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Portage Township Schools is partnering with the Portage Township Food Pantry to STUFF THE BUS! From April 29-May 3, students, staff, and families can bring nonperishable items to their school to be donated to the Food Pantry. Your child's principal...

On the crisp yet sunny morning of April 21, the Center of Hospice Care (CHC) held the spring 2024 installment of the Coffee Cruise-In for a Cause event at their Mishawaka campus. Car owners came from all around the...

VNA Hospice NWI serves over 600 people a day. From Hospice and Palliative Care, Grief Support services for adults and children to the Medical Guardian help button and a Meals on Wheels program, the impact of VNA...

Paladin, Inc.’s work with the disabled community in La Porte County has always been about providing inclusive opportunities for its clients that they may not have received otherwise. Whether it’s helping clients find and prepare for employment,...

Last month, KV REMC employees took a detour from the ordinary day and embarked on a one-of-a-kind team-building activity that involved collaboration, problem-solving, and communication. The mission? Build a bicycle. Armed with an array of tools, KV...

Porter County’s Animal Shelter supports and takes in over 1,000 homeless animals every year. Working tirelessly to find forever homes for each and every one, Shelter Director Jen Schaafsma and her team are excited to welcome mascots Nacho the cat...

The Porter County Community Foundation (PCCF) was started in 1996 to strengthen its community through generous giving and leadership. Through its Community Fund, PCCF has recently awarded 33 grants to local groups and organizations. ...

Trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. As an Eagle Scout, Jeff Strack, president and CEO of Strack & Van Til, strives to live up to these 12 points of the Scout Law every...

33 Nonprofits Benefit from the Generosity of Community Members The Porter County Community Foundation approved $232,184 in grants to 33 local nonprofit organizations as part of its first of two grant cycles for 2024. Grant recipients...

To help address hunger throughout the region, the employees throughout Northwest Health collected nearly 800 jars of peanut butter during its Jars of Love Peanut Butter Drive in March. All of that peanut butter was then donated to local food pantries...