LCCF Awards $26, 291 in Grants for Disadvantaged Elderly

The Lawrence County Community Foundation board of directors has approved grants to seven non-profit organizations from the Margie Marie Pennington Fund for the Elderly; the awards ranged from $1,625 to $7,500. 

Brent Maudlin, 2023 LCCF Grant Committee Chair, said “Our community is blessed to be able to specifically focus grant dollars on projects benefiting older residents through the Pennington Grant Cycle. These funds have enabled many worthy projects to come to fruition that otherwise might not have been possible.”

The 2023 Pennington Grant recipients and projects include:

·       Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 2023 Senior Supplemental Food

·       Lawrence County Cancer Patient Services, CAN – Cancer Affecting Nutrition

·       Lions Club of Bedford, BLC Ramp Building Project 2023

·       Senior Citizens of Lawrence County, Senior Well-Being

·       Shawswick Township Trustee, Lawrence County, Giving Elderly Hope Through Pennington Grant 2023

·       SICIL, Solutions Center, Emergency Planning for Independent Living

·       White River Humane Society, You Got a Friend in Me