Established in Marion County in 1972, United Way of Marion County has grown into a powerful organization, raising more than $17.85 million in the last 20 years. This money was donated locally, by community members and businesses, and invested back into Marion County– supporting services that build a stronger community. Our local United Way is […]
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ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF MARION – GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1925
By MarionMade!
In February of 1825, the Marion Altrusa Club was organized with the help of a club from Columbus. They started with twenty members, just eight years after the Altrusa Institute was founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1917. This organization is now known as Altrusa International, and the local club is the Marion Altrusa International Club. […]
Sarah Murphy- Up and Coming Jewelry Artist
By MarionMade!
Sarah Murphy may not be going into the family business – Murphy Industries of Marion, who has been in business for over 40 years, but she uses some of their discarded materials in her work. Her work is jewelry design and making, with some of her stunning pieces recently being published in several issues of […]
Lowell Sherer
By MarionMade!
It might be said that Lowell Sherer has a love of things with wheels and racing in his blood. But his life didn’t start out that way and his parents were not excited about this passion. Lowell was born in 1928 in Monticello, Ohio, in Van Wert County. In 1931, at the age of three, […]
