Effingham County News Articles
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Recipients announced for 2019 Croft Brothers Scholarship
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce that three Effingham County students have been awarded the Croft Brothers Scholarship.
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Robson Jackson Nursing Scholarship awards $11,500 to nine area nursing students
A total of $11,500 was awarded in 2019.
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Abigail Flach named recipient of Facklam Scholarship
The scholarship was established by the late Delbert Facklam, for the purpose of perpetuating higher education opportunities for Teutopolis High School graduates in memory of the Teutopolis High School faculty and classmates of the Class of 1939.
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Wegman receives University of Illinois Dorothy Stier Memorial Scholarship
The scholarship is open to any female graduate of Effingham High School or St. Anthony High School planning to attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Effingham County CommunityWorks Endowment announces 2018 grant recipients
The Effingham County CommunityWorks Endowment is a fund of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation and distributes annual grants to support workforce development, early childhood education and childcare, and land use and protection.
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Recipients of 2018 Bill and Jacquelyn Jordan Anderson Youth grants announced
The Bill and Jacquelyn Jordan Anderson Fund for Youth, a fund of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, is committed to supporting youth programs in Effingham County.
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Recipients of 2018 Bill and Jacquelyn Jordan Anderson Visual Arts grants announced
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce that three area nonprofits have been named recipients of the 2018 Bill and Jacquelyn Jordan Anderson Visual Arts grant.
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Recipients of 2018 Siemer Milling Endowment Youth Leadership Grants announced
The Siemer Milling Company Endowment, a fund of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, was established in 2006 for the purpose of providing a permanent source of funding to programs in Effingham County that support the development of young leaders. Since its inception, the Siemer Milling Company Endowment has contributed more than $148,000 to nonprofit organizations serving Effingham County.
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Niebrugge Scholarship awards $40,000 to Effingham County graduates
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the Ray, Mary, and Tim Niebrugge Scholarship. Scholarships totaling $40,000 have been awarded to 32 students.
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Hightower siblings’ love of music reaches special needs community in California
The John K. Hightower Memorial Fund recently granted $1,000 to TERI, Inc., a San Diego-based nonprofit agency serving the needs of children and adults with autism and other developmental and learning disabilities, and their families.