For the past couple of weeks, the institutional advancement team including myself worked on organizing and planning our Marburn Education Collaborative community celebration to recognize and thank all of our incredible donors who made it possible for Marburn to increase access to resources for students who learn differently through the opening of the Columbus West location.

I created a video of compiled photos to play on the TV screens at our Columbus West location during the event. The photos included tutoring sessions in progress and a celebration lunch for the special education intern students who tutored the students. The video also showcased some statistics about the Marburn Education Collaborative success since its soft launch in late February 2022. 

I also created some QR code designs that we printed to fit in 4×6 acrylic displays that linked to videos about Marburn and news articles about the Marburn Education Collaborative. The two articles were from The Columbus Dispatch and ABC 6. We placed the displays throughout the event space to give attendees the chance to learn more about Marburn. 

The celebration was a success and it was nice to see so many community members and donor representatives connecting. I also enjoyed listening to a few of our board members speak and give a toast during the celebration.

The donors who helped make the Columbus West location possible include:

• Discover
• Safelite Auto Glass
• Scotts Miracle Grow
• The Columbus Foundation
• Big Lots
• White Castle
• AEP
• Daimler
• Jollay Family Foundation
• Mortiz Family Foundation
• Reinberger Foundation
• Siemer Family Foundation
• Harry C. Moores Foundation