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Appleseed: Planting Seeds for Learning and Growth in Jasper County
Appleseed Childhood Education is a start-up focused on developing early childhood learning opportunities in Jasper County. JNF’s Steven Eastridge and Brienne Hooker sat down with Appleseed Childhood Education President Adam Alson and board member Megan Inskeep to talk...
Celebrating 30 Years – Continuing Education, The Lilly Endowment & Carnegie Center
2021 is the year of the Jasper Newton Foundation. Join us in Celebrating 30 Years of Service, Community and Collaboration. We are taking a glimpse into the years that built us, if you have missed our previous posts be sure to check them out to relive the memories of...
Celebrating 30 Years: The Newton Foundation
Jasper Newton Foundation is celebrating 30 YEARS! Together we have grown, changed and developed communities in Jasper & Newton counties and have big ideas for what’s ahead. The support of community members, volunteers and donors helped grow Jasper Newton...
Celebrating 30 Years
Join the Jasper Newton Foundation as they celebrate 30 Years in 2021. Look forward to an anniversary blog series, recapping the last 30 years in your community.
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A Welcome Distraction
By Alyssa NybergPhoto credit: Shari McCollough Thank goodness for the Smith’s longspur. It’s a welcome distraction… a mission, a challenge, a journey to temporarily take my mind and heart off the concern and anxiety that I have been feeling about COVID-19. This little...
Power of Giving: Celebrating Prairie Arts Council & Bonnie Zimmer!
PAC was founded in 1993 and has promoted visual, literary, and performing arts in Jasper and Newton Counties. For over 25 years I have focused most of my volunteerism on the Prairie Arts Council, being one of the founding members. As a lifelong artist and art...
DeMotte Women’s Circle of Giving
Article written by Judy Crawford The DeMotte Women’s Circle of Giving, founded in 2003, was the first circle of giving established in Jasper County. Its mission statement is: To improve the town of DeMotte and make it a better place to live,...
Former One-Room School Buildings are Disappearing
Article by Judy Kanne, Jasper County Historical Society"Sourced from the Rensselaer Republican Newspaper"
Kankakee Sands Bison are Changing It Up
By Alyssa Nyberg My drive to work involves one-stop sign and a herd of bison. It hasn’t always been that way… My commute used to involve one stop sign and several agricultural fields. That all started to change in 1996, when The Nature Conservancy began planting 8,000...
