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Non-Profits Benefit from Annual Assistance Fund Grants
The Assistance Fund offers donors to collectively give during the holidays so local charities can receive grants to support the needy. These charities provide a variety of services, including holiday gifts for less fortunate children, meals for the hungry, aid to our homebound seniors, energy assistance to the poor, doctor visits for needy school children, and various other basic needs.
Each year, the Huntingburg Mayor's office solicits donations and disperse the grants from the Huntingburg Assistance Fund to charities helping the less fortunate in Huntingburg. This year, $7,670 was available to grant to local charities. Click here to read more about the charities and their projects.
Shared Abundance - $3,000 to provide the food pantry with necessary food items.
Tri-Cap - $1,000 to assist families from Huntingburg with emergency needs, including rent assistance, weatherization and energy assistance, and other basic needs.
Teen Outback - $1,000 to support plans for holiday events such as food drives, toy drives, and holiday parties for area youth at the youth center.
Big Brothers Big Sisters - $850 to purchase needed items (clothing, shoes, backpacks, coats, toys, food baskets, etc.) for children in Huntingburg.
Matrix Lifeline of Dubois County - $820 to offset the cost of diapers and other goods and services offered to mothers experiencing hardship.
Guadalupe Center - $750 to assist underprivileged Hispanic families served by the Center purchase new clothes and school supplies for their children and the upcoming semester.
Generations - $250 to purchase medical supplies and equipment needed by Huntingburg clients.
