WELCOME!

Welcome to the Cass County Community Foundation website! Located in Logansport Indiana, CCCF is a county-wide non-profit dedicated to creating the community we want!

DONOR STORIES

To Bob and Sandy Grandstaff, the decision to start a family donor advised fund was something that had been on their mind for some time. Sandy had worked at the Community Foundation several years ago and knew first hand how exciting it was for donors to know that their gifts would have a lasting impact.... View More

GRANT STORIES

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WHAT'S YOUR BIG IDEA?

The Cass County Community Foundation is looking for your BIG idea on how to improve our community! Send your ideas to CCCF, PO Box 441, Logansport,IN 46947 or email to : cccf@casscountycf.org

VALETINE'S SERENADES

Don't miss the Community Foundation's Annual "Give Your Heart to the Community" Celebration featuring live Valentines Serenades on Friday February 12, 2010.
Call now to place your order: 574-722-2200!

We will continue our tradition of delivering valentine serenades and phone-a-grams to your sweetheart or loved one. For a $100 contribution, the singers will deliver a live Valentine serenade to your loved one in the Logansport area on Friday February 12th. What a great way to say, “I Love You,” to the special person in your life. You can also send a Valentine phone-a-gram to your out of town loved one for a $25 donation. On Saturday, February 13th, WHZR studio will call your loved one with your Valentine greeting and a pre-recorded Valentine serenade. Place your orders by calling the foundation office at: 547-722-2200.
Martin’s Supermarket has agreed to partner with the foundation again this year for it’s customers to purchase a $1.00 Valentine at the checkout for the community foundation. People can sign their own name or they may dedicate it to a loved one, and the foundation will send out a Valentine card to the honoree. The cashier who sells the most Valentines will win a Pizza Hut gift certificate!
Cass County area 5th graders will be working hard this year to write an essay on: “what it means to you to give your heart to the community.” There will be two winners from each school that will receive a $100 savings bond for first place, and a $50 savings bond for second place. The winning essays will be published in the Pharos Tribune.
The Cass County Foundation is also looking for the person who has the Biggest Heart in Cass County! You probably have already thought of who that giving person is. If you would like to nominate someone you know who goes out of their way to give of themselves, please submit a brief essay, (100 words or less) and explain why your nominee has the Biggest Heart in Cass County. You may mail your nomination to: CCCF, P.O. Box 441, Logansport, Indiana 46947, or drop it off the office at: 417 North Street, Suite 102, Logansport, In, or e-mail to: jgraybeal@casscountycf.org. On Thursday February 11th, the final essays will be read live on WSAL’s “Talk of the Town” and the winner will be announced. To honor the Biggest Heart in Cass County, a $500 donation will be made to the Cass County Community Foundation fund of the winner’s choice, at no cost to them. All nominees must be living-no posthumous awards.
For information on any of these activities, call the Cass County Community Foundation at 574-722-2200, and give your heart to the community.

MIKE MCCORD RECEIVES 2009 "THANKS FOR GIVING" AWARD

Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for local businessman and community volunteer Mike McCord. A crowd of over a hundred people gathered at Boondockers for the Cass County Community Foundation’s traditional "Thanks for Giving" celebration, a donor and volunteer recognition event. Guests enjoyed an assortment of hors d’oeuvres and live music by the Ned Boyd Group while waiting for the award to be presented.

Outstanding volunteer McCord was shocked as he was named as the recipient of the 2009 Dick Cassidy “Thanks for Giving” Award. The award is given to an individual who through their unselfish and outstanding commitment of time, talent and treasure, embodies the CCCF spirit of giving.

Mike has been a long time volunteer and musician for the Foundation’s annual Valentines Serenades. Tributes and stories of McCord’s giving spirit were shared by Pat Branstatter, former CCCF board member; Judi Hettinger, McCord’s mother-in-law; and Judge Leo Burns who works with McCord on the AIM program.

CCCF Executive Director Deanna Crispen summed up McCord’s service as truly coming from the heart. She said, “Every year when we start thinking about our signature serenades and make the call to ask Mike, he replies by saying, “I already have it on my calendar. I wouldn’t miss it!” Mike brings a great deal of joy to folks that day and sings and plays until his fingers are raw. We could not do it without him!”

"THANKS FOR GIVING" DRAWING AWARDS $5000 TO LOCAL CHARITIES

As an additional feature to the annual “Thanks for Giving” Celebration, the board of directors of the community foundation offered the entire community the chance to be philanthropists and it was as easy as filling out an entry blank.
The foundation announced in late October that five local charities would be drawn from all entries received and each would receive a $1000 grant for continuing the good work they do in the community. People were encouraged to enter as many times and as often as they wished to support many worthy causes.
Local volunteers worked hard and filled the ballot box, which previously held a large recliner chair. CCCF Executive Director, Deanna Crispen estimated that over 20,000 entries had been received for over 100 different organizations.
The excitement filled the room at Boondockers as one at time, the five winners were drawn. Those organizations were: Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, Trinity Episcopal Church, East Main Street Church of God, Upward Soccer and Peak Community Services.

For additional information about this event or the Community Foundation itself, call CCCF at 574-722-2200.

UPCOMING EVENTS

01-12-2010 "GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE COMMUNITY"
Don't miss the Community Foundation's Annual "Give Your Heart to the Community" Celebration featuring live Valentines Serenades on Friday February 12, 2010.
Call now to place your order: 574-...[more]

11-30-2009 SCHOLARSHIP ORIENTATIONS
The Cass County Community Foundation reminds all Cass County high school graduating seniors about upcoming scholarship orientation sessions. Each high school will have a separate, on-site session (de...[more]