Meagan's Legacy and Impact

This month marks 13 years since The Meagan Toothman Foundation officially became a 501(c)(3) organization. What began as a scholarship fund at Turpin High School nearly 15 years ago in the midst of losing our beautiful girl, became our new mission of ensuring her work would continue and the beginning of Meagan’s Foundation. We want to take a moment and thank all of Meagan’s supporters and donors over the years, including the initial donations that were received for scholarships specifically at Turpin High School.

We would like to thank our board members, comprised of our family and Meagan’s closest friends, who have worked with us over the last nearly 15  years to ensure that Meagan’s work of helping children reach their dreams and full potential continues. For our board members and for us, this is truly a labor of love. We are a small group doing mighty work in honor of Meagan and her memory. As of today, there have been 145 scholarships awarded in Meagan’s name to deserving students at Turpin High School, Wittenberg University, University of Cincinnati, and Just Off Broadway Dance Studio. These are all places that helped ignite passions and shaped Meagan into the person and professional she had become.

As a Delta Gamma sister at Wittenberg, Meagan was always finding ways to “Do Good” in her community. Therefore, in addition to providing scholarships, The Meagan Toothman Foundation, has provided support and donations to various programs that support children in our community. Some of the “Do Good Gifts” include Turpin After Prom; Western Hills Gymnastics Program; Brave Gowns-200 gowns to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital; Elementary Running Programs; various programs at Mercer Elementary; IPM-power packs; Summit Kindergarten Literacy Program; 9United back to school and holiday sponsor; Bridgeway Academy Sponsor; Western Hills Basketball Community Event Sponsor; CPS Athletics sponsor; Holiday gifts for families in need; Flying Pig Marathon 26th Mile for Kids Sponsor; Merwin Elementary playground fund; Wittenberg University; Wittenberg DG Sisters; Wittenberg Cheerleading Program; CincyKids4Kids holiday giving; Sleep In Heavenly Peace Beds; FHFE 5K for 9 years; Anderson Park District’s Run to Remember; and Lighthouse Youth Services. As of today, just over $207,000 has been donated in Meagan’s name. All of these donations have been given to causes that were both important to Meagan and positively impact the lives of students in our community.  

These donations of support for kids would not be possible without our board members, supporters of Meagan’s Golf Tournament, Turpin Cheer Clinic participants, and all of you who have given your support and donations to Meagan’s Foundation over the years. We want to again say thank you for helping us to continue the work that our sweet Meagan is no longer here to do. We know she would be incredibly proud of the work and would be humbled by her legacy and impact on the successes of students and programs to the places that she held most dear.

With much gratitude,

Melissa Oakley (Meagan’s mom)

Grant Winner!

We are so excited to announce that Meagan’s Foundation has been awarded a grant from onebyone @4Imprint! This award will provide us with $500 in promotional products of our choice to be given out to participants during upcoming events. We are both honored and grateful that Meagan’s Foundation has become a recipient among numerous non-profit organizations throughout the country.

Meagan's 13th Golf Tournament

We would like to thank all of you for supporting Meagan’s 13th Memorial Golf Tournament. We were so blessed to spend this beautiful day with all of you. WHEW! It was probably the hottest day we’ve had for our event. We raised $12,546.89 for Meagan’s Foundation and to continue her legacy of supporting children through scholarships, programs, and “Do Good” donations. We had an amazing day with great friends to celebrate and support the continued work of our beautiful girl on what would have been her 38th birthday on July 1st. Your ongoing support enables us to continue to ensure that Meagan serves children and their educational needs, her greatest hope and dream. Thank you to ALL of our sponsors, donors, golfers, Ivy Hills Staff, our friends and family. Thank you to our presenting sponsor, The McNeese Family and our Angel Donor, Gail Maundrell. Thank you to ALL of our board members for their continuing support for Meagan’s work. We hope to see you all next year on June 26, 2026! (updated 7-16-25)

With love and gratitude,

Melissa, Tim, Victoria, Samuel and Forever Meagan

Wittenberg Homecoming 2024

Yesterday was a perfect fall day on the Wittenberg University campus, which Meagan loved so much. As Tim and I walked around, we realized that it had been 20 years since we first arrived for a college visit with Meagan. For her, it was love at first sight and she didn’t want to go anywhere else. Everything was as beautiful as ever! We would like to send a big thank you to Meagan’s Delta Gamma sisters at Witt for reaching out to us and for caring for the beautifully etched mirror in memory of Meagan. We had no idea this had been displayed in the previous DG house since her passing. Thank you for taking time to show us around the new DG house. We appreciate you! Thank you to the Wittenberg University Psychology Department for helping us keep Meagan’s legacy and story alive in a place that she loved so much. We were honored to meet with and hear the stories of this years recipients of the Meagan Toothman Psychology Scholarship, Aisha Khan and Gabriella Lillico. These young people are truly passing on their light. #Havinglightwepassitontoothers #DoGood

Thank you to everyone who made this special moment possible.

With much gratitude-Melissa, Tim and Forever Meagan

Congratulations Turpin Class of 2024 Scholarship Recipients

We would like to congratulate the Meagan Toothman Foundation 2024 Turpin Scholarship recipients.

Hope Scholarship Recipients: Griffin Karceski-Bowling Green State University Connor Tilford-Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Ela Tuzun-FHSD Transition Program then College choice undecided

Spirit Scholarship Recipients: Matthew Carpenter-University of Dayton Victor Denen-John Carroll University Abigail Dittman-University of Tennessee Sophia Schiano-The Ohio State University Bella Sutphin-Ohio University





2023 Wittenberg University Homecoming

Thank you to the Wittenberg University Psychology Department for helping us keep Meagan’s legacy and story alive in a place that she loved so much. We were honored to meet with and hear the stories of so many of the recipients of the Meagan Toothman Psychology Scholarship. These young people are truly passing on their light. #Havinglightwepassitontoothers

Thank you to everyone who made this special moment possible.

With much gratitude-Melissa, Tim and Forever Meagan

Meagan's Legacy and Impact

This month marks 10 years since The Meagan Toothman Foundation officially became a 501(c)(3) organization. We want to take a moment and thank all of Meagan’s supporters and donors over the years, including the initial donations that were received for scholarships specifically at Turpin High School.

We want to take a moment to thank our board members who have worked with us over last 10+ years to ensure that Meagan’s work of helping children reach their dreams continues. For our board members and for us, this is truly a labor of love. We are a small group doing mighty work in honor of Meagan and her memory. As of today, there have been 114 scholarships awarded in Meagan’s name to deserving students.

  • Turpin High School-78 scholarships

  • Heart of a Champion Award at Turpin High School-4 awards

  • Wittenberg University- 19 scholarships

  • University of Cincinnati-13 scholarships

In addition to these scholarships at the three places that helped to shape Meagan into the person and professional she had become, The Meagan Toothman Foundation, has provided support and donations to Turpin After Prom for 10 years; FHFE 5K for 9 years; Anderson Park District’s Run to Remember; Lighthouse Youth Services; Western Hills Gymnastics Program; and various programs at Mercer Elementary.

All of these donations have been given to causes that were important to Meagan. They would not be possible without our board members, supporters of Meagan’s Golf Tournament, Turpin Cheer Clinic participants, and all of you who have given your support and donations to Meagan’s Foundation. We want to again say thank you for helping us to continue the work that our sweet Meagan is no longer here to do. We know she would be incredibly proud of the work and would be humbled by her legacy and impact on the successes of students and programs.

With much gratitude,

Melissa Oakley (Meagan’s mom)




Kroger Community Rewards Program

Meagan's Foundation is a new member of the Kroger Community Rewards Program!  You can now support Meagan's Foundation every time you shop at Kroger.  Enrollment takes only a few minutes using the following link and directions from the Kroger Community Rewards Program:

TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:

  • Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com

  • Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up.

  • If you do not yet have a Kroger Plus card,  they are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger.

  • Click on Sign In/Register

  • If you are a new online customers,  click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box.

  • Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions

  • You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.

  • Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.

  • Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.

  • Update or confirm your information.

  • Enter88638 (NPO number) or Meagan Toothman Foundation, select organization from list and click on confirm.

  • To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information page.

  • REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after your member(s) register their card(s).

  • Do you use your phone number at the register?  Call 800-576-4377, select option 3 to get your Kroger Plus card number.

  • Each time you shop swipe your registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to your registered Kroger Plus card for each purchase to count.

Thank you for your consideration and for supporting Meagan's Foundation each time you shop at Kroger.

Melissa  

Meagan's 9th Golf Tournament-2021

Thank you to all of our golfers and donors for Meagan’s Golf Tournament. We had a wonderful day with family and friends and raised $13,707 to fund scholarships for the upcoming year and continue Meagan’s legacy! We look forward to seeing you all next year, June 24, 2022 at Ivy Hills Country Club.