Starke County Community Foundation Provides $1,000 Boost to Starke County Fair

Cheryl Orkis (Starke County Community Foundation President), Erin Tunis (Starke County 4-H Jay Mints Leader, 4-H Council Vice President, and Fair Board member), Julia Miller (County Extension Director, Purdue Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development) and Barbara McLaughlin (SCCF Founder and Ambassadors Club member) (photo provided by Starke County Community Foundation)

The Starke County Fair will get some extra help returning from last year’s cancellation. The 4-H and Starke County Fair Board was the recipient of last month’s $1,000 pop-up grant from the Starke County Community Foundation.

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State Launches Indiana Hospitality & Entertainment Grant

A new source of COVID-19 relief is now available for Indiana hotels and entertainment venues. The Indiana Hospitality & Entertainment Grant program lets qualifying businesses apply for up to a total of $1 million to reimburse expenses from March 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021. Those eligible to apply include hotels, motels, movie theaters, theater companies, and event promoters.

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Pulaski County Seeking Grant Funding for JDAI, Veterans and Family Court Programs

Pulaski County’s court system is once again looking to bring in thousands of dollars of grant funding for its programs. Circuit Court Judge Mary Welker told the county commissioners Monday that the county was granted almost $53,000 for the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative. “This month, we have 30 students receiving services in our JDAI program, as well as 13 in our truancy program,” Welker explained.

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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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Starke County Youth Club Gets $1,000 Pop-Up Grant from Community Foundation

SCCF Board President Cheryl Orkis, former SCCF board member Barbara McLaughlin, Starke County Youth Club Executive Director Irene Szakonyi, and SCCF Director of Development Jessica Martinović (SCCF photo)

The Starke County Youth Club has gotten a $1,000 boost. The Youth Club was the recipient of this month’s pop-up grant from the Starke County Community Foundation.

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Indiana Destination Development Corporation Denies Application for Yellow River Kayak Launch Funding

Yellow River

The Starke County Park Board will still move ahead with plans for a series of kayak launches along the Yellow River, even though its application for thousands of dollars in grant funding was unsuccessful. The board’s application for almost $70,000 from the Indiana Destination Development Corporation failed to make it to the finalist round, according to Starke County Highway Department Office Manager Mary Perren, who helped oversee the application.

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