LCU president recognizes leadership of Woods Foundation

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[June 04, 2013]  Each year, Lincoln Christian University President Keith H. Ray recognizes outstanding leadership in the Lincoln community. The 2013 recipient of LCU's Lincoln Community Leadership Award is the Woods Foundation.

The purpose of the Woods Foundation is to provide benefits for charitable, educational and other pursuits through grants to nonprofit and governmental organizations, primarily those located in Logan County. Today, the foundation is run by a four-member board of directors.

The organizations supported through various grants and gifts provided by the Woods Foundation read like a who's who of nonprofit and philanthropic services in Lincoln and Logan County. A partial list of the local organizations that have been blessed by the Woods Foundation includes Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Oasis Senior Center, Christian Homes, St. Clara's Manor, Habitat for Humanity, Community Action, Lincoln/Logan County Food Pantry and Together for Lincoln.

A significant focus of the foundation is education. For each of the past two years, the Woods Foundation has given over $300,000 to Logan County schools for technology improvements. LCU has been a regular benefactor over the last 15 years, receiving grants for the exterior renovation of the Hargrove auditorium, the Jessie C. Eury Library renovation, technology and miscellaneous needs, and most recently, a matching grant for the school's new minibus.

"There is no doubt in my mind that LCU and the community have received an enormous blessing in the vision and generosity of the Woods family and the astute management by the board that oversees the operation of this foundation," said Dr. Ray as he presented the award. "It is this type of organization that deserves recognition for LCU's annual Lincoln Community Leadership Award. I ask everyone to join with LCU in applauding their work here, in Lincoln, and the entirety of Logan County."

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The Woods Foundation was established in 1998 by Robert J. Woods and Joan Jarrett Woods.

Robert Woods was born in Carlinville but grew up in Lincoln, graduating from Lincoln Community High School. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1942 and served three years as a map reader at the end of World War II. He earned his law degree from the University of Illinois in 1949. With that law degree in hand, he returned to Lincoln to establish a practice with his father, focusing on real estate matters, estate planning, wills and trusts.

He met Joan Jarrett in Bloomington, and they were married in 1951. She was born in Bloomington in 1918, graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, and returned to Bloomington to work as a librarian. They had been married for 47 years when he died in February 1998. Mrs. Woods died in December 2006.

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Established in Lincoln, in 1944, LCU's mission is to equip Christians to serve and lead in the church, the workplace and the world. Today, LCU offers a variety of degree programs for undergraduates, graduates and seminary students. Classes are offered on campus, at other sites and online. To learn more, visit www.lincolnchristian.edu.

[Text from file received from Lincoln Christian University]

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