Grant applications due to foundation by June 1

CROWN POINT | Grant application packets are currently available from the Crown Point Community Foundation Inc. Completed applications are due June 1 for this grant cycle.

It's scholarship time at the Crown Point Community Foundation

“One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.”

Foundation's $2 for $1 Challenge Match a success

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation recently completed a five-month campaign to increase the endowment funds held by the foundation.

Read a good book - and then talk about it

As the winter winds swirl, why not settle in with a good book and then join a discussion on it.

Share with those in need this holiday season

'Tis the season to be merry. I’m sure everyone is as busy as I am at this time of the year. Some days just don’t seem to have enough hours in them.

Celebrate National Philanthropy Month with planned giving

"Giving should be entered into in just the same careful way as investing. . .Giving is investing."

Celebrating women and philanthropy

LOWELL | Each year the Crown Point Community Foundation gathers to celebrate women and philanthropy. This year the event was held at Gardens on the Prairie, where owner Wayne Gruber welcomed the ladies to his nursery and gardens.

Gospel music to fill the Old Courthouse square Monday evening

Take time today to visit the Arts and Crafts Festival along with the Taste of the Region going on around the Crown Point square.

Foundation welcomes new board members

Improving the quality of life

CROWN POINT | Crown Point Community Foundation awarded 16 grants totaling $47,540.91 during its recent grant cycle.

Celebrate friends at open house for longtime foundation staffer

"The way to make a true friend is to be one.

Students offer a glimpse into the lives of pioneers

Fourth-graders at Crown Point Christian School will host a Pioneer Wax Museum on Thursday. Students have been studying pioneers and each had to choose one famous pioneer to research.

Fundraisers and food planned for Hub City

Mark your calendar for March 9 and support the Crown Point High School athletic department at its annual fundraiser.

Youngsters can learn acting techniques in new Hub City class

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

Eat pancakes and tour St. Mary School today

If those winter blues have set, here are a few suggestions to get you going again.

Magic carpet ride

CROWN POINT | Caterpillar Academy, the day care and preschool ministry of Camp LRCA, was blessed to receive a grant through the Crown Point Community Foundation during their most recent giving cycle.

Meals on Wheels gets grant from Community Foundation

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation awarded a $5,000 grant to Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana.

Celebrate a life for honoring their memory

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."

Commit to YOUR community with a donation to YOUR foundation

"In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the faith to believe that the more you give, the more you receive. Someone who's ready by thought, word, or deed to reach out a hand, in the hour of need."

Scholarships honor late Crown Point graduate

CROWN POINT | The 10th annual Mike Brown Jr. Memorial Golf Outing was held last month at White Hawk Country Club, where eight scholarships totaling $5,000 were awarded to graduating seniors from Crown Point High School.