Category Nonprofits

Community, Nonprofits

Miami Correctional Facility awards $5,000 in grant monies

Bunker Hill, IN – In its first round of grant distributions, the Miami Correctional Facility (MCF) awarded a total of $5,000 to five charities recently as a part of its Community Involvement Grant. The facility granted $500 to Junior Achievement…

May 19, 2015

Community, Events, Nonprofits

Volunteers help make Downtown Logansport “Green & Clean”

Volunteers helped get downtown Logansport get ready for the spring and summer event season during Logan’s Landing’s annual Downtown Green & Clean Day on Saturday, April 18, 2015.

April 18, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Cass County Community Foundation announces $41,000 raised for Lewis Cass Marching Band

The Cass County Community Foundation is delighted to announce that the community has responded to help support the Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Almost $21,000 had been raised by the…

April 14, 2015

Community, Nonprofits

CCCF announces $100,000 match for Tower Park Pool renovations

The Cass County Community Foundation is pleased to announce a new $100,000 match opportunity to support the renovations planned for saving the Tower Park Pool. The Logansport City Council appropriated $400,000 for the pool in February for the public-private project…

April 14, 2015

Community, Events, Nonprofits

2015 Late Great Adult Egg Hunt raises funds for scholarships, sculpture

Anyone can take a selfie …. Look for Cass County Communication Network at local events and be part of a GROUPIE! Thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural round of CASSNETWORK GROUPIES at Tri Kappa’s Late Great Adult Egg…

April 10, 2015

Community, Events, Nonprofits

Friday event will help grant local government teacher’s wish

When most people celebrate their 40th birthday, they receive gag gifts and jabs about their age. For Kasia Bannon Minnick, turning 40 today, is a gift. More importantly, for Kasia, every day is a gift. Eighteen months ago, she was…

April 9, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

CCCF announces $20,000 Match Opportunity for Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade

The Cass County Community Foundation is excited to announce a new $1 for $1 match opportunity to support the Lewis Cass Marching Band Trip to New York City for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The match period will begin on…

March 27, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Logansport HS unveils new student art gallery

Logansport High School held an open house March 18, 2015 for a new art gallery that will display the work of its student and alumni artists. The high school was the recipient of a $20,000 grant awarded by the Cass…

March 18, 2015

Education, Nonprofits

Cass County Reading Railroad awarded grant from PNC

Reading Railroad of Logansport has received a $12,970 grant from the PNC Foundation to enhance early literacy skills for at-risk preschoolers enrolled in the United Way of Cass County’s Reading Railroad Begindergarten™ program. PNC provided the funding in support of…

March 10, 2015

Community, Government, Nonprofits

More details of downtown plans discussed

“It’s called change and this town needs change.” Those were the words of downtown business owner Tom Partridge after listening to a presentation by a committee working on a master plan for downtown Logansport and the comments that followed during…

March 9, 2015

Community, Events, Nonprofits

Civic Players of Logansport Presents “The Lottie & Bernice Show”

Civic Players of Logansport presents “The Lottie & Bernice Show,” directed by Ben Colsten. This comedy tells the story of a two grumpy old Polish ladies who become trapped in a television studio by a blizzard and end up taking…

March 5, 2015

Community, Health, Nonprofits

CCRN taskforce brings Community Supported Agriculture to Cass County

Cass County area residents can now sign up for a membership in a CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture program, offered by Silverthorn Farm of Rossville. Membership entitles participants to a broad range of fresh picked, chemical-free produce delivered weekly. CSA’s…

March 4, 2015

Community, Government, Nonprofits

Public meeting on future downtown projects scheduled

The City of Logansport and Logan’s Landing would like to invite the public to an informational session on Monday, March 9 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at All Saints Parish Fellowship Hall. Presenters for the project will show the project concepts so…

February 27, 2015

Community, Nonprofits

United Way of Cass County honors volunteers, donors at annual celebration

It was an evening of celebration as United Way of Cass County’s donors and volunteers gathered to celebrate the end of the 2014 fundraising campaign. The celebration was held at the historic State Theatre in downtown Logansport. After a brief…

February 26, 2015

Community, Education, Nonprofits

Community Foundation announces 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Finalists

Cass County Community Foundation President Deanna Crispen is pleased to announce Cass County’s 2015 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program finalists: Joseph Bean, of Pioneer High School Kayla Brandt, of Logansport High School Brittany Gehlhausen, of Lewis Cass High School Jonathan Phillips, of…

February 22, 2015

Government, Nonprofits

Logansport “Reaching for the Brass Ring”

Next month, the City of Logansport, in partnership with Logan’s Landing, plans to apply for two grants. If Logansport is selected, the grants could inject millions of dollars into the city’s downtown.

February 17, 2015