Commemorative Gifts
Welcome to the City of Montgomery's commemorative gift program. You now have the ability to give a commemorative gift online to honor of a special someone in your life. Birthdays, anniversaries, memorials, and other special occasions can be chosen to honor a loved one. Please select a gift from below. For more information, please call (513) 792-8314.
Johnson Nature Preserve Tornado Commemoration
Information Packet and Order Form (pdf)
The City of Montgomery is excited to offer a wonderful opportunity to support the parks and our community by taking advantage of memorial options that are presented as part of the proposed improvements to the Johnson Nature Preserve, one of the lesser known gems in our valued park system.
As a special “Thank You” as one of our gifting partners, you will also receive a pendent that captures the community spirit that we all relate with those days and months after the 1999 tornado. “We’re all in this together” is the caption under the sketch of clasped hands that Jim Borgman of the Cincinnati Enquirer did to symbolize that spirit and what we chose to etch into these pendents.
Without support from our community, these proposed improvements would simply not be possible. With your support, this park is sure to remain a treasure in our park system!
Monument and Plaque: $10,000 (limit 1)
Memorial Donation Includes: Name and logo on a plaque or brick within the pillar supporting the monument at the Johnson Nature Preserve.
Name and logo on our City web site as donor of the tenth anniversary 1999 Tornado Monument at Johnson Natuure Preserve for 5 years.
Logo and Name included in two related articles in our monthly bulletin mailed to 4700 Montgomery households and businesses. Name also included in the related press release
Landscape Bed and Bench: $1,500 (limit 5)
Memorial Donation Includes: Name on a rock in one of five landscape beds at the entrance to Johnson Nature Preserve.
Name on a plaque to be mounted on one of five benches at the entrance to the Johnson Nature Preserve. Name included in one related articles in our monthly bulletin mailed to 4700 Montgomery households and businesses.
Cedar Bench: $500 (limit 8)
Memorial Donation Includes:Name on a plaque to be mounted on the bench to be placed along the
nature walk within the park.
Large Brick Paver: $250 (limit 50)
Memorial Donation Includes: Name or memorial message on a large brick paver to be placed under the pergola in the educational cove.
Memorial Brick: $50 (limit 250)
Memorial Donation Includes: Name or memorial message on a brick to be placed on circular patios at park entrance.
Information Packet and Order Form (pdf)
Commemorative Brick Program
A $25.00 gift will install a Commemorative Brick in honor of a special someone in your life.
Your gift will provide beauty and value, while enhancing the City Hall building. Most of all, your gift will be a legacy to our City, helping create an attractive and pleasant place to live, work, and play.
An acknowledgement card will be sent to the person or family of the individual honored, as well as to the contributor.
Commemorative Tree Planting Program
A $150.00 gift will plant a single tree in honor of a special someone in your life.
Your gift will grow in beauty and value, while enhancing the City's environment. Most of all, your gift will be a legacy to our City, helping create an attractive and pleasant place to live, work and play.
An acknowledgement card will be sent to the person or family of the individual honored, as well as to the contributor. Tree selection and park location is at your request. The City cannot guarantee specific requests on tree species and planting location but will make efforts to honor requests or propose an appropriate alternate.
Tree Species:
- Evergreens - Spruces and Pines
- Flowering - Bottlebrush Buckeye, Crabapple, Dogwood, Fringe Tree, Japanese Tree Lilac, Magnolia, Redbud, Serviceberry, Pear
- Fruit and Nut - Buckeye and Persimmon
- Shade - Ash, Beech, Blackgum, London Planetree, Maples, Oaks, Sweetgum, Tuliptree, Yellowood, Zelkova
- Special or Indigenous - Kentucky Coffeetree, Ginko (Male), Bald Cypress, Fir
Other trees can be planted, at your request, subject to availability and landscape appropriateness.
Commemorative Victorian Bench Program
Purchase Commemorative Victorian Bench
A $450.00 gift will install a Victorian Bench in honor of a special someone in your life.
Your gift will provide beauty and value, while enhancing the City's sidewalk system. Most of all, your gift will be a legacy to our City, helping create an attractive and pleasant place to live, work and play.
The City cannot guarantee specific requests on location, but will make every effort to honor requests or propose an appropriate alternate.
Purchase Commemorative Victorian Bench
Commemorative Park Bench Program
Purchase Commemorative Park Bench
A $250.00 gift will install a Park Bench in honor of a special someone in your life.
Your gift will provide beauty and value, while enhancing the City's park system. Most of all, your gift will be a legacy to our City, helping create an attractive and pleasant place to live, work and play.
The City cannot guarantee specific requests on location, but will make every effort to honor requests or propose an appropriate alternate. Here is a list of parks to help you in your selection:
- Dulle Park: 10530 Deerfield Rd, 12.5 acres
- Montgomery Park: 10101 Montgomery Rd, 5 acres
- Pioneer Park: 10505 Deerfield Rd, 21 acres
- Swaim Park: Cooper and Zig Zag Rd, 13 acres
- Pfeiffer Park: Pfeiffer and Montgomery Rd
- Weller Park: 10021 Weller Rd, 20 acres
Purchase Commemorative Park Bench
Arts & Amenities Fund
Gifts to the Arts & Amenities Fund from individuals, foundations and corporate sponsors can greatly assist the City in providing cultural programs, special events and public arts projects in the community.
The City Arts and Amenities Fund is a nontax supported fund operated by the City of Montgomery. This fund supports the Sister Cities Commission and Arts Commission projects and activities including a portion of the Bastille Day celebration, Sensory Sundays events, and support of exchange activities between the City of Montgomery and its Sister City, Neuilly Plaisance, France. The fund also supports the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, annual photo contest, sculpture installation and other arts and cultural activities in the community. Gifting opportunities in this fund include:
- Donation of cash or property to the corpus of the fund used to support arts and culture related community activities.
- Donations toward a specific project or activity including installation of sculptures, fountains and other enhancements of public spaces throughout the community.
- General donations through “Friends of the Arts and Culture” to support the Sister Cities and Arts related activities in the community.
Please call (513) 792-8314 for more information about donating to this fund.
Parks Trust Fund
Gifts to the Parks Trust Fund from individuals, foundations and corporate sponsors can greatly assist the City in enhancing its parks, amenities and gateway systems.
The Montgomery Parks Trust Fund is a nontax supported fund operated by the City of Montgomery. This fund supports enhancement projects in the City’s parks and the community’s gateways. It affords the donor the opportunity to identify a project or enhancement for a city-owned facility and provide funding for that project so that it may proceed (subject to acceptance by Montgomery City Council.)
Gifting opportunities in this fund include:
- Donations of cash or property to the corpus of the fund to be used
to support the installation of new park and green space enhancements in the future. - Donations toward a specific project including installation of a gazebo, sculpture, fountain, etc. in parks and city-owned open spaces.
- General donations through "Friends of the Parks” to support such projects in the community.
Please call (513) 792-8314 for more information about donating to this fund.
Historic Trust Fund
Gifts to the Historic Trust from individuals, foundations and corporate sponsors can greatly assist the City in preserving, protecting, rehabilitating, and maintaining City-owned historical properties, furniture, artifacts, works of art, historical documents and other property. The Montgomery Historic Trust Fund is a nontax supported fund operated by the City of Montgomery that supports the maintenance of city-owned historic properties. The fund may also be used to accept significant properties, documents or artifacts (subject to acceptance by Montgomery City Council.)
Gifting opportunities in this fund include:
- Donation of cash or property to the corpus of the fund to be used to support City historic preservation activities.
- Donations toward a specific project or activity including the purchase of a historic building(s), property, documents or artifacts.
- General donations through the “Friends of the Historic Preservation” to support such city activities in the community.
Please call (513) 792-8314 for more information about donating to this fund.
"Friends Of" Program
For donors who would like to make a tax-deductible gift to any number of the city’s service areas, the City of Montgomery features a “Friends Of” Program to facilitate contributions or donations.
Popular donation opportunities include the Fire/Emergency Medical Services Department and the Police Department, although donations are accepted for any of the City’s service areas.
Previous donations have been made to purchase specific pieces of equipment including a thermal imaging camera for the Fire Department, flags for use in all City facilities, and general support of City services. All funds are used for the specific purpose for which they are donated (subject to acceptance by Montgomery City Council.)
Please call (513) 792-8314 for more information about donating to this fund.