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Montgomery County Community Foundation * 118 E Main Street, Second Floor * PO Box 334 * Crawfordsville, IN 47933

Phone: (765) 362-1267 * Fax: (765) 361-0562

We wish to thank the following donors who made Memorial or Honor Gifts in August:

Ms. Mae Pinkstaff in honor of Marian Morrison's birthday.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Katzenberger in honor of Gail Pebworth.

Mr. and Mrs. John Turchi in memory of Genevieve Bullerdick.

Mr. Ted Pearson in memory of James and Patti Pearson.

Williamsburg Health Care in memory of Mary Sexton.

Mr. and Mrs. Austin Brooks in memory of Pru Phillips.

Mr. and Mrs. John Wyatt in memory of Richard Tulley.

Mr. and Mrs. John Fox in memory of William and Virginia Hays.

Mr. and Mrs. William Leyda in memory of George and Wilma Spencer.

The next time you're looking for an elusive birthday or anniversary gift for someone, why not consider a donation to the Foundation in their honor? It will be a gift that keeps on giving!

If you would like to make a gift in honor or in memory of a loved one or friend, please check out our Honor Gifts or Memorial Gifts pages.

We are happy to announce that we awarded over $345,000 in grants to local non-profits at our recent Grant Award presentation! Smiles were all around as the awards were distributed and everyone enjoyed hearing how the funding will support various projects and services. Check out the details and pictures on our Grants link or click here.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 23rd for our Denim and Diamonds Dinner Tour! More details and information will be posted on our website soon. Please make plans to join us for this fun and informative event!

We are pleased to announce that we will soon be moving to new office space at 119 E. Main! Our offices will be located on the first floor which will give us better accessibility and visibility. Our goal is to be settled in by the end of September and remodeling efforts are already in full swing. We will post updates here.

Wow! We are so grateful for the Wabash men who donated their time, efforts and muscle power to MCCF during Wabash Community Service Day. They worked diligently and willingly throughout the afternoon cleaning out our "pigeon room" (and lived to tell about it!) packing and moving boxes (thanks Inland Container!) and even cleaning over in our new office space. From the smiles on their faces we think they had a good time while working - although the smiles could be because of the brownies and cookies at the end of the day! We wish all of them a successful year at college - what a great group of guys!

Ian Line, recipient of four MCCF scholarships, recently gave a helping hand to Cheryl Keim, Development Director, as they prepared the summer edition of BRIDGES for mailing. Ian volunteered his time as a way of giving back to MCCF in gratitude for his scholarships. He's already demonstrating a philanthropic spirit! Ian will be attending Grace College and we wish him all the best. Thanks Ian!

Please check out our Photo Gallery where we have displayed more pictures of some of our grant and distribution recipients.

Karen Cushman, an elementary school principal and a founding member of the "Building a Health Future" committee which took on the tasks of building a skate park and improving playground equipment in Milligan Park shares the history of the project. The Skate Park is located at the south end of Milligan Park, over the hill from the swimming pool. The effort began in the summer of 2006. The total cost of the project is about $225,000.00,and has been funded through grants, private donations and minimal tax dollars. MCCF awarded the project $25,000.00 in 2007 and another $7,200.00 this year.

Mike Scime, YSB Executive Director and a member of Kiwanis, addresses the crowd that gathered for the Skate Park Groundbreaking Ceremony. The Kiwanis Club was successful in receiving a large grant from North Central Health Services for the park.

Mayor Charlie Coons discusses the skate park plans with some skateboard enthusiasts who attended the groundbreaking ceremony Aug. 26.