In its second year, the grant stream created in honor of former County Bar Director Art Birdsall awarded two grants during the Foundation’s Annual Meeting of the Directors and the Members.

The Birdsall Impact Grant Program seeks to assist county bar associations in the furtherance of a charitable, educational, or pro bono program, project or enhancement of an existing charitable, educational or pro bono program or project that succeeds in making an immediate impact on the way a county bar operates in service to its members, its court and its community.

The Butler County Bar Association received a grant of $300 towards the purchase Adobe Creative Suites software. The software has allowed the Bar to enhance, support and accelerate its operations and the exchange of information between its members, its courts and its community through its website and the documents it publishes.

The Franklin County Bar Association received a grant $700 to extend the reach of pro bono services to victims of domestic violence in the county’s growing Latino low income community. The grant helps support the collaborative partnership involving the Franklin County Bar, the Franklin County Legal Services, the Bar’s designated provider/coordinator of pro bono serves in Franklin County, and the Law Offices of Women In Need (WIN) Victim Services, the local provider of legal services to victims of domestic violence in Franklin County.

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