Two community grants from the Unrestricted Fund enabled Westminster Community Center to offer new opportunities for people to become more self-sufficient through learning key life skills. The first grant for a community garden fosters the age-old skill of gardening to produce edible vegetables and fruits.
When the grants committee approved a grant for a thermal imaging camera, they did not realize how quickly this camera would benefit a local family. Within two months of receiving the thermal imaging camera, Spiceland volunteer fire fighters were called to a house fire during the night.
The Teens About Serving the County (TASC) Youth Grants Committee provided grants to help fund a PureFun event, an Empty Bowls fundraiser, and the Henry County Sheriff's Youth Camp among other programs.
Transformation is evident to anyone who visits Middletown or speaks to members of its grant-receiving organizations or the many community-minded residents who have helped fund community grants through donations to the Unrestricted Fund.
Graduating from New Castle High School with the class of 1950, Herb started college at Wabash but it was interrupted by the Korean conflict. After serving two years in the U. S. Army, he returned to his college career at Ball State University where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in education.
During the Shenandoah honor program, Henry County Community Foundation Executive Director Jerry Schaeffer presented the 2009 Teacher Excellence Award to Mr. Rick Penn.
The Henry County Community Foundation introduced new tools and programs. These tools for communication and growth will allow the Foundation to more easily, quickly and cost effectively keep donors, grantees, and scholarship recipients informed of Community Foundation opportunities.
Confirmed in Compliance with National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations
Grant Application
All
requests for grants are reviewed by the Henry County Community Foundation's
Grants Committee, which is made up of members of the Board of Directors and
several outside advisers. Reviews and
recommendations are then presented to the full Board of Directors at its
regularly scheduled meetings in April and October, at which time all final
grant decisions are made. However, the
Board reserves the right to consider individual requests at any regularly
scheduled meeting, if deemed necessary.
All
grant applicants will be notified in writing with respect to the grant
decisions of the Foundation's Board of Directors. This correspondence will state whether or not
a grant was made and will state the purpose for which it was approved. The Henry County Community Foundation will
periodically review each grant award and will require a final evaluation report
from each grantee.
It
is the general policy of the Henry County Community Foundation to operate
without discrimination as to age, race, religion, sex or national origin in the
overall administration of the Foundation and in the consideration of grant
requests from agencies and organizations.
