The Wabash Valley Community Foundation’s Clay County affiliate, the Clay County Community Foundation, has successfully met the $500,000 challenge grant. This challenge grant was provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.’s GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) VII initiative.
In October 2018, …
The Community Foundation has welcomed new leadership for its boards of directors. Changes were approved at the September Annual Meeting and took effect October 1, 2020.
Brian Deakins joined the Clay County Community Foundation board of directors for the 2000-2002 …
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation, together with its affiliates Clay County Community Foundation and Sullivan County Community Foundation, has received a Community Leadership Grant of $350,000 as part of the seventh phase of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Giving Indiana Funds for …
The Community Foundation seeks to hire three individuals for the newly created positions of Development and Engagement Officers. The County Development and Engagement Officers will support the Community Foundation’s mission of “engaging people, building resources and enriching lives.” As the …
Judy Harris was born on July 22, 1951, in Sullivan, Indiana, to Robert E. and Marjorie L. Halberstadt. She was auditor of Sullivan County for several years, and also spent many years working at the Sullivan County Courthouse.
Judy was …
Diane Braden was born on March 15, 1945, in Brazil, Indiana, to Herman and Betty Kitch. She graduated from Brazil High School in 1963 and, shortly thereafter, married Jack Braden. She went on to work as a Human Resource Manager …
Tom Ewing was born on June 4, 1940, in Kansas, Illinois, to Wilbur B. Ewing and Virginia M. Hicks Ewing. He graduated from Honey Creek High School in 1958 and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in education from …
Jack Shanks was born in Stanford, Kentucky on June 24,1931, to Ted and Lula Shanks. He graduated from Ashboro School in 1949 and served in the Army from 1953-55 during the Korean conflict. Jack married Pat Buck in 1954.
After …
The Garrett Sands Kindness Project was created in memory of a young man who had a servant’s heart; he was kind and helpful to others. Garrett was an athlete and an honor student. In all that he did, he had …
The Terre Haute Day Nursery Endowment Fund, in its continuing effort to provide for those in need of quality childcare, is seeking applications for grants in these childcare areas: tuition assistance and/or program development. The Terre Haute Day Nursery Fund …
