Eagle Country 99.3 By Dearborn Community Foundation, news release
Jada Ankenbauer, Dave Deddens and E.G. McLaughlin. Photos provided.
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) - The Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc. (DCF) is honoring three community volunteers as 2020 recipients of the Heart of Gold Award for touching the heart of others through their volunteerism and other acts of kindness.
The Heart of Gold Award honorees deserve the recognition for making a difference in our community in their own unique ways, said Fred McCarter, Executive Director of the Dearborn Community Foundation. “They are role models for how all of us can have a positive impact on others,” he said.
Eagle Country 99.3 By Travis Thayer
Photo by the Laughery Valley FOP.
(Lawrenceburg, Ind.) – The Laughery Valley FOP celebrated another successful year of Cops and Kids by raising close to $48,000.
On December 5, the FOP gathered at Walmart in Aurora to shop with local families in need, providing needed clothing and gifts to 350 children from Dearborn and Ohio counties.
The FOP extends special thanks to the 60 local officers, spouses, WAR members, Dearborn County Explorers and Auxiliary members for helping on shopping day.
Local businesses and organizations that helped make the Cops and Kids program a success this year include SIEOC, Dearborn Community Foundation, Moores Hill American Legion, Hollywood Casino, Affordable Tax, Kelsey Chevrolet, McCord Signs, Lawrenceburg Lions Club, Celeste Cal Vito Communications, North Dearborn American Legion, Big G’s Barbeque, Walmart, and the officers that participated in the “No Shave November” fundraiser.