Most members of Open Hearts, Open Purses had not considered the intricate dangers an accident scene can pose to first responders. Heavy vehicles, steep embankments, muddy or icy conditions can all affect an accident scene. Extricating passengers in these conditions is...

For an entire decade, South Madison Community Foundation was a proud affiliate of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Through donor support, including a $10,000 start-up grant from the members of Open Hearts, Open Purses, South Madison Community Foundation paid...

Harless Scholarship Application The value of a college education is incalculable. Not solely a means to greater financial security, degrees open the door to certain professions - even callings - that would be otherwise closed. Developing the mind should be a life-long...

“Best Buddies envisions a world where people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are so successfully integrated into schools, workplaces and communities that its current efforts and services will be unnecessary. Until that vision becomes a reality,...

During a 2003 fundraising campaign in which donations to the South Madison Community Foundation were matched $2 for $1 by Lilly Endowment, Dr. Robert Begley and Mrs. Linda Begley donated $10,000 to open a fund to benefit South Madison County’s future. Under Foundation...

What do you do when you love all your small town has to offer? How do you choose just one cause to support? Jack and Dorothy Jarrett spent 60 years of marriage just outside Pendleton. She was a nurse, he was an engineer. She was a golfer, he was a woodworker. Together...

A Named Bright Future Fund at South Madison Community Foundation is a way to express your priorities your community within the broad scope of the Foundation’s grant-making. In creating a Named Fund, a donor is asked to write a statement of priorities that is...

When designing a charitable endowment to benefit your community, it’s practically impossible to imagine an unknown future. What happens if a benefitting organization changes significantly, or closes its doors? By definition, a permanent endowment lasts forever – the...

Conversing with Margaret Comarella about her neighbors Joe and Myrtle Montgomery has a way of erasing time. Pointing out tiny stitches on a stack of handmade quilts, Margaret recalls Myrtle cutting, pinning, and stitching for hours. This was how Myrtle spent evenings,...

Local companies are the backbone of community. They shore up our civic organizations, support our sport teams, and provide a stable living for generations of workers. Their legacy is broad and deep. In the case of the Fredericks, Inc./Markleville Lumber Co., their...