Inspirational Stories

These donors have continued legacies of their loved ones and thought about the future of our community by establishing funds at the Foundation.

Adkins-Jones Family Fund Benefits Community

Two siblings who have dedicated their lives to serving our community have taken that one step further through the establishment of a permanent endowment fund at the Scott County Community Foundation. Created by Raymond Jones and Clara (Jones) Adkins, the Adkins-Jones...

Scholarship Created in Memory of Beverly Crowell

“Best teacher I ever had.” “Wonderful lady, never without a smile. She loved people and they loved her.” “A very talented lady with a heart of gold! Her laugh was contagious! She loved life.” “She was an amazing person and a gift to all who knew her.” “She will be...

New Fund Benefits Scottsburg FFA

A local student organization will now benefit financially from a new endowment fund established at the Scott County Community Foundation to support agriculture. The Scottsburg FFA Chapter was chartered in 1946. It is a part of the National FFA organization, formally...
Gene Mayer

Gene Mayer’s Legacy Lives On Through Scholarship

Hardworking. Proud. Intelligent. Driven. Brave. Loving. All these are words that describe Arthur ?Gene? Mayer, a family man who left a lasting mark on all who knew him, and even those who didn?t. Gene was born on May 3, 1943, the son of Elmer and Opal Olivia Hedges...

Jane Everitt’s Estate Gifts Benefit Community

A move to Florida didn?t stop Jane Ann Everitt from remembering her roots and leaving a lasting legacy to honor her Scott County ties. Through several gifts in her estate plan to the Scott County Community Foundation, local organizations will benefit from her...

Cree-ating Community Fund Honors Cree Woods

Cree Woods is only six years old but through a fund at the Scott County Community Foundation, she is already leaving a legacy at a young age. Cree, the daughter of Chris and Melissa Woods, is a student at Vienna-Finley Elementary School. She is a member of American...

Couple Offers Planned Gift As Legacy

Scott County residents Kenneth and Nancy (Barr) Burton may not have been lifelong residents, but through a planned gift to the Scott County Community Foundation, their legacy will benefit our residents for generations to come. Ken was born in Richmond, Ind., and lived...

Garten Family Gives Back Through New Fund

Chris and Beth Garten grew up in Scottsburg, both having graduated from Scottsburg High School. As small business owners of Signature Countertops, and parents to Hayden, Hudson, and Greyson, they lead busy lives. But giving back to the community has always been a part...

Loving Woman Honored For Friendship

The yellow rose stands for joy and happiness. It symbolizes sunshine and brightness into our lives. Yellow represents joy, peace, warmness, to cheer up someone, lifting spirits, friendship and caring. ?The yellow rose is a perfect description of Mrs. Nancy Laird, who...

Sally Waldkoetter Honors Family and School With Scholarship Fund

A Scottsburg High School graduate who devoted her career to nursing has established a scholarship endowment fund for nursing students, shared Scott County Community Foundation Executive Director Jaime Toppe. Sarah M. Waldkoetter, better known as Sally to her family...

Joyce Lowry Broady Fund to Assist Breast Cancer Patients

Joyce. There it is,there in her name.Do you see?The first three letters tell. Her gift is not selective.In seasons of happiness,she gives with reckless abandon, concerned notwhat others may thinkof her lavishness. In seasons of sorrow,she pours out her brimming cup...

Family Histories Preserved Through Fund

Shown are some of the charter members of SCGSI in 1992: Maud Roy Breedlove Gray, Steve Carlisle, Stephanie Carlisle Miller, Jeannie Noe Carlisle. They are shown with John Hamblen from the Bartholomew County Genealogical Society, who assisted in organizing SCGSI. With...

Public Health is Focus of Kelley Robbins Endowment Fund

Kelley Robbins loved to talk, sometimes about his business, sometimes about the business of the county, but most of all, about his family. He and his wife Jean had two children, Katie and Kyle. They were also blessed with the next generation, two grandchildren, Finn...

Pilot Club Scholarship Honors Legacy of Lifeline Volunteer Work

What started as a desire to assist elderly and disabled residents has turned into a long-lasting legacy for a service organization and the two women who had the dedication to implement the Lifeline program in Scott County. Over 30 years ago, the Pilot Club of Scott...

Nina Keown Memorial Fund Established

A young mother who was tragically killed several years ago will continue to have her memory live on through the establishment of a fund at the Scott County Community Foundation. The Nina Keown Memorial Fund will provide support for charitable causes, and offer a...

Jayce’s Memory Lives On Through Scholarship

?Jayce Ray Stallings loved being with his mom?s basketball team, at the baseball diamond, and on vacation with his family. He enjoyed John Deere tractors and was loved by everyone who met him. The son of Julian and Ashley (Peacock) Stallings and brother of Madalyn, he...

L.L. and Juanita Lowry Unrestricted Fund

L.L. and Juanita Lowry Unrestricted Fund The establishment of the Forever Tree Society program by the Scott County Community Foundation was very appealing to L.L. and Juanita Lowry, long-term residents and business owners in Scott County. "This fund allows us to...

Timothy Michael Wolf?s Legacy Lives On Through Scholarship

Tim Wolf was a person you would have liked to know. He had a way of always seeing the bright side and willingly shared his big smile with everyone he met. He excelled in school, was a medalist on the golf team, and played the trombone in the Scottsburg Band of...

Otis Collier?s Love of Gardening Evident in Scott County

Otis Collier was known in the community by different people for different reasons. Many knew him as a long time dedicated employee of Morgan Foods. He worked in the labeling area and was employed at Morgan?s from 1951-1977. Some friends recalled his love of...

Christie Crafton?s Loving Spirit Lives On Through Scholarship

Christie Crafton?s sister, Candy Meyer, provided this memorial tribute for our newsletter in 2004. Mother of three, wife, kindergarten teacher, Sunday School teacher, small-business owner, wedding singer?Christie Crafton had it all! Not only did she have a life that...

John and Janice Martin Commemorate Marriage

John and Janice Martin chose a very special way to commemorate their marriage. On August 3, 2002, they pledged to love and honor each other for all time, but they carried that vow one step further by creating an unrestricted endowment fund with the Foundation that...

Philip Glenn Martin?s Commitment To Community Makes Impact

Philip Glenn Martin?s commitment to our community was evident during his lifetime. Now, more than 14 years after his death, his contributions continue to make their mark through a fund established at the Scott County Community Foundation. Phil? received his Bachelor...

Local Transplant Patients Benefit From Kenneth Roseberry Memorial Fund

Four Scott County residents who have undergone organ transplants will receive some vital help beyond their life-saving surgeries, due to generosity of friends and family of Kenneth Roseberry. Kenneth Roseberry, an employee of Morgan Foods, lost the struggle for...

Connie Kenninger?s Love of Music Will Benefit Future Musicians

?Some people are just meant to be musicians and I was one of them.? ?So began the musical life of Connie Kenninger of Lexington, who began taking piano lessons at age 9. She majored in music education at Ball State University and later continued vocal lessons at the...

Educators? Legacy Honored Through Scholarship

Charles and Lois Nolan were well-known to the Scott County community, and a scholarship established by Lois after Charles? passing in 2008 honors their legacy of educating students. Charles G. and Lois D. (Baker) Nolan were married on Nov. 25, 1971, and both had a...

Friendship Leads to Gift from Estate of Martha Jane Brunton Fleener

Students majoring in the medical field can breathe a little easier when thinking about how to pay for college tuition with the new Scott Memorial Hospital Guild Brunton-Mumford Scholarship established at the Scott County Community Foundation. Thanks to the friendship...

Fund Will Help Preserve and Maintain Historic Clark Chapel Cemetery

Many headstones lay on soft ground where they have been for over a hundred years. One can only imagine the histories of the occupants beneath them. The Clark Chapel Cemetery is nestled in beautiful Pigeon Roost Valley and is surrounded by pastures and woods. Pigeon...

The Donald R. Collins Sr. Family Fund

Donald R. Collins Sr.?s legacy is living on through a fund established in his memory at the Scott County Community Foundation. Just like he gave his service to the community for so many years, many grants will be given back to charitable organizations in memory of...

Phyllis Calvin Educational Scholarship Allows Donor To Enjoy Gift

Phyllis Keith Calvin was educated in Austin schools, and she continued her education at Indiana State University to earn a Bachelor?s degree and a Master?s degree in education, and at Indiana University to earn an Education Specialist degree in Administration. During...

Dottie Shelhamer Still Makes a Difference

Dottie Shelhamer had always cared about other people. And now her desire to make a positive difference in the lives of others is achieved today through the Dottie Shelhamer Memorial Fund. Dottie was born and raised in Scottsburg as an only child. She went to Hanover...

Terry Fewell Leaves Legacy Through Gift

Terry Fewell, a well-known local businessman and supporter of our community, will have his contributions live on for generations with his gift to the Scott County Community Foundation. Terry, who died May 12 after his battle with cancer, had the foresight to include...

Spirit of Giving Carries on With Nathan and Alice Bridge Memorial Fund

The Scott County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of a new endowment fund to benefit Scott County, the Nathan and Alice Bridge Memorial Endowment Fund. The donor, Matt LaMaster, is a graduate of Scottsburg High School and currently lives...

Ella Maude McCulloch?s Support of Missions Continues Through Endowment Fund

Ella Maude McCulloch was involved in mission work of some degree during her entire 90 years of life, and now an endowment fund to benefit missions at Scottsburg United Methodist Church will honor her contributions to others. Ella Maude was born July 31, 1920, in...

Kathy Nicholson Leaves Legacy Through Funds

A woman?s love for music will now provide enjoyment for her church?s congregation for generations to come through a music endowment fund.? Along with Kathy Nicholson?s love of music, she also had a passion for mission work done through her church and was very...

Clearinghouse Gives Hope

The Scott County Clearinghouse benefits yearly from an endowment fund at the Community Foundation, the Scott County Indigent Care Fund. The fund was established in 2000 on behalf of an anonymous donor, whose passion was helping the poor. Shown at left are...

Sons Establish Scholarship in Memory of Parents

The legacy of Alice and Gerald Miner will live on with the establishment of the Alice and Gerald L. Miner Scholarship. Alice Mae Murphy Miner was the only child of John and Myrtle Murphy and the granddaughter of Dr. Joseph Pat Wilson. She grew up on West Cherry Street...

Graham Family Establishes Funds in Memory of Loved Ones

Eric and Diane Graham of Austin have taken a heartbreaking situation and turned it into one of hope for others with the establishment of four endowment funds at the Scott County Community Foundation. The couple?s daughter, Lauren, was 22 when she was tragically killed...

Shelley Comer Akers Touched Lives of Many

A scholarship for students who are involved in 4-H is keeping alive the memory of a person who was special to so many. Shelley Comer Akers, age 35, died tragically in a tractor accident on Aug. 2, 2010. She left behind her husband, Kyle; two daughters, Alexis and...

Robert Comer?s Memory Carried On Through Agricultural Scholarship

Robert ?Bob? Gene Comer was born and raised on his family?s farm in Leota, Ind., with seven sisters and two brothers. He attended a one-room schoolhouse for his elementary education before attending and graduating from Scottsburg High School where he excelled in,...
Chief John

Chief John?s Legacy Benefits Englishton Park

A new fund to benefit the Englishton Park Summer Camp program will carry on the legacy of ?Chief John,? a former camp counselor who passed away this year after a short battle with cancer. John Elliott Wittich worked his first summer at Englishton Park in Lexington in...

Gladys A. Berna Education Fund Supports Students

A teacher?s legacy will live on through a new endowment fund established at the Scott County Community Foundation. The Gladys A. Berna Education Fund will provide support for students in both Scott County school districts. Gladys A. Berna was a teacher in Scott County...

Hazel Gillespie?s Passion for Helping Others Carries On

Hazel Gillespie was a faithful member of the Scottsburg United Methodist Church for many years. She was born in 1900 and passed away at age 83 in 1983. Hazel worked at the Scott County State Bank for 43 years prior to her retirement. She never married, but lived on a...

Oak Fund – Dale E. and Rosemarie Hobbs Fund

Dale E. and Rosemarie Hobbs Fund As the board chairman for the Scott County Community Foundation, Dale Hobbs wanted to show his commitment to the Foundation?s mission. When the board approved the Foundation?s new Forever Tree Society memorial and tribute program, Dale...

Joyce Hamilton Leaves Legacy Through Historic Preservation

If there was one thing for which Joyce Hamilton would probably want to be remembered, it would be her devotion to the children she taught. Joyce died November 2002 of cancer. For several weeks, she had known she was dying, that doctors could give her no hope of...

Gift From Julian Trust Will Help Fund Charitable Programs

A gift to the Scott County Community Foundation (?SCCF?) from a man with ties to the Austin community will help fund charitable programs and projects each year during the Community Grants Program, announced Executive Director Jaime Toppe. Cloyd ?Curly? Julian was born...

Local Parks Benefit from Robin Eve’s Estate

A family?s love for children and our local parks has turned into a legacy that will touch lives for generations through a new fund at the Scott County Community Foundation to benefit the Scottsburg parks. Robin Eve was known throughout the community by many who would...

Philanthropist Martha McNeely Honors Ties to Scott County With Scholarship

As lifelong educators, Dale and Martha McNeely had a special passion for children and education. Combined with their generosity for the causes they cared deeply about, it made perfect sense when Martha?s trust established the Dale McNeely Scholarship Fund for...

Kindness of Mary Elizabeth and Virgil Miller Extended To Community Through Scholarship

?The Beauty of the Earth? By Mary Elizabeth Miller God drenched the hills with sunshine And searched the woodlands fair, Then sowed the seeds of kindness Throughout the land he cares. God kissed the earth with gladness And breathed a breath of air, Then took away the...