Wolf Country

The Central Kentucky Community Foundation on Thursday announced the recipients of more than $185,000 in grant funding through the foundation’s Granted Program. “Granted is our annual competitive grant opportunity for nonprofits that serve our nine-county region to apply for funding for various areas to help carry out their missions,” said CKCF President and CEO Davette Swiney. 24 grants were awarded to 22 different organizations in what the foundation says was the biggest […]

As the weather turns colder, Friends of Hardin County Animal Shelter is helping area residents who care for outdoor or community cats. FOHCAS says for the fourth year the organization will be offering free winter cat shelters. The shelters are made of sturdy styrofoam donated by Eurotrol and filled with straw to help outdoor cats get out of the cold. “These are for cats who live outdoors, who may be feral, or […]

The Olive Branch Fund, a nonprofit fund created by Olive and Oak Realty and housed out of the Central Kentucky Community Foundation, invites the public to help support their mission of supporting adoptive families at their Adopt-a-Fraser event, to be held November 28 and 29 at Village Green Landscaping in Elizabethtown. Olive and Oak owner and Olive Branch Fund founder Tara Still says area businesses are sponsoring trees that will […]

The City of Elizabethtown, in partnership with Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, will be hosting their second mobile food pantry event this Friday at the Elizabethtown Sports Park. The giveaway will begin at noon, with food distributed until it runs out. Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said during the November 3 Elizabethtown City Council meeting the city was aiming to provide meals for 1,000 households at each of three planned feeding events. […]

Thanks to a recent donation, students in the Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Diesel Technology Program have a new tool for learning. ECTC says the Diesel Technology Program recently received a 2016 Volvo Day cab truck, donated by Gordon Food Services. The truck is the second semi-truck donated to the college by GFS, which has also previously donated a tow dolly and two tractors. The college says the truck donation will allow […]

Members of Heels Together, a women-led initiative of the Central Kentucky Community Foundation, met for their annual investors banquet Tuesday evening. The banquet was an opportunity for investors to hear about the impact of their philanthropic activity in the previous year and to hear from the 2025 grant award finalists. “All the presenters have a vision, and with our support we can grow these ideas into reality,” said Lindsey Alicna. […]

Thursday is the last day to support Elizabethtown Community and Technical College’s Family Scholar House Thanksgiving Meal Drive. “It really supports ECTC students and their families,” said ECTC Director of Philanthropy Chrissie Angell. “You know, it can be a burden for them to have to provide a Thanksgiving meal, and so this just really helps us ease that burden so that they can focus on their coursework, and when they […]