$250,191 In 2Q Grants Announced By Rising Sun Regional Foundation

The Rising Sun Regional Foundation has awarded its latest round of grants to 21 local organizations, schools, fire departments, and others.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation awarded a total of $250,191 in 21 new grants in the second quarter of 2019. These grants included:

• $20,000 to the City of Aurora toward playground equipment for its Powerscape Extra Innings Playground Replacement project at the Aurora ball fields;
• $1,000 to the Aurora Riverfront Beautification toward the 2019 Red, White & Boom festival;
• $9,640 to the Batesville Community School Corporation toward its Leveled Literacy Intervention system;
• $16,500 to the Batesville Fire & Rescue toward the purchase of a mechanical CPR device;
• $2,678 to the Batesville Youth Football League to seed and aerate a practice field;
• $18,754 to the Bear Branch Volunteer Fire Department toward the purchase of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus with attached thermal imaging cameras;
• $27,000 to the Milan Community School Corporation toward upgrades to classroom locks;
• $5,600 to the Town of Napoleon toward the purchase, installation, and calibration of an ultrasonic flow meter;
• $20,000 to Ohio County Emergency Management for computers and devices for Ohio County Sheriffs’ and Rising Sun Police Department’s vehicles;
• $6,000 to the Ohio County Public Library for new public computers;
• $2,000 to the Ripley County Humane Society toward the purchase of a lawn mower;
• $11,337 to the City of Rising Sun for the purchase of safety equipment for the police department;
• $7,000 to Rising Sun Family Medicine toward the replacement of flooring;
• $23,000 to the Rising Sun Ohio County Community School Corporation for security equipment;
• 2,000 to the Rock Solid Families for incentives for its parenting series, Families Rock;
• $6,896 to the South Dearborn Community School Corporation toward its Campus Security Initiative;
• $40,000 to the Sunman Area Life Squad for a manual monitor/defibrillator and auto pulse system;
• $10,000 to the Tyson Community Advancement Foundation for renovations to the stage area at Tyson Activity Center;
• $2,400 to the Tyson Library Association toward the installation of an automatic door for the handicap entrance;
• $9,000 to the Town of Versailles for Pangburn Park improvements; and
• $9,386 to the Versailles Volunteer Fire Department for a six-position headset. 

Grant applications for the next grants cycle are due Monday, July 15, 2019 by 4:00pm. Applications can be downloaded from the RSRF website at www.rsrfonline.org, and can be emailed to Jascia Redwine at risingsunregionalfoundation@gmail.com.

The Rising Sun Regional Foundation was created in 1994 by the City of Rising Sun, and is now funded by the Rising Star Casino Resort, owned by Full House Resorts, Inc., which makes monthly contributions to the foundation based on a percentage of its Adjusted Gross Revenue. To date, the foundation has received more than $43 million in riverboat funds, of which at least 75% has been granted back to the community.