Lettie H. Rohrig, at the suggestion of her attorney, provided a charitable bequest to the Community Foundation in 1998. Although from modest means, Lettie’s generosity provides support for projects and programs that promote classical, symphonic, and operatic music and culture.

As a well-respected pediatrician in Auburn for more than 60 years, Dr. Henry Romano often came face-to-face with a growing epidemic — health assistance not always available for children to enjoy their lives to the greatest degree possible. To address that need in his hometown...