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The Bluffton Community Betterment Foundation, supporting community non-profits since 1972, has closed and turned its assets of $49,477.95 to the R.L. and Etta L. Triplett Memorial Foundation. 

The announcement was made by Kathy Steiner, secretary-treasurer of the Betterment Foundation and Tomm Triplett of the Triplett Memorial Foundation. The two foundations are similar, supporting Bluffton community, educational, charitable and recreational non-profit organizations.

Triplett said, “We’re very pleased that the Bluffton Community Betterment Foundation has chosen the Triplett Foundation as the recipient of its funds. We will continue to be good stewards of these funds as both foundations have worked to support similar non-profits in Bluffton.”

The Betterment Foundation has disbursed nearly $70,000 in funds since 1990. Recipients during that period include:

• Bluffton Senior Citizens Association, $37,974 
• Bluffton Family Recreation, $15,791 
• Bluffton Child Development Center, $7,444, and 
• Bluffton Weekday Religious Education, $7,057. 

These figures do not include disbursements from the first 18 years of the Foundation’s existence; those figures are unavailable.

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Mission Possible, a nonprofit with schools in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is hosting an event called the Mission Possible Coffee Trail. For $20 you can purchase a coffee trail card giving you access to a designated coffee item at 19 participating coffee shops, includig Buckeye East at 123 E. Buckeye Ave. in Ada.

Organizers explain, "The trail runs from March 15 - May 10, so you have 8 weeks to use your card, support their schools in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and experience some fantastic coffee shops along the way.

"Go to www.ourmissionispossible.org/coffee-trail/ to get your card today and help support education one cup at a time."

PARTICIPATING COFFEE SHOPS

Baker's Cafe, 408 S. Main St. Findlay

Baking Company, 510 S. Blanchard St., Findlay

Buckeye East, 123 E. Buckeye Ave., Ada 

Coffee Amici, 328 S. Main St., Findlay

Enchanted Bean, 204 S. Main St., Fostoria

Flatlands Coffee, 138 N. Main St., Bowling Green

Flying Joe, 2130 Preston Pkwy, Perrysburg

Fort Findlay Coffe & Doughnut Shoppe, 1016 Tiffin Ave., Findlay

Meeting Place on Market, 220 W. Market St., Lima

Novel Blends, 116 S. Main St., Bowling Green

Twisted Whisk Cafe, 101 S. Main St., Bluffton

Well Grounded Cafe, 114 N. Elm St., Ottawa

Way Makers, 24125 Front St., Grand Rapids

We Serve Coffee, 114 E. Sandusky St., Findlay