by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
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...
by ExecDir | Jul 15, 2012 | Inspirational Stories
?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...
by ExecDir | Jul 11, 2012 | Lilly Scholars
2012 Lilly Scholar – Jerel Taylor Jerel Taylor 2012 Graduate Scottsburg High School 2016 Graduate,?Wabash College, degree in mathematics and education Jerel is a math and physics teacher at Duchesne High School in St. Louis, Missouri. He is also the head varsity...
