Grants Available for Schools 1st August 2020 Two RCCF education funds are open for applications. The deadline to apply is 9/1/2020. The Kenneth and Charlotte Brashaber Teacher Enhancement Award: $2200 available for an RCHS teacher to develope … Read more
We’re Hoping the Time is Right. 22nd July 2020 In the fall of 2018, Lilly Endowment Inc. announced the latest installment of their “Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow” initiative, GIFT VII. As you know, it included receiving a matching … Read more
Behind the Scenes 16th July 2020 In the best interest of our donors, volunteers, visitors and staff, our office will remain closed. This has been a really hard decision; we miss you! But we feel it’s … Read more
Rapid Relief Fund Update 13th July 2020 Your gifts to the Rush to Help: COVID-19 Rapid Relief fund have supported the varied needs of our community – thank you! Read full stories about each grant.
$600 Rapid Relief Grant Made to Whitewater Adult Education 8th July 2020 Whitewater Adult Education (WAE) helps adult learners improve their life and the lives of their family through the attainment of a High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma and/or job skills through … Read more
Five in 50 Ride Update 2nd July 2020 We’ll start with the bad news. “It is with much regret that the Five in 50 executive committee has reached the decision to cancel our 2020 event,” announced committee chair, … Read more
There’s No Community Without Unity 8th June 2020 As an overwhelmingly white, rural community, it would be easy to simply brush off racial inequity as a “big city problem”. But it’s just not the case. Everyone should feel … Read more
Congratulations to Our 2020 Scholarship Recipients! 5th June 2020 We awarded more than $192,000 in scholarships to 62 students pursuing higher education this upcoming school year. “Thank you to all the donors who have made these scholarships possible,” said … Read more
RCCF Supports Rush County Students with Grant 1st June 2020 Our lives changed in an instant once the pandemic reached Indiana. Daily routines changed for everyone, including students. Rush County Schools (RCS) scrambled successfully to create lessons and processes for … Read more
Rush to Help: COVID-19 Rapid Relief Fund Grant Supports Local Gift Card Program 26th May 2020 There’s an easy way for you to help local businesses that have suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic and get a great deal, too. The RUSH Back to Local Businesses … Read more