Awarded in 2025

After Prom/Switzerland County YMCA

$2,000 to help with the 2025 After Prom expenses.

Big Stuf/Olive Branch Baptist Church

$14,692 to rent buses for the 2025 Big Stuf trip.

Jeff Craig Fire and Rescue

$28,342.45 to purchase 5 sets of Turnout Gear.

LifeTime Resources

$2,687.97 to provide the local match for an IDOT grant to replace laptops in the Catch-A-Ride office.

Switzerland County EMA

$8,848.28 to purchase Water/Ice Rescue Equipment to be owned by the EMA, housed at the Patriot Fire House and used throughout the county and the region as needed.

Switzerland County Public Library

$2,500 for their 2025 Children’s Summer Reading program. And $3,495 to help purchase two  children’s tablets.

Switzerland County Tourism

$23,000 for expenses related to the 2025 Swiss Wine Festival.

Town of Vevay

$3,000 for the Vevay Police  Department to host their National
Night Out

Switzerland County High School

$5,000 for the 2025 BPA Nationals

Switzerland County Emergency Response

$16,000 to purchase a ventilator.

Switzerland County Historical Society

$1,000 to help with expenses for the John Billings Shaw Marker.

Switzerland County Government

$5,000 for Switzerland County’s dues for READI

Switzerland County YMCA

$10,000 to purchase a new saltwater chlorinator for the pool.

Switzerland County Economic Development

$25,000 for Make-My-Move program, to encourage entrepreneurs to move to Switzerland County.

Moorefield Fire Department

$5,000 to match the McDonald’s fundraiser to purchase turnout gear.

Community Art Center

$10,000 for the Main Street Door Replacement.

Ohio Valley Boxing Club

$1,000 to help provide the service to local teens.

INcompass Health Center

$5,000 for the local food pantry program.

Patriot Passion Project

$5,000 for the local food pantry program.

Switzerland County Tourism

$1,000 for the Christmas Event presented by the Racing 
Performance Museum for local children.

Switzerland County Middle School

$1,500 for the Job Shadow program in 2026

Awarded in 2024

After Prom/Switzerland County YMCA

$2,000 to help with the 2024 After Prom expenses.

Big Stuf/Olive Branch Baptist Church

$14,950 to rent buses for the 2024 Big Stuf trip.

Broads on Boards

$1,500 to help send four people to the 2024 Main Street National Conference.

Jeff Craig Fire and Rescue

$14,100 to upgrade their rope rescue equipment that this fire department uses to provide water and vertical technical rescues in the county.

LifeTime Resources

$4,188.75 to provide the local match for an IDOT grant to replace laptops in the Catch-A-Ride buses.

Patriot Main Street

$6,250.00 awarded to help put a Mural on the side of a historic building in Patriot Indiana.

Rise Elite Wrestling Club

$500 to rent the school corporation gym to host a summer wrestling program.

SEICO

$5,000 to provide funds for their “Supporting Our Neighbors” emergency funds program for Switzerland County residents.

Switzerland County Economic Development

$25,000 for the local match for the Bryants Creek dredging project.

Switzerland County EMA

$1,700 to purchase new computers for the Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

Switzerland County FFA

$2,400 to assist in their new Diversity, Equity, Inclusion program.

Switzerland County Middle School

$1,500 for their 2024 Job Shadow Program.

Switzerland County Public Library

$2,000 for their 2024 Children’s Summer Reading Program

Switzerland County Public Library

$3,495 to help purchase two children’s tablets.

Switzerland County School Corporation

$2,500 to help purchase a Welch Allyn SPOT Vision Screener to screen students in various grade levels.

Switzerland County Tourism

$25,000 for expenses related to the 2024 Swiss Wine Festival.

Town of Vevay

$3,500 for the Vevay Police Department to host their first National Night Out

A Few of Our Recipients