Wabash Community Foundation Hands Out Thousands In Grants

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind.  – The Wabash Valley Community Foundation 15 groups with checks at the foundation’s 2018 Fall Grant Awards.

Among the list of recipients was The Wabash Independent Living and Learning Center, or The WILL Center. The non-profit group offers resources and services to people living with disabilities in six counties throughout West Central Indiana.

$10,000 will go to the “Ramps for Freedom” program that will build ADA compliant wheelchair ramps for those that need them in the community.

2018 Fall Grant Award Recipients:

Catholic Charities
$12,500 – Purchase and install delivery truck lift gates

Children’s Bureau, Inc.
$7,500 – Client Urgent Assistance Program

Downtown Terre Haute
$4,500 – Flag and banner replacement

Gibault, Inc.
$5,000 – Emergency Responder Crisis Intervention Training

Indiana Foster & Adoptive Parents
$10,000 – Foster Parenting 101 Training Courses in Vigo County

Ivy Tech Foundation
$25,000 – Precision Agriculture Program

Junior Achievement in the Wabash Valley
$10,000 – Whole School Initiative

Providence Pantry
$10,000 – Electrical system upgrades

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Indiana
$3,500 – Ronald McDonald House Program for Vigo County residents

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
$10,000 – Le Fer Lake Trailhead project

Sisters of Providence
$25,000 – mold remediation and HVAC update in O’Shaughnessy Dining Room

The Haute Initiative Inc.
$25,000 – The Haute’ Video initiative

The WILL Center
$10,000 – Construct wheelchair ramps

Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity
$25,000 – Purchase construction truck/trailer

Western Indiana Community Action Agency
$7,500 – Purchase playground equipment for Head Start