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  • 2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients

    With over 40 scholarship funds, the Community Foundation can help students achieve their goals while lessening the financial burden of post-secondary education and training.  In 2024, the Putnam…

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  • Paying it Forward

    Rural Indiana has long struggled to keep young people local. For Madison Pershing, this was never true. Madison grew up in Greencastle and graduated from Greencastle High School…

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  • PCCF Names New 2024 Lilly Scholar

    North Putnam’s Gabrielle Simonson Named Putnam County’s 2024 Lilly Scholar May 3, 2024 Gabrielle Simonson was announced as Putnam County’s 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholar (LECS) Friday afternoon…

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  • PCCF Announces 2024 Putnam County Lilly Scholar

    Isaac Hertenstein wins 2024 Lilly Scholarship by Jared Jernagan, Editor, Banner Graphic Originally published Monday, December 4, 2023 in the Banner Graphic. Awed. Humbled. Grateful. On a day could…

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  • 2024 Lilly Scholar Finalists Announced

      The Putnam County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Putnam County. This year marks the 26th year…

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  • Carson Hall Named Putnam County’s 2023 Lilly Scholar

    Twice as nice: CHS students Hall, Paauwe named Lilly Scholars by Jared Jernagan, Editor, Banner Graphic Originally published Monday, December 12, 2022 in the Banner Graphic. Christmas came early…

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  • 2023 Lilly Scholar Finalists Announced

    Megan Arnold Alaina Chew Carson Hall Ava Watson Dunkin York The Putnam County Community Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2023 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship…

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  • Prepare for the Future with Community Foundation Scholarships

    Kick off scholarship season with the Putnam County Community Foundation! With over 40 scholarship funds, the Community Foundation can help students achieve their goals while lessening the financial…

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  • 2022 Lilly Scholar Named

    Written by Jared Jernagan, Editor for the Banner Graphic – Published on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 With two relatively easy wins over Clay City on Tuesday evening, there…

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