It’s an RCCF tradition to hear from the graduating Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship recipient. Barbara Hershberger tells about her biggest takeaway from her college experience.  

2021 Cycle II Community Funds Grant Recipient: $3,727.95 Submitted by: Virgil Bremer At the end of 2020 the Carthage Volunteer Fire Department decided that it was going to increase our  … Read more

Want a unique way to celebrate and remember Rush County’s Bicentennial? Get a special postal cancellation on 9/17/2022.    What’s a postal cancellation you might be wondering? When you send  … Read more

2021 Cycle I Community Funds Grant Recipient: $16,190 Submitted by: Ron Shields, Digital Navigator Success in implementing Rush County Broadband Task Force’s Digital Inclusion Plan has taken several different forms.  … Read more

Kindness. It always matters. And like the stone that creates ripples when tossed into a pond, its effects can be far-reaching.   Roy Mohr first met Jim Ewing in 1968.  … Read more

Ahhh… summertime. And the livin’ is easy at home in Rush County. We thought it would be fun to share our top 5 ways to celebrate the season and live  … Read more

It’s a bright spring day in late May, and Jeri McCorkle, Director of First5 Rush County’s Early Learning Coalition, is about to do one of her favorite parts of her  … Read more

“Have you ever wondered what you could do with $100,000?” mused Betsy Williams, one of RCCF’s CIRCLe Fund founding donors, at their annual grant gala. The list included some mind-blowing  … Read more

Through the generosity of donors to RCCF’s scholarship funds, $227,474 were awarded to 66 students pursuing higher education this upcoming school year. “Thank you to all the donors who have  … Read more

Can you believe the transformation of what was once an unattractive, rundown wall into an eye-catching and heart-stopping work of awesome beauty?! It’s taken a team effort of dreamers, volunteers,  … Read more