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Address to send check: 622 Glenwood St, Elyria, OH 44035

Pat was a creative visionary and had a passionate entrepreneurial spirit running through his veins at an early stage. So how do we continue to keep his passion and energy burning for things like creative expression and entrepreneurial freedom? We create a foundation that helps to support those two groups of humans - creatives and entrepreneurs. Since we began the foundation we have&nbsp;donated&nbsp;$25,000 in&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://bold.org/scholarships/padriac-routa-memorial-scholarship/#winners" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Scholarships</a>, $2500 in Grants&nbsp;to Entrepreneurs via the Lorain County Small Business Development Center and&nbsp;$2000 to animal rescue&nbsp;organizations. In addition, we are well on our way to achieving our goal of creating a permanent fund that ensures students pursuing creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship receive opportunities not just today, but for generations to come. Every dollar donated today works twice: it helps fund scholarships now while bringing us closer to the day when the Foundation can provide scholarships forever

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting our cause. This donation greatly helps our mission. It is because of generous donations like yours that we have been able to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://patroutamemorial.org/impact" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">accomplish so much</a>!&nbsp; If you know any graduating Ohio seniors be sure to let them know about our&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://patroutamemorial.org/scholarship" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">annual scholarship!</a> PRMF Board <a fr-original-style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" href="mailto:patroutamemorial@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" target="_blank">patroutamemorial@gmail.com</a> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1785852511/wysiwyg/p7dcqzpcq0e3xyrh30oc.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Left to right: Caryl Henrichsen, David Edwards, Katelyn Bally, Kelly Mahon, Jacqui Edwards, Shawn Bally, Molly Dull, Dan Hyatt, Jessica Schnieder, Chris Schnieder, Mike Sieiwerka, Mike Routa

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 Dan Hyatt patroutamemorial@gmail.com

Pat was a creative visionary and had a passionate entrepreneurial spirit running through his veins at an early stage. So how do we continue to keep his passion and energy burning for things like creative expression and entrepreneurial freedom? We create a foundation that helps to support those two groups of humans - creatives and entrepreneurs. Since we began the foundation we have donated $25,000 in <a href="https://bold.org/scholarships/padriac-routa-memorial-scholarship/#winners" target="_blank">Scholarships</a>, $2500 in Grants to Entrepreneurs via the Lorain County Small Business Development Center and $2000 to animal rescue organizations. In addition, we are well on our way to achieving our goal of creating a permanent fund that ensures students pursuing creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship receive opportunities not just today, but for generations to come. Every dollar donated today works twice: it helps fund scholarships now while bringing us closer to the day when the Foundation can provide scholarships forever

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