Grants fund projects for school, youth and community programs

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation awarded $54,032.87 in community grants for the first grant cycle of 2013

A donor advised fund could be an ideal way to give

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”

Foundation earns seal of approval for ethics and operations

“Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.”

Crown Point Community Foundation grants scholarships to AP students

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School has once again benefited from a strong relationship with the Crown Point Community Foundation. For the third year in a row, the CPCF has generously awarded a grant to fund Advanced Placement end-of-course tests to students who demonstrate a financial need.

Scholarship applications available from foundation

"Spring Into Action" by attending volunteer fair

“Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time.”

Read to win at new Crown Point Community Library

Love is in the air with Valentine's Day on Thursday, and to help celebrate, the Crown Point Community Library is holding a fun raffle.

Crown Point grant applications due Feb. 1

CROWN POINT | Grant application packets are currently available from the Crown Point Community Foundation Inc.

Duo receive new scholarships

CROWN POINT | The Don Hess Scholarship, named for the late Don Hess, longtime manager of Franciscan St. Anthony Health Crown Point’s Emergency Medical Services program and its EMS Academy, was recently awarded for the first year.

Foundation going strong as its starts 22nd year

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible..”

Recruit volunteers at annual Volunteer Fair

CROWN POINT | Winter is just beginning to assert itself, but some forward thinking groups are already looking forward to spring. A special committee of Crown Point community members are hard at work preparing for the fourth annual Spring into Action Community Volunteer Fair, set for 10 a.m. …

Foundation entertains supporters at annual gala

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation’s ninth annual gala celebration drew 200 guests to a black-tie event at the Old Lake Courthouse.

Try giving some special gifts for the holidays

Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower,

Campagna Academy awarded $2,900 from Crown Point Community Foundation

SCHERERVILLE | Campagna Academy, a nonprofit youth service agency, will be expanding its Adventure Summer Camp program for foster kids, one of the agency's many programs and services for at-risk girls and boys.

Foundation awards $42,603.81 to community groups

CROWN POINT | Twenty grants totaling $42,603.81 were awarded by the Crown Point Community Foundation during its most recent grant cycle.

CPHS Partnership with the Crown Point Community Foundation

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point Community Foundation and Crown Point High School began a partnership in 2012-13. The partnership is focused on establishing the Crown Point High School Endowment Fund. This will be a donor advised fund administered by the Crown Point Community Foundation.

Crown Point grads return for Purdue music concert Thursday

There is still time to purchase tickets for the Purdue Varsity Glee Club and Purduettes concert at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Crown Point High School auditorium, 1500 S. Main St.

Foundation heads into home stretch with more grants

“In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.”

Open house, pumpkin fest, bowling and blessing in Hub City today

Crown Point Volunteer Fire Department and its Ladies Auxiliary will host the annual Fire Prevention Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the fire station, 126 N. East St. This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme is “Have 2 Ways Out.”