Payouts to organizations with endowed funds were a main agenda item at the August 8th, meeting of the Greene County Foundation Board of Directors.   Each year organizations that have endowed funds at the Foundation are given the option of receiving their earnings or rolling those earnings back into the fund to further the fund’s growth.   [...]

The Foundation has teamed up with Purdue Extension and developed a program for Scholarship Winners and 4-H Junior Leaders. The Greene County Student Awareness Tour Day brought students together to enjoy a day-long tour of Greene County. Participants got to learn about career opportunities, see the plans for development, as well as eating their way [...]

Members of the 2010-11 Citizens’ Academy graduated Tuesday evening,  June 7th  with a CALO Family Reunion. The event included a dinner cooked and served by the 2011 class and a skit highlighting the numerous sites and facts members learned during the seven month course. An emphasis of the 2010-11 Academy was becoming a positive Ambassador [...]

The Greene County Foundation has recently announced scholarship winners for 2011.  The scholarship process was very competitive this year and there were many more requests for funds than funding available.  The scholarship committee, which represents each school in the county, spent over 200 hours reviewing the applications. Winners are:  Ariel Fuller (Bloomfield Special Achievement), Jacob Avooske (Eastern Greene Special Achievement), [...]

  Another session of the Tourism for local business training will take place at the Old Bank on June 28th.  Lunch will be provided, as well as an overview, handouts, and slide presentation on the economic benefits of Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area.   Becoming informed about Goose Pond in order to answer visitors questions  can ”sell”  [...]