By SUE CREIGHTON Board President, Beaman Home The Beaman Home was recently awarded a grant from Kosciusko REMC Operation Round Up Fund, a component fund of Kosciusko County Community Foundation. The money for this Fund comes from Kosciusko REMC members who “round up” their monthly electric bill to help support the Fund. The grant will …read more.

By KASEY KOHLMORGEN Director of Community Relations, Joe’s Kids The AWS Foundation in Fort Wayne recently awarded grants to two local organizations, supporting its mission of helping children and adults with enduring developmental and physical disabilities live as independently as possible, be included in the community and function at their highest potential. A grant in …read more.

By KARA BROOKS Indiana State Government Office Governor Mike Pence has announced that more than $4.6 million in total federal grants has been paid so far to help local communities and the state recover from the Jan. 5 through Jan. 9 winter storm. Local, county and state government and other organizations that provide public services …read more.

By KARA BROOKS State of Indiana In its first distribution of teacher performance grants, the State of Indiana today awarded more than 1,300 schools with $30 million to reward thousands of high-performing teachers. Among schools in Kosciusko County receiving teacher performance grants are: Akron Elementary, Claypool Elementary, Edgewood Middle, Eisenhower Elementary, Harrison Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, …read more.

Indiana Department of Transportation recently notified the Syracuse-Wawasee Trail Committee it would not be receiving the $1.5 million grant it requested to put a trail segment on SR 13. This is the second time the trail committee has been turned down by INDOT for a grant application regarding the same segment of trail. The first …read more.

The Kenneth & Lela Harkless Foundation has awarded $79,500 in grants to organizations in the Syracuse community, according to James E. Caskey, president of the foundation. The grants were awarded to the following organizations: Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum, $12,500; Syracuse Cemetery Association, $10,000; Teen Parents Succeeding, $10,000; Rose Home, $9,000; Lakeland Learning Center, $7,000; Syracuse Parks …read more.

PNC Bank has donated $1,000 to Head Start of Kosciusko County in honor of the volunteer work of PNC Branch Manager Angie Robbins. The Grants for Great Hours is part of PNC Bank’s Grow Up Great effort encouraging employees to volunteer with their local nonprofit early education and school readiness programs. Warsaw’s PNC Branch Manager …read more.

Syracuse/Wawasee Community Fund, a component fund of the Kosciusko County Community Foundation, recently announced three grants impacting the Syracuse area. Baker Youth Club received $1,000 in support of its after-school mentoring and homework help program for Syracuse Elementary School students. Boomerang Backpacks received $1,000 in support of their weekend food program for low-income Syracuse Elementary …read more.

Susan G. Komen Northern Indiana will soon be accepting grant applications for its upcoming community-based grant awards cycle, which runs April 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015. Komen Northern Indiana’s community grants program supports local hospitals and community organizations in its 27-county service area that provide breast health education and breast cancer screening, treatment, and …read more.