AKRON, Ohio – The Akron Community Foundation has named Laura Bailey Culp as the 2026 Polsky Award recipient.
Culp will receive the award at the annual Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Akron Fairlawn.
Culp will be the 57th recipient of the award, which the Akron Community Foundation presents each year to an individual or couple who has shown immense dedication to humanitarian causes in Akron, according to a news release. The Bert A. Polsky Humanitarian Award was created to honor the former president of Polsky’s Department Store and founding Akron Community Foundation trustee. Culp was selected to receive the award by a committee of past honorees…