The $500 grant from the Community Foundation was used to pay for postage and incentives for students to join the 21st Century Scholars Program. The 21st Century Scholars Program tries to make college affordable for all families in Indiana. Through this program, students can qualify for full tuition and fees at any Indiana state university. Students must apply for this program in 7th or 8th grade, be an Indiana resident and the student's family must meet income guidlines. As a result of the grant, guidance counselors from most of the middle schools saw an increase in the number of students enrolled in this valuable program.

For more information, visit http://www.in.gov/ssaci/programs/21st/

Brownsburg Public Library

In 2006, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted the Brownsburg Public Library $685 for Opera at the Library. At the event, which was held on February 1, 2007, the Indianapolis Opera performed Little Red Walking Hood for about 250 patrons.

For more information, visit

http://www.brownsburg.lib.in.us

Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis

Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis was awarded a $5,000 grant from an anonymous fund held at the Community Foundation. The grant was used for their Tuition Assistance Program in 2006. This grant went towards tuition assistance for approximately 40 children to attend the Day Nursery Center in Hendricks County.

For more information, visit

http://www.daynursery.org/

In 2006, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted Hendricks County Action for Healthy Kids a $2,500 grant for Raise your HANDS (Health and Nutrition Drives Students). The grant was used to purchase 90 copies fo The Professor Popcorn curriculum. In addition, a training session was presented to 12 Hendricks County teachers. The program focuses on children's nutrition and activity and provides teachers with lesson plans and activities for grades 1-6.

For more information, please visit

http://indianaactionforhealthykids.org

Plainfield Federation of Churces

In 2006, the Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Plainfield Federation of Churces a grant of $8,860 for their Survival Skills programs. The Survival Skills for Women program has helped 26 women learn to improve their personal and economic independence. The 10-week program provides practical workshops on topics ranging from assertiveness and coping with crisis to money manegement, legal rights, and re-entry employment.

For more information, please visit

http://www.ssed.org/skills-for-women.asp

Sam Mooney, a Hendricks Country resident, decided to build an outdoor reading facility at the Avon-Washington Township Public Library for his Eagle Scout project. In 2006, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted $1,000 to Sam in order to make his vision a reality. The Reading Retreat was dedicated on September 23, 2006. It consists of several benches, an arbor, landscaping and rubber mulch made of recycled tires. The library will continue its upkeep.

For more information, visit http://www.avon.lib.in.us/

Riley Children's Foundation

In 2006, an anonymous fund held at the Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Riley Children's Foundation a $5,000 grant for Camp Riley for Youth with Physical Disabilities. Camp Riley served 12 campers from Hendricks County in 2006.

For more information, please visit

http://www.rileykids.org/camp/

Sheltering Wings

In 2006, the Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded a grant to Sheltering Wings for their Breaking the Cycle children's program. The children's program is aimed at helping children that are victims of or witnesses to domestic violence. Sheltering Wings served 130 children and 69 mothers from August 2006 to July 2007.

For more information, visit

http://www.shelteringwings.org/

Stilesville Police Department

The Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Stilesville Police Department a grant of $850 to purchase digital cameras to document and prevent domestic violence. These cameras have been used in domestic violence cases as well as other cases.

For more information, please visit

http://www.law-enforcement.org/stilesvillepd/home1.htm

Each year since 1974, Handicapable Camp, Inc. has provided handicapped individuals a weekend camp experience. In 2005, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted Handicapable Camp $2,535.

The money was used for campers to ride horses, take Pontoon rides and have a dinner with counselors.

In 2005 the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted the Hendricks College Network $4,500. The grant money was used for the Hendricks County Fair, where there were 47 vendors from various education and training organizations, schools, universities and trade organizations. The money was also used to purchase two LCD projectors to improve the HCN computer lab.

For more information, visit http://www.hendrickscollegenetwork.org/

Hendricks County Community Foundation granted the Hendricks County Honor Guard $4,000 in 2005. The grant money was used to maintain and improve the equipment of the Hendricks County Honor Guard and obtain additional uniforms for its members. Part of the money has been put on reserve to use for recruiting purposes.

The Honor Guard was able to perform 69 funeral services, march in four parades and participate in eight other civic activities in 2005.

Kiwanis Club of Plainfield

In 2005, the Hendricks County Community Foundation awarded the Kiwanis Club of Plainfield a $2,000 grant for a new trailer. This trailer allowed them to keep their elephant ear stand in compliance with the new state fire code. The Kiwanis Club uses the proceeds from the stand to fund their local charitable efforts. In 2006, they sold 2,279 elephant ears creating a net income of $6,352. The money is distributed to charitable efforts in Danville and Plainfield.

Leadership Hendricks County, Inc. is the only organization devoted exlusively to the leadership development and capacity building concerns of all citizens in Hendricks County. In 2005, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted Leadership Hendricks County, Inc. $2,500. The grant money was used to improve the Youth Leadership retreat and the Adult LHC retreats.

For more information, visit http://www.lhcinc.org/

In 2005, the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted $15,158 to the Light and Life Free Methodist Church Food Pantry. The grant money purchased two refrigerators and freezers, food supplies, and some utility expenses. Serving all of Hendricks County, it is open 1:30-4:00 p.m. every Monday (last Monday of each month are evening hours from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.). As of December 2006, the food pantry has served over 5500 people.

For more information, visit http://www.imcpl.org/cgi-bin/irnfull.pl?MAIN2812AA

Since 1955, Camp Riley has helped more than 11,000 children push themselves to achievements they once only dreamed of. In 2005, an anonymous fund held at the Hendricks County Community Foundation granted Riley Chilren's Foundation $5,000. The grant money was used to support programs for the 255 campers that attended Camp Riley in the summer of 2005.

For more information, visit http://www.rileykids.org/camp/

In 2005, Hendricks County Community Foundation granted Strides to Success $3,200. The grant money was used for the Pony Club, a program that provides a safe and trusted place for childen that have suffered emotional, phsycial or sexual abuse. Club members were able to learn how to groom and take care of the horses and work with the horses in areas of shownmanship and horsemanship. In 2005, 22 children were served through the Pony Club.

For more information, visit http://www.stridestosuccess.org/

The Brownsburg Challenger Learning Center, opened in November, 1994, is the 22nd of 52 CLCs in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. CLCs were established in honor of the 52-L Crew that perished on January 28, 1986 in the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. The Hendricks County Community Foundation has given grants to the Brownsburg CLC to support programs such as simulated space missions, distance learning programs, teacher training, professional development, enrichment programs and corporate missions.

For more information, visit http://challenger.brownsburg.k12.in.us/

Kathy, a dedicated church and community member, died of breast cancer at an early age in 2003. Her husband dedicated part of her estate to follow through on her goal of providing a safe playground for the children of the Lizton community.

Proposed by the Lizton United Methodist Church, this project was funded in part by a grant from the Lincoln Bank Partnership with the Hendricks County Community Foundation. The park was completed on May 22, 2000.

The Kids' Summer Lunch Bunch was started with a grant funded by the Lincoln Bank Partnership in 2003. During the summer, children come and receive lunch, a free book and play games with other kids in the community. The Summer Lunch Bunch program has a non-permanent fund at the Community Foundation to support this program. Since the grant, the program has continued to grow and has expanded into every community in the county. In 2007, the Danville Lunch Bunch served 1,875 kids in 20 lunch sessions. In 2008, Lunch Bunch will apply for their own 501(c)(3) status.

To learn more, go to: http://kidssummerlunchbunch.org

The Hendricks County Community Foundation gave the One Room Schoolhouse in Pittsboro a $100,000 grant through a program sponsored by Lilly Endowment, Inc. The grant enabled the One Room Schoolhouse to hire a construction manager to restore and relocate it to a site on the Pittsboro Elementary School grounds. Restoration was completed in 2000. School marm's, like Miss Phoebe, take scholars through a day of school in 1892. The One Room Schoolhouse now hosts about 2,600 people a year.

For more information, visit http://pittsborooneroomschool.org/index.htm