LAGRANGE â After decades of helping others, the Clothes and Food Basket of LaGrange County is looking for a little help from the community to improve its parking.
The nonprofit organization that helps feed and clothe those in need wants to make an improvement to its front parking lot, getting rid of the limestone and replacing it with concrete.
The group was able to pour a concrete driveway for the facility when it was built to help steer trucks to its loading dock. But the parking lot where patrons park their cars was created using crushed limestone rock, and Clothes and Food Basket President Richard Yoder said that surface can become problematic in the winter.
LAGRANGE â The LaGrange County Community Foundation is seeking nominations for its 12th annual Heart of Gold award, an honor given to an individual who is making a difference in the lives of others.
The Heart of Gold award honors LaGrange County citizens who embrace a volunteer spirit and unselfishly give of themselves to serve others. Previous Heart of Gold recipients are Erica Cook, 2020; Richard Yoder, 2019; Larry Strayer, 2018; Kevin Lambright, 2017; Steve Sherck, 2016; Sue Keenan, 2015; Jack Miller, 2014; Randy Packer, 2013; Colton Strawser, 2012; Rhonda Bartlett, 2011; and Dave Clark, 2010.
Nominations for the 2021 Heart of Gold award will be accepted through Thursday, July 1, 2021. The Community Foundation Board of Directors will select the 2021 recipient from the submitted nominations.
UpdatedMon, Jan 11, 2021 at 4:46 pm ET
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The members of the board of directors of the Young Marines, a national youth organization, welcome back a former board member - Howard Snow, a retired Marine Corps officer and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Watching the development of young people grow into outstanding adults is the ultimate reward. Assisting them along their Young Marines journey is an honor for me, Snow said. I am pleased to be rejoining the board of the Young Marines, where I can help instill the core values and inspiration I learned in my military career.
Snow is a retired Lieutenant Colonel with the Marine Corps, who is currently acting as the National Moderator for Defense Leadership Forum s in person and on-line contracting summits. He is also a Fellow at George Mason University s Center for Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security and writes on national and international business opportunities. Snow has more than 40 years of military,