Press Release WARSAW — United Way of Kosciusko County announced that it has been approved to receive a $450,000 COVID-19 Economic Relief Initiative Grant, made possible through a partnership between Lilly Endowment, Inc. and Indiana United Ways. These funds will be used to boost the local COVID-19 pandemic response efforts.  “United Way of Kosciusko County …read more.

WARSAW — Lilly Endowment recently announced that Amy Holton, Washington STEM Academy EL teacher, is a recipient of its 2020 Teacher Creativity Fellowship. The program will provide Holton with a grant to pursue her passions of community, communication and travel. According to a Warsaw Community Schools press release, Hilton grew up in Wapakoneta, OH, and …read more.

NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester University has been awarded a $100,000 planning grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The grant is part of the endowment’s new initiative, Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities. “We are deeply grateful for Lilly Endowment for its commitment to higher education and this opportunity,” said Manchester President Dave McFadden. “We …read more.

SYRACUSE — School districts statewide are often overwhelmed by the emotional and social needs students face. Those needs have increased in recent years especially due to the opioid addiction crisis and other factors families are dealing with. To address this problem, Lilly Endowment launched a counseling initiative in September 2016 and began awarding grants to …read more.

SYRACUSE — This will likely be a Christmas Isaiah Metcalf and his family won’t soon forget. Metcalf, a senior student at Wawasee High School, thought he was simply attending a Warrior Leadership Committee meeting Thursday morning, Dec. 14, in the lecture room at the high school. But then Suzie Light, executive director of the Kosciusko …read more.