The Press-Dispatch
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A-10 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 The Press-Dispatch Pike Community Foundation awards several monetary grants pation were in the air Nov. 8 as the grant recipients gathered at the Main Street Presbyterian Church to re- ceive their checks from the Pike County Community Foundation. Wil Teague, president of handed out, $26,000 of which came from the David D. Corn Trust. Janey Ess- er and Derek Zehr repre- sented German American Bank, which oversees the Corn Trust. Recipients must be not- the Pike County Commu- nity Foundation, present- ed the checks and talked about the efforts of each group receiving the grants. In all, $30,796.55 was Excitement and antici- for-prof it organizations that either exist within the county or serve Pike Coun- ty. According to Cindy Gas- kins, who has been either a board member of a volun- tary staff member since the PCCF's inception in 1998, this is the largest amount ever granted. The recipients and pur- poses for the grants in- clude: Otwell Elemen- tary School to purchase five iPads to be used for preschool to fifth grade; Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra to support the 2012-13 Young People's Concerts for Pike Coun- ty students; Pike Coun- ty Animal Welfare Soci- ety (PAWS) for additional fencing for dog runs; Pre- cious Rewards to purchase car seats and other cli- ent rewards; Bread of Life Ministries for transporta- tion for semi-truck loads of food; United Way of Pike County to provide funding for the annual Day of Car- ing project in September 2013; Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana for "Our Nation" classes for fifth-grade students in Pike County elementary schools; Jefferson Town- ship Volunteer Fire De- partment to provide Mo- torola V pagers to volun- teer firefighters; Winslow Elementary School to pur- chase iPads for the kinder- garten classes; Petersburg Elementary School to pur- chase audio machines to be used by first-grade classes; Pike County Public Library to purchase literature and programs for library pre- school; Pike County Pub- lic Library to support the "Books Between Bites" pro- gram; Pike Central School Corporation Project Lead the Way program; Pike County Christian Assis- they had requested financial help with. Those picking up checks at the Community Foundation meeting, front from left, include: Jenny Cherry, Mike MacMunn, Linda Strosnider, Holly McKinney, Jill Estey, Er- in Huebner, Mary Becker and Ginger Rogers. In back are: Janet Blaize, Chris Young, Rick Fears, Vicki Cagle, Casey Mason, Vicki Nelson, Summer Bennett, Glenn Roberts, Denise Kinney and Alene Grubb. The Pike County Community Foundation presented checks to several organizations recently for things tance for Somebody's Place to purchase eggs, milk and peanut butter for their "Pro- tein for Tots" program; and the Pike County Emergen- cy Medical Services to pro- vide a class for volunteer firefighters who are first re- sponders so they are better prepared for emergencies they may encounter. The PCCF is very proud and happy to have the op- portunity to give back to the community through the funds the citizens of Pike County have made possi- ble. 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