On October 23, 2019 Tony Etchison (47yrs) died in a farming accident on the family farm in Arcadia, Indiana. Tony was a loving husband, a proud father, a third generation farmer, a successful insurance professional, and a hall of fame basketball player. Tony’s greatest love and joy was being with his family. He was married to his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Toby, for 22 years. He was a father of three sons: John Phillip “JP”, now a sophomore at Indiana University, Gus, a senior at Hamilton Heights HS, and Tillman, a freshman at Hamilton Heights HS.
“Etch”, as he was known in the community, devoted so much of his time to helping others. He volunteered his time coaching youth sports, helping anyone in need, and providing support to others. He lived by, role modeled, and passionately believed in his guiding principles: “love everyone, be kind, and make a difference.” More than 3000 community members, family, and friends attended his memorial, a testament to how many lives Tony touched and impacted.
The Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation is built upon his guiding principles and the way he lived each day. The primary mission of the foundation is to continue to show love, kindness, and to make a difference in the lives of community youth to empower children to reach the highest potential for their lives. The foundation will work closely with the Hamilton County Youth Assistance Program and other not-for-profit organizations to provide support for the healthy development of youth within the community, including but not limited to, support for services for mental health counseling and health care, mentoring programs, food, clothing, summer camp and recreation opportunities, housing, and other needs as deemed appropriate by the board of directors.
The Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation Fund, a fund of the Hamilton County Community Foundation, asks for your generous support to help keep Tony’s memory alive by helping those in need. The foundation exists under the umbrella of the Hamilton County Community Foundation and all contributions made to the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation are 501c3 tax deductible.
If you wish to donate to the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation, a fund of the Hamilton County Community Foundation, please follow this link to do so and please make sure you specify the TONY ETCHISON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION as the fund your donating to.
If you wish to mail a check to the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation, please ensure the check is either made out to HCCF – Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation or it is noted in the memo of the check that it will be going to the Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation. Please mail the check to: Hamilton County Community Foundation, 11810 Technology Drive Fishers, IN 46038.
Our golf outing was a huge hit! We raised nearly $48k and will net nearly $38k for our foundation! Thanks @SocialLegends for all your help to pull this off! 🙏❤️ Thanks to do many who made this possible! #etch
1st Annual Tony Etchison Memorial Foundation golf outing tees it up at Noon tomorrow(7/25) @FoxPrairie! Full field of 36 teams and raising more than $45,000 to help the youth in our community! #Etch
For those that are playing in the golf outing on Monday, July 25th…registration opens at 1030 am and tee it up at Noon! We will have a “Relief Package” for sale for each foursome for $40 total you will want to buy at registration!
Happy to help the community and our youth! A few acknowledgements from 2022 so far of where we have helped! #MakingADifference #Etch
So proud and excited to announce we have SOLD OUT the foursomes for the event! We can still take sponsorship commitments through this week but will have to cut those off this weekend! #Etch
GOLF OUTING - July 25th @FoxPrairie - foursome forms and sponsor forms are on website - https://etch21.com/golf-outing-event/ - get your forms mailed in!