toKay Fisher Endowment Memorial Fund
The Warren Heritage Center has created an endowment fund in memory of Kay Fisher, an integral founding member of the Warren Heritage Center board, to continue work at the Kinsman House, which Kay adored dearly. After her husband’s death in 1982, Kay launched herself into a life of volunteer service to her beloved Warren community. Her daughters, Holly and Heidi, followed in their mother’s footsteps with a generous donation, which will create the foundation for the endowment. In honor of Kay’s 100th birthday on October 17th, the WHC is starting a campaign to encourage those that remember Kay and who want to continue her dream of preserving Warren’s history and the Kinsman House, to donate to the Kay Fisher Endowment Memorial Fund.
Kay Fisher was a member of many Warren historical organizations, including The Upton Association, the Historic Perkins Homestead Neighborhood Association, and the Warren Heritage Center. She was always on the lookout for “the next thing that needed attention” to preserve Warren’s exceptional history. When it came to the long battle for historic downtown Warren, Kay demonstrated persistence and fearlessness in her many undertakings, as she was not above knocking on doors to crusade for her cause.
Kay's devotion to the betterment of Warren wasn't limited to preservation of its history. She was also dedicated to improving Warren as a positive place for people to live in the present. To this end, she served for many years on numerous civic boards and committees and in countless drives and organizations, including PTO, Y-Teens,
Easter Seals, United Way, Trumbull 100, Trumbull Town Hall, Wean Neighborhood Success Grants, YWCA, Warren City Council Community Development (HUD) Block Grants and more. Kay was active in supporting the campaigns of several candidates of both parties for local public office, promoting the prospects of the best person for the job without regard to partisanship. Kay was always willing to invest her own sweat in doing the "grunt" work alongside those she enlisted in any effort –pushing wheelbarrows, moving bricks, climbing ladders, cleaning floors and getting real dirty — providing an example that great things only happen when everyone puts their back into it.
The Warren Heritage Center is a not-for-profit historical house museum. The center preserves and uses its collection, historical site, and museum to engage and inspire a diverse audience to explore the history and culture of the city of Warren, Ohio. The WHC aims to link the community’s past to its present and future. We hope you will join us in helping Kay’s lifelong work continue.
To make a contribution, please visit: cfmv.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=3277
Checks can be made out and sent to:
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
201 E. Commerce St. #150
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
-Please put Kay Fisher Memorial Endowment Fund on the memo line.
The Warren Heritage Center has created an endowment fund in memory of Kay Fisher, an integral founding member of the Warren Heritage Center board, to continue work at the Kinsman House, which Kay adored dearly. After her husband’s death in 1982, Kay launched herself into a life of volunteer service to her beloved Warren community. Her daughters, Holly and Heidi, followed in their mother’s footsteps with a generous donation, which will create the foundation for the endowment. In honor of Kay’s 100th birthday on October 17th, the WHC is starting a campaign to encourage those that remember Kay and who want to continue her dream of preserving Warren’s history and the Kinsman House, to donate to the Kay Fisher Endowment Memorial Fund.
Kay Fisher was a member of many Warren historical organizations, including The Upton Association, the Historic Perkins Homestead Neighborhood Association, and the Warren Heritage Center. She was always on the lookout for “the next thing that needed attention” to preserve Warren’s exceptional history. When it came to the long battle for historic downtown Warren, Kay demonstrated persistence and fearlessness in her many undertakings, as she was not above knocking on doors to crusade for her cause.
Kay's devotion to the betterment of Warren wasn't limited to preservation of its history. She was also dedicated to improving Warren as a positive place for people to live in the present. To this end, she served for many years on numerous civic boards and committees and in countless drives and organizations, including PTO, Y-Teens,
Easter Seals, United Way, Trumbull 100, Trumbull Town Hall, Wean Neighborhood Success Grants, YWCA, Warren City Council Community Development (HUD) Block Grants and more. Kay was active in supporting the campaigns of several candidates of both parties for local public office, promoting the prospects of the best person for the job without regard to partisanship. Kay was always willing to invest her own sweat in doing the "grunt" work alongside those she enlisted in any effort –pushing wheelbarrows, moving bricks, climbing ladders, cleaning floors and getting real dirty — providing an example that great things only happen when everyone puts their back into it.
The Warren Heritage Center is a not-for-profit historical house museum. The center preserves and uses its collection, historical site, and museum to engage and inspire a diverse audience to explore the history and culture of the city of Warren, Ohio. The WHC aims to link the community’s past to its present and future. We hope you will join us in helping Kay’s lifelong work continue.
To make a contribution, please visit: cfmv.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=3277
Checks can be made out and sent to:
Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
201 E. Commerce St. #150
Youngstown, Ohio 44503
-Please put Kay Fisher Memorial Endowment Fund on the memo line.