A Legacy that Will Keep on Giving In the fall of 2008 the Williamsburg Community Foundation received the largest single gift in its nine year history. Benjamin Altshuler, a local resident who worked for the Daily Press and Northrop Grumman during his lifetime has endowed his passion for amateur sports and community activism through his estate.
Ben started wrestling programs at Peninsula Catholic and Norfolk Collegiate High Schools and assisted coaches at several area high schools for over 30 years.
He was the driving force behind the annual First Colony Wrestling tournament. Ben was also committed to improving the quality of life in Williamsburg. He was an engaged and informed citizen who was involved in a variety of local issues from protecting neighborhoods to public transportation. He wanted to enable every person, regardless of income, to participate fully in public life.
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When Ben became ill, he had little time to craft a legacy for the future, but he quickly set about devising a plan that would carry on the work he started during his lifetime, forever.
-Wayne Moyer,
his friend and executor. |
The fund that has been established by his legacy will carry on his support for the causes that he cared about during his lifetime.
Initial grants will be awarded to support amateur sports. An Advisory Committee will develop grant guidelines for the fund and solicit applications for its first grants in September 2009. | 
