April, 2009

To Members of the Monroe Community:                                                                     

SUBJECT:  Monroe Cookbook

WE NEED YOUR RECIPES.  The Monroe Area Community Foundation (MACF) is compiling a community cookbook so everyone will  have the fun of making and tasting each other's recipes. 

This project will also help us continue our mission of enhancing the welfare of individuals and groups in the Monroe area.  The MACF does this through invested donations, which it then uses to make charitable and civic contributions.  Previously granted monies have gone to Monroe Lending Library, Monroe Local Schools Saturday Safari programs, Mount Pleasant Retirement Village carillon, Monroe Fire Department thermal imaging camera, Hornet Haven fencing, Summer Youth Theatre, Mount Pleasant Village Ringers, Monroe Historical Society, and Whispering Oaks playground equipment.  In addition, each year the Monroe Area Community Foundation grants scholarships at the Senior Awards Assembly to qualifying seniors at Monroe Local Schools.

How can you help?  By sharing your favorite recipes, plain or fancy.   Just print and complete the instructions at the bottom of this letter to contribute.  Then send it to us at

                                   The Monroe Area Community Foundation
                                    PO Box 56
                                    Monroe, OH  45050

The deadline for submissions is July 11, 2009.  Delivery date for cookbooks is late fall.  For additional questions, call Gina at 513-623-0874.

 Happy Cooking!

 Monroe Area Community Foundation

 Gina Miltenberger,
 Development Committee Chair