CIRCLe Fund Announces 2024 Grant 9th May 2024 The CIRCLe (Chicks Impacting Rush County Life) Fund was started by six friends and RCCF supporters – Pam Hoeing, Shelly King, Heather Meckes, Amy Ploeger, Cindy Taff, and Betsy Williams. … Read more
Grantee Update: FACS + First5 7th February 2023 Two observations come to mind when stepping into Jill Carmony’s Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) class at Rushville Consolidated High School (RCHS). As expected, it smells amazing (from the pretzels … Read more
Grantee Update: Rushville Public Library’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” 14th June 2022 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
CIRCLe Fund Reaches $100,000 Milestone with Most Recent Grant 14th June 2022 “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
CIRCLe Grant Funds RPL’s “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” Program 7th October 2021 The first five years are the most formative and significant in every child’s life. Did you know that 90% of the brain develops during this time? The CIRCLe Fund, … Read more
CIRCLe Fund Awards 2020 Grant 17th August 2020 RCCF’s CIRCLe Fund (Chicks Impacting Rush County Life) offers women the chance to combine their resources and make a large grant each year to a transformative project. The competitive awards enable … Read more
CIRCLe Fund Enables Community Conversation 23rd October 2018 The Rush County Community Foundation is excited about the first “Community Conversation” held by M.o.R.E. for Kids (Mentors of Rush County Empowering Youth. Formerly known as Big Brothers/Big Sisters. M.o.R.E. … Read more