Starke County Historical Society Receives Grant Funds for Restoration of Schricker House

Starke County Historian Venita Cunningham, Starke County Community Foundation Director of Development Jacque Ryan, and Starke County Historical Society Board Members Mike Tolson and Russ Blais

The Starke County Historical Society recently received a Heritage Support Grant in the amount of $17,500 to go toward an ongoing restoration project at the historic Schricker House in Knox. 

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San Pierre Volunteer Fire Department Receives Grant

Picture from left- Jacque Ryan (Starke County Community Foundation Director), Kay Chaffins (Railroad Township Trustee Secretary), Tammy Schumacher (San Pierre Vol. Fire Dept. Treasurer), Chief Chad Schumacher, Lieutenant Mike Wilcox. photo provided

The San Pierre Volunteer Fire Department is the recipient of a Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund grant through the Starke County Community Foundation.

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Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund to Sponsor Food Distribution in Hamlet Thursday

The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will be visiting Hamlet tomorrow, September 9. The Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund is sponsoring a drive-through food distribution, according to the food bank’s website. It’ll take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at the James R. Hardesty Hamlet-Davis Township Fire Station and Community Center.

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Food Bank of Northern Indiana to Hold Drive-Through Distribution in Hamlet Thursday

The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will be visiting Hamlet tomorrow, April 29. The Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund is sponsoring a drive-through food distribution. It’ll take place from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at the James R. Hardesty Hamlet-Davis Township Fire Station and Community Center.

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Oregon-Davis School Board Accepts Student Debt Relief Grant, Athletic Donations

Oregon-Davis students continue to benefit from the generosity of local residents, businesses, and organizations. The school board Monday accepted $25,000 in grant funding from the Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund. The grant came about after the school board took action last month to intercept state income tax refunds to collect unpaid fees, and the Hardesty Fund offered to pay off the entire debt instead.

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Oregon-Davis School Board to Accept Student Debt Relief Donation Tonight

A $25,000 donation to wipe out student debt will be up for the Oregon-Davis School Board’s official approval tonight. Board members approved an agreement last month that would let school officials collect outstanding fees by intercepting state income tax refunds, but the Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund has since agreed to pay them off entirely.

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Starke County Community Foundation Grant to Wipe Out Debt for Oregon-Davis Families

Starke County Community Foundation Director of Development Jessica Martinović and Northern Indiana Community Foundation Executive Director Jay Albright present a check to Oregon-Davis School Superintendent Bill Bennett (Starke County Community Foundation photo)

Those owing money to the Oregon-Davis School Corporation have had their debt wiped away. The Starke County Community Foundation’s Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund has agreed to pay off $25,000 in outstanding debt, through a grant awarded to the school corporation last week.

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Food Bank of Northern Indiana to Distribute Food in Knox, Hamlet

The Food Bank of Northern Indiana will distribute food in Knox this morning. A drive-through distribution will be held from 10:00 a.m. to noon CDT at the Knox United Methodist Church at 210 S. Shield Street, according to the food bank’s website. Items will be available for free on a first come, first served basis for up to 400 households in need of food assistance.

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Knox School Board Receives Grants from Starke County Community Foundation

Starke County Community Foundation Director of Development Jessica Martinović presents checks to School Board President Kirk Bennett

More than $18,000 in grant funding was presented to the Knox School Board Monday. The school corporation is once again getting $15,000 for Kindergarten Countdown from the Hardesty Memorial Endowment Fund. Director of Curriculum and Instruction Peggy Shidaker told board members that the Countdown camp is designed for any incoming kindergarten student who hasn’t attended preschool.

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