Non-Profit

By: Eunice Whitlock— The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Inc. is awarding $103,105 to six nonprofit organizations during the fourth Quarterly Competitive Grant Cycle of 2015. The Community Foundation’s purpose is to improve the quality of life in Muncie and Delaware County for this generation and generations to come. To that end, Quarterly Competitive Grants are awarded to fund projects for which there is a demonstrable community benefit in one of the following areas of interest: arts and…

By: Bill Callen— RACER Trust and Ross Community Center, Inc. have come to terms on the sale of approximately six acres of the former GM Manual Transmissions of Muncie property off West 8th Street on the Southside of Muncie. The land that was former employee parking, will be converted to baseball fields and other recreational facilities for youth, families and the community at large. Design of the new facilities is expected to begin in January 2016 with phase 1 construction…

By: Jud Fisher— A five-acre training facility for emergency responders will add a range of new training features through a $100,000 Ball Brothers Foundation grant awarded last month. The training facility, located in the Henry County city of New Castle, provides firefighters, EMTs, police, community safety volunteers, and others with a safe and controlled environment to carry out realistic simulations. Existing features at the training center include: an on-site tower for practicing utility rescues, a mock home for fire rescue…

By: Tom Farris— Muncie Rotary Club Receives Top Awards At District 6560 2015 Mid-Year Conference The Flagship Enterprise Center in Anderson, IN served as the location for the recent 2015 Mid-Year Conference for Rotary International District 6560. District Governor Make Blade gaveled the conference to order and presented opening remarks to the many gathered to learn about the goals, leadership and achievements of Central Indiana’s 45+ District 6560 Rotary Clubs. Conference breakout sessions covered topics such as the Rotary International Foundation,…

By: Frank Baldwin— Community guests are invited to the 85th annual Muncie Mission Thanksgiving Day dinner. Thanksgiving dinner will be served to residents and community guests on Thanksgiving Day, at noon, at the Mission, 1725 S. Liberty St. “Last year 150 traditional Thanksgiving dinners with all of the trimmings were served by staff and volunteers and another 225 meals were delivered by volunteers around the county to those home-bound. We expect the demands for assistance to be high again this…

By: Dee McKinsey— Members of the Muncie Artists Guild donated their time and talents to paint a wall mural in the entrance of the administration building of ARF (Animal Rescue Fund), 1209 W. Riggin Road, Muncie, IN. Susie Burns, Debra Brown and Jean McCauley painted a rural scene entitled “A Promise of Love,” the title of a book co-authored by ARF Founder Terri Panszi and John Carlson, former Muncie Star reporter. The mural depicts animals who have been or currently are…

By: Jud Fisher— MUNCIE—Ball Brothers Foundation, one of the state of Indiana’s oldest and largest family foundations, awarded a total of $3,620,000 in grants earlier this month. Grants were awarded to 18 organizations that share the Ball Brothers Foundation’s commitment to improving the quality of life in Muncie, East Central Indiana, and Indiana. Building on the momentum of downtown Muncie’s revitalization and growing attention toward “makerspaces” as centers of innovation and entrepreneurship, Ball Brothers Foundation awarded two grants that will…

By: Tammy Pearson and Sue Godfrey— Project Leadership and its board vice president won Delaware County’s top education and board leadership awards at the annual Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting last Thursday. Juli Metzger, a 30-year news veteran who now teaches for the Department of Journalism at Ball State and oversees a new $4 million student-run newsroom for the College of Communication, Information and Media, received the Ball Brothers Foundation’s John W. and Janice B. Fisher Governance Award…