Join us aboard the Valley Gem Sternwheeler for the Buckeye Hills Foundation River Cruise on Friday, October 13, 2023, featuring keynote speaker Jimmy Burrow, Vice President of the Joe Burrow Foundation. We will board the Valley Gem at the Washington Street Bridge overpass on Front Street in Marietta, departing promptly at 2:00 p.m. and returning to the docks at 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy appetizers and a cash bar on the Valley Gem while learning about the recent successes and current initiatives of the Buckeye Hills Foundation.

Special thanks to our Title Sponsors: AT&T and Bricker Graydon.

Registration is $25. Members of the BHRC General Policy Council and Regional Advisory Council will receive a discounted rate of $10 out of gratitude for their service to our organization. A discount code may be accessed by emailing dtanner@buckeyehills.org.

About Jimmy Burrow

Jimmy Burrow, Vice President of the Joe Burrow Foundation, is a former defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a retired college football coach and father of Heisman Trophy winner and Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. Jimmy played college football at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. His last coaching position was as defensive coordinator for Ohio University from 2005 – 2019. Jimmy timed his retirement from coaching to coincide with the final college football season of his son, Joe Burrow, who played at LSU in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.

About the Buckeye Hills Foundation

The Buckeye Hills Foundation promotes community and economic development through research, education, charity, and training conducted in support of the overall mission of Buckeye Hills Regional Council. The Buckeye Hills Foundation has four primary goals:

1. To provide opportunities for research, education, and training to leaders, officials, practitioners, and stakeholders in Southeast Ohio, focused on the mission of improving the quality of life for residents in the eight-county Buckeye Hills region.
2. To address community needs through small, responsive grants of less than $5,000 toward initiatives, programs, and projects that provide community and economic development outcomes.
3. To serve as a medium for the growth of arts, culture, outdoor recreation, placemaking, and tourism in southeast Ohio.
4. To bolster the capacity of local elected officials to provide transformational leadership and vision in their respective communities and thus Southeast Ohio.