Holmes Center concert raises $2,000 for fire-affected families

A benefit concert at Holmes Center for the Arts raised $2,000 for the Tkachuk and Stauffer-McNutt families, giving Holmes County another direct response to the fires that have shaken the area.

Local musicians filled the Millersburg arts center with a show built around relief, not just performance. The event brought together neighbors and performers to support families recovering from devastating fire losses, with the money aimed at helping the Tkachuks and the Stauffer-McNutts through the early costs of rebuilding and daily disruption.

The families named in local coverage were the Tkachuk family and the Stauffer-McNutt family. Solomia Tkachuk created a GoFundMe campaign on March 18, 2026, while First Mennonite Church of Sugarcreek announced a fire fund on April 5, 2026, for Amy, Paul and Gretta Stauffer-McNutt. Together, those efforts and the concert show how quickly local institutions have stepped in with financial help after the fires.

Holmes Center for the Arts, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), is located at 5200 State Route 39 in Millersburg, Ohio, 44654. The center says its mission is to provide educational and performing opportunities in the arts for people of all economic and social backgrounds, and it regularly hosts classes, performances and presentations in dance, music, theatre and art.

The fundraiser added a tangible result to that mission. In a county where fire recovery can quickly turn into a long, expensive stretch of repairs, the $2,000 raised at the concert gave the Tkachuk and Stauffer-McNutt families immediate help and underscored how Holmes County has rallied around its own.