TERRE HAUTE, Ind – Over $142,000 in grants was distributed by the Wabash Valley Community Foundation Wednesday.

The Terre Haute Humane Society received $3,500 to help lower the cost of adoptions during its Clear the Shelters event in August.

Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra received $13,500 for its annual children’s concert and program.

A $10,000 grant to The Maple Center Inc will help provide health recovery services.

Susie’s Place Child Advocacy Center received $10,000 to expand its building capacity. The center helps to investigate crimes against children.

The Council on Domestic Abuse, or CODA, received $10,975 to make improvements to a playground fpr children. The emergency shelter can house 41 individuals, and many of those are children.

The 14th and Chestnut Community Center, received $24,739 to replace the wooden food pantry ramp with an aluminum all-weather ramp.

Community Theater of Terre Haute received $2,700 for a safety cage ladder that can be used by volunteers working on theater productions.

Crisis Pregnancy Center received $2,600 for printed materials in its Creating Positive Relationships program presented to students in area schools.

Hamilton Center received $20,000 for kitchen improvements at its local Clubhouse.

The Mollie Wheat Memorial Clinic received $9,000 to purchase equipment for osteoporosis and osteopenia prevention and treatment.

Swope Art Museum received $25,000 for replacement of windows and doors in its 117-year-old building.

The Vigo County Historical Society received $10,000 for technology and media systems in its new third-floor auditorium at the new site on Wabash Avenue.

More than $1.2 million in grants have been awarded since the foundation was established in 1992.

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