{"id":6799,"date":"2014-01-14T16:20:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T16:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2014-01-14T16:20:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T16:20:42","slug":"john-ratliff-named-to-fisher-cats-foundation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2014\/01\/14\/john-ratliff-named-to-fisher-cats-foundation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"John Ratliff Named to Fisher Cats Foundation Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6800\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6800\" alt=\"John Ratliff\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/files\/2014\/01\/J.RATLIFF.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"272\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keene State College Athletic Director John Ratliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keene State College Athletic Director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keeneowls.com\/athdept\/administration\/bios\/Ratliff_John?tmpl=\/bio-template\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>John Ratliff<\/strong><\/a> has been added to the board of directors of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/content\/page.jsp?sid=t463&amp;ymd=20100408&amp;content_id=9142554&amp;vkey=team4\" target=\"_blank\">Fisher Cats Foundation<\/a>, the charitable arm of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/index.jsp?sid=t463\" target=\"_blank\">New Hampshire Fisher Cats<\/a>. He joins a Foundation that has surpassed $3 million in giving and recently saw its marquee event soar past $1 million raised for charity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to have John join us on the Fisher Cats Foundation Board of Directors,\u201d said Fisher Cats owner and Foundation Board Chairman Art Solomon. \u201cHe shares a belief in the core principles that make up our Foundation, and he brings a vast knowledge of the people and places in Keene and the entire Monadnock region. His ideas and enthusiasm will help us continue to make an impact on the people and towns in his community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fisher Cats Foundation has done so much outstanding work across our state, and I am excited to join in the mission,\u201d Ratliff said. \u201cThe Foundation places a huge emphasis on education, something that has driven me throughout my administrative career. I look forward to working with my fellow board members to continue the great programs in place while adding new ideas to expand our impact in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ratliff joins a Foundation that wrapped up a banner year in 2013. In June, the Foundation held its first charitable golf tournament, and it recently celebrated the sold-out 2013 Granite State Baseball Dinner on Nov. 23. That event raised more than $163,000 for the Children\u2019s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, the Ted Williams Museum, and the Fisher Cats Foundation, and surpassed $1 million in giving since 2007. The proceeds will support the Foundation\u2019s overall work, but specifically its scholarship program, which awards $30,000 to 12 graduating high school seniors each spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keene State College Athletic Director John Ratliff has been added to the board of directors of the Fisher Cats Foundation, the charitable arm of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He joins a Foundation that has surpassed $3 million in giving and recently saw its marquee event soar past $1 million raised for charity. \u201cWe are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/2014\/01\/14\/john-ratliff-named-to-fisher-cats-foundation-board\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">John Ratliff Named to Fisher Cats Foundation Board<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":6800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[360],"class_list":["post-6799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6801,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6799\/revisions\/6801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.keene.edu\/newsline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}