The Joe Bertram Foundation

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Congratulations Preston Brown. I remember being in the football stands every Friday night when PB played at NWHS. His name was announced every 30 sec or so for a play. He was so fun to watch. Joe watched every Louisville game on tv and followed Preston’s career in Buffalo. Joe loved to sit with Preston’s dad on the bus for away games. He loved to hear Mikes Advice and take on life.
Preston and family now excel in local communities with his amazing non profit organization. The Brown Family is too notch!
Congrats again Preston!
( Heather Lane, I stole that photo 🤫😘)

JBF community Id like to ask you, once again, to pray for the family of Jeff Maher. Jeff was 24 years old and a brother of one of my Jackson’s friends ( Sean Maher). Jeff passed away last Sunday in a car accident. At 24 years old he was just starting his life. Terri and Glenn Maher said goodbye to one of their 4 sons yesterday. The grief and sadness that these parents will have to endure is unfathomable. They will need prayers and strength to endure such tragedy. Grief is life long and unexplainable, so hug your kids a little tighter and kiss your spouse!
“ Make the damn chili”!
So sorry for your loss Terri and Glenn Maher. May you find the strength to get through the most difficult time a parent will ever experience. So sorry to Sean at 13 years old had to lose his brother. 😇
May you feel the light breeze on a still day, or a flickering light on a new bulb, or a feather blowing where no feathers should be, or a gentle presence that feels as if an angel is hugging you to know Jeff is always in your heart. ❤️

JBF community if we could all take a little time to pray for Lauren’s family and especially her children. Lauren passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a coronary artery dissection. Lauren was an OT that Amy Jae briefly worked with at the Jewish hospital when Joe was getting treatments but our committee member Amanda Garland worked closely with Lauren for many years and we are heart broken for her friends and family. JBF will certainly donate to her children’s funds, but if you feel inclined, I will post the Venmo and comments.
https://www.mrfh.com/obituary/lauren-schummer


Obituary for Lauren Ann Schummer at Mihovk Rosenacker Funeral Home Lauren A. Schummer passed away unexpectedly after a brief illness on Monday, May 13, 2024, at the age of 36. She was born to her loving parents Mike and Ann Schummer on November 6, 1987, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lauren was the beloved wife of Sean Tapocik for 3 years cherished

Congratulations to the NWHS winner of JBF 2024 scholarship… Kaleb Jones. Kaleb had 3 different nominations from staff. He didn’t know Joe so he went to Mr. Gilliand and Mr. Van Gaasbeck (both worked with Joe) and Brandon Schon (Joe coached him) to learn all about Joe to write his essay. Kaleb is well rounded in sports, academics, community and church. He was described last night as greeting teachers and asking about their day in the halls on the way to other classes. Kaleb, also, stepped up to be a caregiver for his young mother who had a stroke 5 years ago. He’s a natural caregiver! He’s gonna be a great doctor someday.
Go get ‘em Kaleb!

Congratulations to our first recipient of 2024 JBF scholarship… Brady Bigner from CHS. Brady will be attending UC and majoring in marketing at the Lindner Honors College of Business. Congratulations Brady and make us proud!

Thank you
Katie Furniss for our cookies and cupcakes
Sonya Covert doing awesome photos
Winston Licata for playing the tunes

Thank you Erin and Ryan Davis from SnoBug for donating snobugs shaved ice for the gala night!

One again the Foundation wants to give a big thanks to Ms Sonya Sweet Covert and Covert Creations Photography and Creative Images for her donation of time and talent to put all these pictures together from the night. She also has her happening freeze dried candies with Sweet Spun Cotton Candy And More 🍬📷🍭📸

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Another thank you to my committee! I could never do this without them. So much preparation goes into the gala and the night of I get to socialize while they work diligently to make the night run smooth! I appreciate them more than they’ll ever know! Plus a big thank you to Vic and Jim for lots of running and helping this year!
Commitee:
Derek and Jamie Boeh
Amanda and Brent Garland
Nikki and Matt Gueterman
Jen and Matt Farley
David and Bryanne Lies
Susan and Chris wood

Huge thank you to Jim Bertram for calling and retrieving and
Pete Bigner from Ace Toys and Festival Supplies for coming in on off day to get us last minute raffle basket tickets!

Thank you again for table sponsors:
Mike Lies (2)
Andy and Colleen Schuster (2)
DFP and the Pate family ❤️
The Neurofit gym and amazing employees!

Last night, we had a record year of attendees of 166 and record year of raising $19,312 last night. We profit $14,443 after paying for the venue!! Thank you all so much!

I have no words to describe how awesome last night was. If I didn’t get to talk to you personally then I’m very sorry as I try to get to everyone. I hope everyone knows how much I appreciate your support and donations. I’ll never be able to express my gratitude fully.
Joe was amazing and you are all amazing to help me carry on his legacy. ❤️
If you won anything then a committee member has already contacted you. If you didn’t win then try again next year and thank you for donations! 🥰
Honor one
Help many!

$5 raffles
Venmo by 5:00 and let us know which you want your tickets in

$10 raffle for RIP
Venmo by 5:00

Raffle baskets, 25 tickets for $20, here are the titles:

1. Mom’s night in
2. Family adventures
3. FAD basket
4. Bengals
5. Whiskey
6. Guys Reds
7. Hair Day
8. NeuroFit progressive dinner
9. 40s themed
10. Paisley Vera
11. Ladies Reds
12. Travel
13. Wine and dine
14. Kid adventures
15. Bourbon, bbq and beer
16. Golf
17. FCC
18. Plaid Vera
19. Brunch
20. Margarita
21. Beach
22. Self care

Venmo- and have your requests in by 5:00

Let us know which numbers you want your tickets in

Do you ever wonder what all JBF does?

College Scholarships
 Anna Baldwin (Northwest High School)
 Jacob Fitzgerald (Colerain High School)
 Brennan Green (Colerain High School)

Community Donations
 $4,070 (cash and raffle basket donations) – John Glankler (friend of the JBF undergoing treatment for colon cancer)
 $950 – The Jeffrey Hoeh Memorial
 $500 – Satrina Fletcher (friend of the JBF undergoing treatment for breast cancer)
 $500 – The Fairfield Township Youth Basketball League
 $200 – The Alice Francis ALS Scholarship Fund
 $200 – Free Throws for Kids
 $200 – The Dragon Fly Foundation
 $150 – The Preston Brown Foundation

 $5,000 – comfort basket donations (valued at >$500 each) including personalized items/supplies tailored to the needs of the individual (and their families) undergoing treatments for cancer:
Sam Finke
Lindsey Weitkamp
Andrew Zemany
John Glankler
Bryttan Cain
Jacob Bowling
Kylie Hill
Patrick Minton
Matt Shamp

Total donations made in 2023: $19,270
Thanks to you, last year’s JBF Gala raised $10,800 towards its annual budget. With your support, the JBF may continue its mission to honor Joe’s legacy of furthering students’ educations while also supporting the causes that Joe cherished during his life. Thank you for your donations and support this year!

With record sales and so many amazing donations this year, I have run out of time to post our raffle baskets.
If you typically send money for our raffle baskets then please still do so with your respective committee member or Venmo. I promise you the baskets are MORE awesome than usual! I will at least post the names the baskets after set up. The names of baskets describe the contents pretty darn well.
Again thank you to everyone who donated!!!

Thank you for the awesome donations!
Robert and Sarah Elmore @ Escape Room Family
Amber and Patrick Minton @ Minton’s Ducking Good BBQ

“ The idea is not to live forever, but to create something that will” Andy Warhol

Joes legacy is living on… we are at the second highest number of attendees for our 8th annual gala (only behind year 1). I honestly cannot thank everyone enough for all the donations! This year a goal was to get people at the gala who have never attended! With the help of Bryanne Lies and Erin Davis we have succeeded. I’m beyond excited to share with our new attendees and our loyal friends/ family who support yearly! We’ve been super busy this year sharing joes love to our community. You will hear all about it Friday!!!

“Honor one. Help many”

Thank you:
Bonnie and Jim Light for 2 Blackberry Crowns, salsa and reds memorabilia
Colleen and Andy Schuster- huge craft beer cooler and bourbon donations.
Toni and Terry Johnson - Vera Bradley
Matt and Nikki Gueterman- Blackberry Crown and bourbon
“ the girls” for 40 theme basket
Taylor Hill for a basket of goodies

Thank you
Jeff Brickler- BSN sports for reds tickets and parking garage.

Kerri Robers for FCC tickets, parking pass and swag.

Toni and Terry Johnson for Vera Bradley

Chris wood and Susan Glasmeier for countless donation!

Colleen and Andy Schuster for huge raffle basket donation

Brad and Molly Abbott for Cooper’s hawk gift card

Pam and Dale LaHue for lottery tickets and bourbon

Lauri Beyer and Nancy Williams for wine/ bourbon

Michelle Scott for beach basket donation

Stephanie Rader- string art

We cannot thank the neurofit gym members enough for the donations!!! The huge priceless progressive dinner basket, the bottles of wine from Coopers Hawk, the restaurant gift cards, bourbons and cash donations! There are not enough words to express our gratitude and appreciation for all the donations! I hope you all know that Amy Jae loves you beyond words and appreciats you ALL more than words could ever express!

Thank you Ana Smith with Bronca for a $50 donation to bronca.com

Thanks to everyone who donated bourbon so far:
Vicki &Jim Bertram ( soooo many)
Pam & Dale Lahue
Lauri Beyer & Nancy Williams
Connie & Doug Cullen
Andy & Kelly Bertram
Kurt Abramson
Bill Klaber
Scott Boehl
Randy Koon
Mark O’Connor ( tbd 🤪😘)
Allison & Nick Schaefer
Ryan and Marcy Stacy ( sooo many)
Chris wood and Susan Glasmeier
Denise Rieman
Matt and Nikki Gueterman

Thank you Brandi Hinton @ Active Travel Pro for this amazing donation!

Get your tickets TOdAY!!!!
Eventbrite tickets are sold out but you can still get via Venmo, cash or check.

Accepting basket donations til Friday! It’s a great way to market your small business. Some ideas of things we need:
Bengals
Margaritas
Beach ( lake)
“ FAD” ( anything that tik tok says we need)
Thank you so much to everyone who has donated!!!
Our bourbon count and variety is super impressive this year!
Ticket sales end Friday! You don’t want to miss it.

Rip raffle! $10. Venmo
Remember this is a fundraiser for a non profit organization (disclaimer so FB doesn’t flag it 🤪).
If you are attending the gala this will be available for raffle there too! You can buy raffle tickets that night!
This will be up until Thursday 4/18! Let’s make some money JBF has been very generous this last year!

After the first Gala Amy Jae Bertram said she would never discuss dress code again… she brought it up and she is changing it up. Amy is wanting everyone to come “Casual for a Cause”…

Wear your favorite “ cause” (awareness or non profit) shirt. We decided to change it up this year. We are going casual ( jeans/ leggings) and your favorite cause T- shirt. You can wear any JBF shirt, the original Joe strong shirts, or orange for lymphoma awareness. If you don’t have any cause shirts please feel free to wear Joes favorite schools Colerain or Northwest shirts, UC shirts or any of those colors. If you want to dress up in fancy shoes, dress or suits then feel free. If you don’t have a JBF shirt then you’re in luck: Amy Jae has new shirts this year.

Ticket sale’s end a week from Monday, can’t wait to see everyone on the 19th!!

We are only 2 weeks out!!! One week left of getting “ tickets”.
Venmo include who is coming in comments.
Mail check to 3661 Hamilton mason Rd 45011
Square invoice via email @ [email protected]
Or

JBF JBF

We have a little over 4 weeks until the event. We still need bourbon donations and raffle basket donations. Raffle basket donations are a great way to get your small business advertised to lots of people for a donation. We will post business name on social medias and at the event!

Don’t forget to get tickets!
Venmo
Cash or check to Amy Jae or eventbrite

Thank you Erin Hall for all the donations for baskets!