by Vandalia Butler Foundation | Jul 3, 2025 | 2025 Current News
The Vandalia-Butler Foundation is proud to feature the artwork of Butler High School senior Kayden Beck in its inaugural pickleball marathon’s publicity campaign. Kayden designed the logo for the Sept. 26-27 “Paddle-Palooza” fundraiser by outfitting...
by Vandalia Butler Foundation | Jun 27, 2025 | 2025 Current News
Retired newspaper publisher and pickleball aficionado Frank L. Beeson has a vision. For 36 hours, pickleball players will fill the courts in Vandalia’s Helke Park for one unforgettable weekend in September. Some of the players will pitch tents and camp out. Others...
by Vandalia Butler Foundation | May 5, 2025 | 2025 Current News
Demmitt Elementary School teachers are inspiring a passion for reading in students — an effort the Vandalia-Butler Foundation supports through hundreds of book purchases. The school received a $1,500 VISIONS grant to replenish a book vending machine to reward students...
by Vandalia Butler Foundation | May 4, 2025 | 2025 Current News
La Comedia Dinner Theatre’s stage became a classroom for children’s creativity and imagination when first graders from Demmitt Elementary School enjoyed an interactive performance of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, a box lunch and a meet-and-greet with the...
by Vandalia Butler Foundation | Apr 3, 2025 | 2025 Current News
Abbey Credit Union’s generosity is making a difference in Butler High School’s classrooms. The credit union’s $2,155 gift to the VISIONS Fund this year is supporting interactive learning in math classes by providing an iPad for real-time notetaking, which can be...
by Vandalia Butler Foundation | Mar 27, 2025 | 2025 Current News
The Vandalia-Butler Alumni Association (VBAA) is investing in the future of its alumni with a generous $1,541 gift to foster student success in the Vandalia-Butler City Schools. Thanks to the gift, Butler High School cooking classes will benefit from new cookware and...
