Grants Benefit Summer Reading Programs at Area Libraries

Numerous area nonprofit groups have recently shared $85,528 in grants from the Western Indiana Community Foundation and its affiliates of Attica, Covington and Southeast Fountain Community Foundations. 

Grant monies are made available by area citizens who want to help worthwhile projects and programs succeed. Many donations also come in from former area citizens who have moved away, found success and now want to give back to their hometown community. It is because of the generosity of hundreds of people like these that community grants are made possible.

Paws-n-Claws Animal Shelter - $850 for start-up costs to provide a safe haven for lost and/or unwanted domestic animals in Fountain County. 

Fountain Central Jr.-Sr. High School - $1,000 for assistance in the replacement of stage lighting to benefit the musical arts and theatre programs. 

Fountain County Landmarks - $1,000 for funding to assist in the mural preservation project at the historic Fountain County Courthouse.

Fountain County Sheriff's Dept. - $1,500 for training of a K-9 dog to assist county law-enforcement personnel in their work.

Covington City Park - $6,500 for playground equipment for the new playground at the city park. 

Covington High School Choir - $800 for the Wabash River Conference Choral Festival.

Downtown Attica Main Street Program - $400 for paint and equipment for the downtown Attica renovation project.

Attica-Williamsport Rotary Club - $100 for the dictionary project at Attica Elementary School.

Attica Junior High School  $825 for robic counters and equipment for the wellness program.

City of Covington - $1,600 for mobile life guard chairs at the city swimming pool.

Coffeenians - $2,750 for upgrades to the clock on the Fountain County Courthouse lawn.

Covington High School Dance Team - $1,200 for partial cost to attend dance camp at Illinois State University.

Friendship Circle Center - $3,373 annual payout for operations and parking lot resurfacing.

Fountain County Mentoring - $2,605 for youth field trip to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium and Museum of Science and Industry.

Attica Boy Scout Troop 319 - $3,000 for projects at Ravine Park, including handicap accessible ramp, and water fountain replacement.

Veedersburg Revitalization Association - $1,000 for business association start-up costs.

Fountain County 4-H Council - $375 for 4-H Fair activities including, expenses for the queen contest and "Battle of the Barns."

Covington Summer Park Program - $3,000 for programming and activities.

First United Methodist Church (Attica) - $1,073 for youth mission trip to Wyoming Indian reservation.

Attica Summer Park Program - $730 for campers t-shirts.

American Red Cross (Fountain County) - $3,000 to displaced families due to fire, flooding and other emergencies. Assistance may include; providing a means to pay for groceries, new clothes, rent, emergency home repairs, transportation and medicines.

Covington School Corporation - $13,628 for drug prevention/education programs at CHS, CMS and CES.

St. Vincent Hospital (Williamsport) - $4,000 for the fiber optic cable pipeline project.

Christ-Centered Attica Teens (CCAT)- $4,000 for teen mission trip to western Virginia.

Fountain Central High School - $1,200 for FFA student trip ($100/student) to Costa Rica.

Fountain Central High School - $1,300 for German Exchange Program student trip ($100/student) to Coburg, Germany. 

City of Attica - $5,000 for stone and gravel for the trails in Ravine Park - Arms Woods.

Attica Public Library - $2,500 for new microfilm viewer-scanner machine.

Covington Neighborhood Watch - $3,600 for start-up costs for the new community program.

Attica Parent Teacher Council - $3,300 for sound field amplification systems to be used in the elementary school. These systems assist in listening and learning skills for the students.

Covington High School - $500 - for the SAFE-TALK program.  A training session for faculty and staff to help identify students who are high risk for suicide or other self-destructive behaviors.

Attica Elementary School - $3,000 - for start-up costs for the AES violin music program in partnership with the IU Jacobs School of Music.

Southeast Fountain School Corporation - $1,371 for beautifying the playground at the Southeast Fountain Elementary School; including paint, pea gravel, and basketball and soccer nets.

Covington Nursery School - $3,500 for general operating support.