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A Partnership for Passion, Legacy and Bike Riding

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Gene and Barb Ashby
Gene and Barb Ashby have long loved bike riding.  They have enjoyed this non-competitive activity all their lives.   It brings a feeling of freedom and relaxation to an often busy day, can be used as a physical workout to a rider’s personal level of exertion and done alone or with friends and family.  

The development of future hard surface bike paths outside the city limits of Luverne is a desire the Ashby’s want to see realized.  This desire is part of the legacy footprint they hope to leave in the community/county they have pedaled thousands of bike miles in and around.  To do this they have established a “Bike Path Field of Interest” fund with the Luverne Area Community Foundation.  Their generous nest egg donation will help assist future bike path development as project and need arises in the future by allowing the LACF to offer grant dollars for hard surface bike path projects.  
The Ashby’s chose a Field of Interest fund so that other bike enthusiasts could add their own tax deductible dollars to the fund in the hopes of accomplishing the goal of assisting with added bike paths for people of all ages to use and enjoy.  They realize their donation is just a drop in the bucket but plan to continue to contribute to the fund until it can someday be realized.  
A personal motivation Gene and Barb have in establishing this fund is to remember their son Chris who was an avid bicyclist.  Biking was something the Ashby’s did as a family and this legacy gift allows them to continue this recreation enjoyed by them for future individual and family bicycle enthusiasts.   
This 100% tax deductible gift from Gene and Barb Ashby is a wonderful example of how a donor can work with the Luverne Area Community Foundation to give back to a lifelong passion for generations to come.  


For more information about this fund or other donor fund ideas please contact Emily Crabtree at the LACF office.  It is our privilege to match charitable dollars with donor passions.  

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    • LACF History
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      • Reezin' For Freezin'
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  • Become a Donor
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    • Kids Rock! Day Care
    • Max Your Community
    • $20 monthly gift
    • Benefits to the Donor
    • Donor Stories >
      • Carson's Cause
      • Local Brewery DAF
      • Harold and Mary Tilstra Story
      • Green/Sprecher Family Fund
      • Gene and Barb Ashby
      • Katie Hemme’s Story
      • LaRock Family Story
      • Eric Crabtree Memorial Story
      • Dinger Family DAF
    • Special Gifts
    • Donor List
    • Make a Donation
  • Grants
    • Apply Now
    • Grant Distribution Formula
    • Who Can Apply?
    • Application Information
    • Grant Review Process
    • Past Grant Earners
  • Partners
    • AED Fund
    • BackPack Program
    • Ben Franklin Lodge Masonic Temple
    • Big Buddies of Rock County
    • Bike Path Fund
    • Blue Mound Area Theater
    • Building Bridges JC
    • Carson's Cause
    • Child Guide
    • Childs Remembrance Garden
    • Coffee Contemporary Arts
    • Community Funds
    • DBA Rock County Ambulance
    • Events as "The Lake"
    • Feeding the 5000
    • Friends of Rock County Library
    • Game Plan 4 Hope
    • Generations
    • Grace Lutheran Church Scholarship
    • HBCS/Heling Build Communities Stronger
    • Hinkly House Museum
    • Joyce Hawes Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • Kenneth Cemetery Association
    • Kids Rock!
    • Luv1LuvAll
    • Luverne Area Pickleball Association
    • Luverne Basketball Association
    • Luverne Community Education
    • Luverne Education/Legacy Fund (LELF)
    • Luverne Rotary Club
    • Luverne Volleyball Association
    • Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne
    • PEO Chapter DI Scholarship Fund
    • Rock County Ag Society
    • Rock County Food Shelf
    • Rock County Historical Society
    • Rock County Opportunities
    • Rock County Veterans Fund
    • Rock Ranch, Hills
    • Sanford Healing Gardens
    • Sanford Health Luverne
    • Sanford Hospice Luverne
    • Sanford Luverne Ambulance Fund
    • Southwest Crisis Center
    • SWMN CEO Fund
    • Women's Giving Circle
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    • Frequently Used Forms
    • For Advisors >
      • CRT Zoom with Jayna Voss
      • Your Client and Philanthropic Planning
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Donor Advised Funds
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