| WELCOME to the Website of the Ohio County Community Foundation |
| Ohio County Community Foundation P.O. Box 170 591 Smart Drive Rising Sun, IN 47040 Phone: 812-438-9401 Fax: 812-438-9488 E-mail: pdickson@occfrisingsun.com |
| 2004 COMMUNITY GRANT AWARDS |
The mission of the Ohio County Community Foundation (OCCF) is
to build, manage and distribute a lasting source of charitable funds
for Ohio County. OCCF fulfills this mission by assisting donors to
establish and build endowments that provide charitable funds for
Ohio County. Anyone can make a contribution to endowment funds
established within the Foundation. All contributions to endowment
funds are permanently endowed and invested by OCCF. Only the
interests from the funds are distributed in the form of grants. This
allows the funds to grow indefinitely to increase the capacity for the
funds to further impact the community through future grant
distributions. Grants are awarded to non-profit organizations
benefiting the residents of Ohio County, in the areas of Community
Development, Education, Scholarships, Health, Human Services
and Cultural Affairs.
In 2004, the Ohio County Community Foundation awarded over
$30,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations from
distributions from the Ohio County Today & Tomorrow
Endowment Fund, the Amado Mauricio Memorial Endowment
Fund, The Vicki Mauricio Dilts Endowment Fund, and the
Galbreath Vineyard Golf Memorial Endowment Fund.
The Ohio County Today & Tomorrow Endowment Fund was
established by the City of Rising Sun and Ohio County.
The Amado Mauricio, MD Endowment Fund was established by
Jeremy Dilts, grandson of Nancy Mauricio and the late Dr. Amado
Mauricio, in memory of his grandfather. Dr. Mauricio was a former
Rising Sun physician and well loved by the community.
Jeremy Dilts also established the Vicki Mauricio Dilts Endowment
Fund in memory of his mother, which is a donor advised fund.
Vicki Dilts was a teacher in the area and stronly emphasized the
need for cultural and educational development of young people.
Jeremy Dilts is the fund advisor for this fund through the Ohio
County Community Foundation.
The Galbreath Vineyard Golf Memorial Endowment Fund was
established by the children of Ralph and Evelyn Galbreath to honor
the memory of their parents. Mr. And Mrs. Galbreath owned and
operated the Vineyard Golf Course in Switzerland County.
The following non-profit organizations were awarded grants in 2004:
Rising Sun Ohio County Senior Housing Inc. - $100 -
toward the 507 Willow Street, Rising Sun Single Family
Rehabilitation Project.
Southeastern Indiana Friends of the Arts – $300. - funding
toward the “Budding Artists Exhibition" Provided two $150 Best of
Show Awards.
Historic Hills RC&D Inc.– $500 – toward the Ohio County
Indian Mounds project in Ohio County to provide audio to existing
videos of Indiana Mounds in Ohio County.
Dearborn Highland Arts Council, Inc. - $1,000 - toward
scholarship dollars for those members of the Young Voices choir
who reside in Ohio County.
Rising Sun Church of Christ Child Care - $1,000 - to
purchase equipment and furniture for the Day Care.
Noah O'Banion American Legion Post #59 - $845 - to
purchase a U.S. Flag Return Box for Ohio County residents to
dispose of retired US Flags.
Rising Sun Police Department - $1,000 - to replace four
outdated bulletproof vests that are no longer covered under their
warranty.
Ohio County Historical Society - $1,000 - toward the purchase
and installation of an efficient air conditioner in the Educational
Gallery of the museum.
Rising Sun Medical Center - $1,000 – to fund marketing
materials to educate the community of programs offered by the
Medical Center
The Baby Basket - $1,000 - funding for seed money to hire an
administrator to coordinate fund raising projects and write grants to
ensure the continued services provided to clients.
Children's Corner Preschool - $1,000 - to replace existing
picnic tables used by children with new tables and chairs.
Historic Downtown Program - $1,000 - to bring live reindeer
and Santa's elves to the Home for the Holidays Celebration.
Ohio County Extension Services - $1,000 - 2005 20/20
Leadership Training to prepare rural leaders for agricultural
challenges.
Ohio County Historical Society - $879 - to purchase a digital
camera, printer and supplies to take pictures of exhibits for the
museum website, references, and publications.
Rising Sun Medical Center - $1,000 - to fund the Reach Out
and Read Program to make literacy a part of pediatric care.
Rising Sun United Methodist Church - $1,000 - to purchase a
multimedia LCD Projector for youth programs.
Rising Sun Church of Christ Child Care - $1,000 - to replace
wornout furniture in the child care facility.
Learning Tree of Ohio County Inc. - $1,000 - to purchase
school supplies, provide dental care, eye exams, and hair cuts for
needy children in Ohio County.
Rising Sun High School - $278 - to purchase marker boards to
be used in the classroom in place of the standard chalkboard.
Tools for Tots Child Care - $1,000 - to purchase tables, chairs,
an area rug and educational equipment for the use by the children of
the facility.
Ohio County Health Department – Services from the Heart
Program - $1,000 – funding to provide emergency financial
assistance to Ohio County residents in need of food, shelter,
medicine, medical care, and other emergency situations.
Ohio County Healthy Department - $550 - to partially fund the
Best Protection is Early Detection Program designed to provide 20
free mannograms to medically indigent and underinsured women of
Ohio County over the next year (2004-2005).
City of Rising Sun Mayor's Youth Council - $500 - seed
money to begin a Mayor's Youth Council.
St.Mary's School- $1,000 – to purchase new basketball and
volleyball uniforms and purchase basketballs for students. A total
of 149 students attend from Ohio County.
TEACHERS' CLASSROOM TOOLS GRANT AWARDS
The Ohio County Community Foundation is honored to administer
the Teachers’ Classroom Tools Grants Program. The purpose of
the grant program is to award grants to teachers in the Rising Sun
Ohio County School Corporation to fund projects or purchase
teaching tools that will enhance the curriculum in the classroom. In
2004, total of $1,157 was awarded in grants from the Ohio County
Today & Tomorrow Endowment Fund. The following teachers
were awarded Teachers’ Classroom Tools Grants in 2004.
Karen Chase – Ohio County Elementary Middle School -
$179 – to purchase Science Take Home totes to allow students to
complete science projects at home with parents.
Brian Graham, Nancy Swart, Denny Carrigan – Ohio
County Elementary Middle School- $300 – to take the 7th
grade class to the OMNIMAX Theatre to see "Forces of Nature",
a documentary that focuses on natural disasters.
Sue Walcott, Doug Porter,-Ohio County Elementary Middle
School/Rising Sun High School - $200 – to purchase supplies
for an Earthquake Simulator to be used in the classroom to allow
students to design structures to test in the simulator to learn about
earthquakes.
Lee Ann Craig, Amy Todd – Rising Sun High School - $278-
to purchase marker boards to be used in the classroom in place of
the standard chalkboard.
Carol Stapleton - Rising Sun High School - $200.00 to
purchase a digital camera to be used by the student publications
class to take pictures for the school yearbook.
PROACTIVE GRANT AWARDS
Learning Tree of Ohio County, Inc.- $1,000 – to purchase
school supplies, provide dental care, eye exams, and hair cuts to
needy children in Ohio County.
TOBACCO GRANT AWARDS
In Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Ohio Co Commission -
$2,400 - Contractual Program Coordinator
Community Mental Health - $1,380 - Get Real About Tobacco
Program for Ohio County Elementary Middle School 5th Grade
Community Mental Health - $1,537.50 - Smoking Cessation
Workshop
Community Mental Health - $125 - Smoking Cessation Ad
Community Mental Health -$1,337 - Get Real About Tobacco
Program for Ohio County Elementary Middle School 5th Grade
Anyone can contribute to funds administered by OCCF by sending
a gift to: Ohio County Community Foundation, PO Box 170, Rising
Sun, IN 47040. Gifts may be made in memory or in honor of a
friend or loved one. Donations to OCCF-administered funds are
tax deductible in most cases. For more information concerning
contributions to the Ohio County Community Foundation, please
contact Christy Elbright, Administrative Assistant, at 812-438-
9401 or celbright@occfrisingsun.com. For information to establish
an endowment fund within the Ohio County Community
Foundation, please contact Peggy Dickson, Executive Director, at
812-438-9401 or pdickson@occfrisingsun.com.
to build, manage and distribute a lasting source of charitable funds
for Ohio County. OCCF fulfills this mission by assisting donors to
establish and build endowments that provide charitable funds for
Ohio County. Anyone can make a contribution to endowment funds
established within the Foundation. All contributions to endowment
funds are permanently endowed and invested by OCCF. Only the
interests from the funds are distributed in the form of grants. This
allows the funds to grow indefinitely to increase the capacity for the
funds to further impact the community through future grant
distributions. Grants are awarded to non-profit organizations
benefiting the residents of Ohio County, in the areas of Community
Development, Education, Scholarships, Health, Human Services
and Cultural Affairs.
In 2004, the Ohio County Community Foundation awarded over
$30,000 in grants to local non-profit organizations from
distributions from the Ohio County Today & Tomorrow
Endowment Fund, the Amado Mauricio Memorial Endowment
Fund, The Vicki Mauricio Dilts Endowment Fund, and the
Galbreath Vineyard Golf Memorial Endowment Fund.
The Ohio County Today & Tomorrow Endowment Fund was
established by the City of Rising Sun and Ohio County.
The Amado Mauricio, MD Endowment Fund was established by
Jeremy Dilts, grandson of Nancy Mauricio and the late Dr. Amado
Mauricio, in memory of his grandfather. Dr. Mauricio was a former
Rising Sun physician and well loved by the community.
Jeremy Dilts also established the Vicki Mauricio Dilts Endowment
Fund in memory of his mother, which is a donor advised fund.
Vicki Dilts was a teacher in the area and stronly emphasized the
need for cultural and educational development of young people.
Jeremy Dilts is the fund advisor for this fund through the Ohio
County Community Foundation.
The Galbreath Vineyard Golf Memorial Endowment Fund was
established by the children of Ralph and Evelyn Galbreath to honor
the memory of their parents. Mr. And Mrs. Galbreath owned and
operated the Vineyard Golf Course in Switzerland County.
The following non-profit organizations were awarded grants in 2004:
Rising Sun Ohio County Senior Housing Inc. - $100 -
toward the 507 Willow Street, Rising Sun Single Family
Rehabilitation Project.
Southeastern Indiana Friends of the Arts – $300. - funding
toward the “Budding Artists Exhibition" Provided two $150 Best of
Show Awards.
Historic Hills RC&D Inc.– $500 – toward the Ohio County
Indian Mounds project in Ohio County to provide audio to existing
videos of Indiana Mounds in Ohio County.
Dearborn Highland Arts Council, Inc. - $1,000 - toward
scholarship dollars for those members of the Young Voices choir
who reside in Ohio County.
Rising Sun Church of Christ Child Care - $1,000 - to
purchase equipment and furniture for the Day Care.
Noah O'Banion American Legion Post #59 - $845 - to
purchase a U.S. Flag Return Box for Ohio County residents to
dispose of retired US Flags.
Rising Sun Police Department - $1,000 - to replace four
outdated bulletproof vests that are no longer covered under their
warranty.
Ohio County Historical Society - $1,000 - toward the purchase
and installation of an efficient air conditioner in the Educational
Gallery of the museum.
Rising Sun Medical Center - $1,000 – to fund marketing
materials to educate the community of programs offered by the
Medical Center
The Baby Basket - $1,000 - funding for seed money to hire an
administrator to coordinate fund raising projects and write grants to
ensure the continued services provided to clients.
Children's Corner Preschool - $1,000 - to replace existing
picnic tables used by children with new tables and chairs.
Historic Downtown Program - $1,000 - to bring live reindeer
and Santa's elves to the Home for the Holidays Celebration.
Ohio County Extension Services - $1,000 - 2005 20/20
Leadership Training to prepare rural leaders for agricultural
challenges.
Ohio County Historical Society - $879 - to purchase a digital
camera, printer and supplies to take pictures of exhibits for the
museum website, references, and publications.
Rising Sun Medical Center - $1,000 - to fund the Reach Out
and Read Program to make literacy a part of pediatric care.
Rising Sun United Methodist Church - $1,000 - to purchase a
multimedia LCD Projector for youth programs.
Rising Sun Church of Christ Child Care - $1,000 - to replace
wornout furniture in the child care facility.
Learning Tree of Ohio County Inc. - $1,000 - to purchase
school supplies, provide dental care, eye exams, and hair cuts for
needy children in Ohio County.
Rising Sun High School - $278 - to purchase marker boards to
be used in the classroom in place of the standard chalkboard.
Tools for Tots Child Care - $1,000 - to purchase tables, chairs,
an area rug and educational equipment for the use by the children of
the facility.
Ohio County Health Department – Services from the Heart
Program - $1,000 – funding to provide emergency financial
assistance to Ohio County residents in need of food, shelter,
medicine, medical care, and other emergency situations.
Ohio County Healthy Department - $550 - to partially fund the
Best Protection is Early Detection Program designed to provide 20
free mannograms to medically indigent and underinsured women of
Ohio County over the next year (2004-2005).
City of Rising Sun Mayor's Youth Council - $500 - seed
money to begin a Mayor's Youth Council.
St.Mary's School- $1,000 – to purchase new basketball and
volleyball uniforms and purchase basketballs for students. A total
of 149 students attend from Ohio County.
TEACHERS' CLASSROOM TOOLS GRANT AWARDS
The Ohio County Community Foundation is honored to administer
the Teachers’ Classroom Tools Grants Program. The purpose of
the grant program is to award grants to teachers in the Rising Sun
Ohio County School Corporation to fund projects or purchase
teaching tools that will enhance the curriculum in the classroom. In
2004, total of $1,157 was awarded in grants from the Ohio County
Today & Tomorrow Endowment Fund. The following teachers
were awarded Teachers’ Classroom Tools Grants in 2004.
Karen Chase – Ohio County Elementary Middle School -
$179 – to purchase Science Take Home totes to allow students to
complete science projects at home with parents.
Brian Graham, Nancy Swart, Denny Carrigan – Ohio
County Elementary Middle School- $300 – to take the 7th
grade class to the OMNIMAX Theatre to see "Forces of Nature",
a documentary that focuses on natural disasters.
Sue Walcott, Doug Porter,-Ohio County Elementary Middle
School/Rising Sun High School - $200 – to purchase supplies
for an Earthquake Simulator to be used in the classroom to allow
students to design structures to test in the simulator to learn about
earthquakes.
Lee Ann Craig, Amy Todd – Rising Sun High School - $278-
to purchase marker boards to be used in the classroom in place of
the standard chalkboard.
Carol Stapleton - Rising Sun High School - $200.00 to
purchase a digital camera to be used by the student publications
class to take pictures for the school yearbook.
PROACTIVE GRANT AWARDS
Learning Tree of Ohio County, Inc.- $1,000 – to purchase
school supplies, provide dental care, eye exams, and hair cuts to
needy children in Ohio County.
TOBACCO GRANT AWARDS
In Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Ohio Co Commission -
$2,400 - Contractual Program Coordinator
Community Mental Health - $1,380 - Get Real About Tobacco
Program for Ohio County Elementary Middle School 5th Grade
Community Mental Health - $1,537.50 - Smoking Cessation
Workshop
Community Mental Health - $125 - Smoking Cessation Ad
Community Mental Health -$1,337 - Get Real About Tobacco
Program for Ohio County Elementary Middle School 5th Grade
Anyone can contribute to funds administered by OCCF by sending
a gift to: Ohio County Community Foundation, PO Box 170, Rising
Sun, IN 47040. Gifts may be made in memory or in honor of a
friend or loved one. Donations to OCCF-administered funds are
tax deductible in most cases. For more information concerning
contributions to the Ohio County Community Foundation, please
contact Christy Elbright, Administrative Assistant, at 812-438-
9401 or celbright@occfrisingsun.com. For information to establish
an endowment fund within the Ohio County Community
Foundation, please contact Peggy Dickson, Executive Director, at
812-438-9401 or pdickson@occfrisingsun.com.