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Starke County Community Foundation Awards Grants

Jim Shilling from the Starke County Historical Society and Dave Altman, SCCF Grant Chairman

The Starke County Community Foundation celebrated the holidays with the community by awarding grants to Starke County organizations during the Foundation’s 2011 Grant Award Banquet. Over $14,000 was awarded on Tuesday, December 14th at the Community Center in Knox.

The grants are part of the Community Foundation’s Unrestricted Funds which allow the Community Foundation to assess the greatest needs of the community and assist individual agency programs. The funds that make it possible for these grants to be awarded are The Freedom Fund, Ann R. and Orville Nichols Memorial Fund, Schuyler Family Endowment Fund, Starke County General Unrestricted Fund, and the Arlowa S. Vorm Memorial Fund.

Since 1998 the Community Foundation has awarded over 1.7 million dollars to local organizations and projects that make a difference in Starke County. 

Twenty-three organizations applied for funding from the Community Foundation with requests of over $80,000 dollars. “It is amazing to see all the good works that these organizations do for our community and citizens.” said Sarah Origer, Director of Development for the Starke County Community Foundation. The grant selection committee is comprised of Starke County residents and Community Foundation board members who review all applications and narrowed the selection to ten organizations.

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Starke County Community Foundation Honors Graduates

Date: June 14, 2011

Nathan P. Origer

The Starke County Community Foundation (“SCCF”) hosted its 2011 Scholarship Reception on Thursday, June 14th at the Knox Community Center. This is an annual celebration of the talented young men and women who have earned their places as accomplished scholars in Starke County.

It is also a celebration of the scholarship fund founders who created the scholarships that help many local students pursue their educational aspirations. The event provides a forum for donors to share meet the scholarship recipients and share memories of those who are honored in the scholarships. Attendees socialized while enjoying a desert buffet catered by Fran Shepherd.

Terri Johnson, Executive Director of the Northern Indiana Community Foundation opened the program by welcoming the fund founders, guests, scholarship award recipients and their parents.

North Judson native, Lilly Endowment Community Scholar and Executive Director of the Pulaksi County Community Foundation, Nathan P. Origer, was the featured speaker. He talked with the students about keeping their minds open to learning as they become college students.

Twenty-four scholarships were awarded to twenty-nine students totaling over $150,000 which also includes the Starke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship. All students are current graduating seniors of Oregon-Davis, North Judson-San Pierre and Knox Community High Schools as well as non-traditional and college students.

A complete list of 2011 scholarship recipients can be found here.