Grants Awarded from the Community Fund
2017
Jeff-Craig Fire & Rescue
$4,886 for Search and Rescue Trainings and to purchase 10 radios and chargers.
Jefferson-Craig Elementary School Riverbotics
$2,000 to purchase new parts need to build a robot for the 2017-2018 school year challenge.
Heart House, Inc.
$1,000 to replace door hardware at the Heart House for a safer facility.
Southeastern Indiana Independent Living Center
$4,311 to purchase software that will save time and ensure appropriate follow-up procedures.
Switzerland County After Prom
$2,000 to help fund the 2017 After Prom.
Switzerland Baptist Church
$490 to send their pastor to training to receive certification in marriage counseling.
Switzerland County Elementary School
$2,000 for their Robotics team to add equipment, expand the program and host a competition.
Switzerland County FFA
$1,680 to cover 14 registrations fo the National FFA Conference.
Switzerland County Extension Office
$1,950 to be used for several different youth programs such as Ag Day & Nutrition in the Classroom.
Switzerland County High School
$1,295 to subscribe to GMetrix, which provides prepartion software for Microsoft certifcation testing.
Switzerland County High School Library
$384 to purchase updated professional reading materials for the faculty.
Switzerland County Historical Society
$7,500 to match a potential state grant to convert the museum's garage to a conservation room.
Switzerland County Park Board
$50 for a board member to attend the Fall Festival Conference.
Switzerland County Probation Department
$2,000 to purchase body armor and accessories for home visits.
Switzerland County Salvation Army
$8,000 to be used for emergency assistance in 2017.
Switzerland County School Corporation
$10,723 to help cover costs of materials for the socialization component of the new pre-school program.
Switzerland County School Corporation
$5,587 to purchase safety wall padding for the Lynx Wresting Club's practice room.
Switzerland County Sheriff's Office
$12,660 to purchase body armor/vests for each deputy sheriff.
Switzerland Count YMCA
$7,000 to repair the roof while they work on a long-range plan for replacing the roof.
Switzerland County YMCA
$3,000 to fund "2017 We Deliver" that provides food for eight weekends to approximately 100 children.
TAC Manna Project
$2,000 to help provide food for the monthly Switzerland County Food Pantry distribution.
Youth Pacers Athletic Corporation
$7,360 to help covers costs associated with the Little League Football as they restructure.
2016
Community Mental Health Center
$5,000 to train staff for a new addiction treatment service in Switzerland County.
Dearborn County Hospital
$8,809 to purchase First Response medical equipment and equipment for the training rooms.
Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry, Inc.
$1,500 to support the Switzerland County program where hunters and farmers donate large game and livestock to a participating butcher to be processed and donated to the local food pantry.
LifeTime Resources Inc.
$7,000 to purchase a new Catch-A-Ride vehicle for Switzerland County.
Swiss Wine Festival
$5,000 to creat a booklet featuring the history of the Wine Festival.
Switzerland County After Prom
$5,000 for the 2016 After Prom to help with prizes, food and entertainment.
Switzerland County Emergency Response
$2,700 to install On Spot tire chains on the new county-owned ambulance.
Switzerland County High School
$3,632 to purchase RealCare babies for students in the Child Development classes.
Switzerland County Soccer Association
$4,300 to purchase three sets of goals in order to be compliant with the United States Soccer Federation.
Switzerland County YMCA
$3,800 to purchase two pieces of fitness equipment.
Youth Pacer Athletic Corp.
$4,300 to purchase insurance and equipment for the youth football program.
2015
Community Mental Health Center
$2,400 for a Creative Theater project this summer for children ages 7-15.
Lifetime Resources
$7,000 for a local match to purchase a Catch-A-Ride vehicle for Switzerland County.
Purdue University- Switzerland County Extension
$2,150 for programming, including the 10th Grade Leadership progam, the Mini 4-H program, Ag Day, Nutrition in the Classroom program, etc.
Salvation Army
$8,000 for their Emergency Assistance Program.
Southeastern Career Center
$2,178 to purchase styling chairs & simulators for their cosmetology program.
Switzerland County After Prom
$3,000 to help with prizes, food & entertainment.
Switzerland County Economic Development Corporation/EcO15
$12,000 to hire a "Getting Positioned for Success" adult education coach.
Switzerland County Food Pantry
$1,800 to purchase three chest freezers.
Switzerland County Health Department
$2,100 to purchase sharps containers and pay for a monthly service to safely dispose of the sharps.
Switzerland County High School
$2,400 for a field trip to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Switzerland County Homemakers/Switzerland County Fair Board
$3,000 for a pilot "WE DELIVER" nutritious weekend food program.
Switzerland County Nurse Managed Clinic
$5,000 to assist uninsured and under-insured residents, as well as purchase an Autoclave to sterlize medical equipment.
Switzerland County School Corporation
$5,300 to bring the "Rachel's Challenge, Start a Chain Reaction" program to Switzerland County.
2014
Angel Tree
$3,000 to help fund the 2014 Christmas Angel Tree program.
Boy Scout Troop 700
$1,242 to help purchase four camping tents.
Community Mental Health
$4,950 to enable eleven children with serious emotional disturbances to participate in an equine program.
Jefferson County Youth Shelter
$2,000 for a program that teaches Switzerland County's 5th & 6th graders about the dangers of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana.
Quercus Grove UMC Food Pantry
$5,000 to help purchase food for the monthly food distributions.
Switzerland County Elementary School
$2,000 for Family Fun Night.
Switzerland County EMS
$5,000 to purchase mass casualty incident supplies.
Switzerland County Nurse Managed Clinic
$3,000 for their Uninsured, Under-Insured and Indigent Resident's Assistance Program.
Switzerland County Public Library
$1,135 for workshops, trainings and other events during Emergency Preparedness Month in September.
Switzerland County Salvation Army
$3,000 to help with the emergency assistance program.
Switzerland County School Corporation
$2,500 matching grant to purchase goal posts for the practice field.
