BEDFORD – 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.
Margie Pennington bequeathed funds to the Community Foundation for an endowment to assist organizations with programs helping Lawrence County elderly that are disadvantaged or homeless.
The intent of this year’s grants ranges from supplying nutritional supplements for senior cancer patients, providing the assistance required to remain in one’s home, to assistance with cat adoption.
Endowments, such as the Margie Marie Pennington Fund, are perpetual. Although Margie Pennington passed away several years ago, her legacy will go on forever in Lawrence County through the grants issued from the endowment each year.
“Our community is blessed to be able to specifically focus grant dollars on projects benefiting older residents through the Pennington Grant Cycle,” said Brent Maudlin, 2023 LCCF Grant Committee Chair. “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
The Lawrence County Community Foundation is a charitable, non-profit organization whose mission is to be proactive in creating and growing an enduring source of charitable assets and identifying and responding to the changing needs of Lawrence County.
For more information on leaving your legacy in Lawrence County contact Hope Flores at 812-279-2215 or hope@cfpartner.org.
