Barry Community Foundation hands out more than $80,000 in aid to restaurants Bonnie Gettys has been with the Barry Community Foundation since its inception. and last updated 2020-12-31 19:36:53-05 HASTINGS, Mich. â A local community foundation is stepping up and helping some of the businesses being hit the hardest right now: restaurants all across Barry County. Bonnie Gettys, the president of the Barry Community Foundation, says they never could have imagined what theyâre doing this year. âI had no idea 25 years ago when we were all sitting around talking about an organization called the Community Foundation, how important it would be," Gettys told FOX 17 on Thursday. "Talking with one of our restaurant owners, he went from 40 employees to 5.â