]
