Joe’s Hope

Joe’s Hope is a local organization that helps families that have someone diagnosed with cancer. Resource for Cancer care assistance to cancer patients and their families by helping provide mortgage payments, car payments, fuel cards, grocery cards, etc.

Community Thrift

Community Project Thrift Store is a non-profit organization located at 710 Main Street in Rochester, Indiana. Our store offers a wide variety of gently used items at affordable prices, including clothing, furniture, household goods, and more. All proceeds from sales go towards supporting local community projects and initiatives, making a positive impact in the area. By shopping at our store, you are not only finding great deals, but also giving back to your community. Join us in making a difference and shop with purpose at Community Project Thrift Store.

Fulton County Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states and in more than 70 countries around the world. Habitat’s vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat works toward this vision by building and improving homes in partnership with individuals and families in need of a decent and affordable place to live.

Fulton Co. Pork Producers/New Pens

The Fulton County Pork Producers’ main focus is supporting youth in Fulton County. We work alongside the 4-H Swine Committee to help promote pork, agriculture, and leadership. Pork Producers provides scholarships each year to deserving young leaders, they sponsor and put on a swine open show, and the Carcass Show. These shows provide an opportunity for youth to showcase their leadership, swine husbandry, and the animals themselves. One main focus of the organization has been to continue to make improvements to the Swine barn facilities. The project we are currently working on is replacing pens in the barn, which are aged approximately 35 years. New pens would improve safety, provide a greater ease of use, especially for younger kids, and increase pride in the barn and their project.

Fulton Co. Animal Shelter

Fulton County Animal Center in Rochester, is the only Animal Shelter in Fulton County! It has a small but mighty staff of women who care for roughly 75-100 homeless cats and dogs, 7 days a week, 365 days a year! They work tirelessly caring for and finding adoptive homes for these animals! They are ran on mostly donations and are very deserving of being a nominee for this project!

Manitou Chapter Inc. NSDAR
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution promotes Patriotism, Historic Preservation and Education. Indiana has 45 chapters and Manitou Chapter, Inc. NSDAR is in Rochester Indiana. We have 16 members at this time but the Chapter was founded in 1908. The National Society was founded in 1890 and the headquarters are located in Washington DC. It is the largest complex of buildings owned and operated by women. Within it is the DAR Library, one of the largest genealogical research centers in America. We are non-profit and non-political. We sponsor scholarships, preserve landmarks and graves of patriots, hold workshops, distribute flags, and volunteer many service hours.

Rochester Church of God “Light Up the Sky”
Our church feeds everyone who attends and we do a large fireworks display at dusk. This year we want to bring in Christian artist JJ Weeks for an hour concert for entertainment for all. Last year we fed over 200 people and had 7 inflatables for all the children and we will do that again this year. We need $3,000.00 above last year’s budget.

The Outlet Youth Center

The Outlet Youth Center is faith-based, youth-driven, and community-minded. Its mission is to create a safe, structured environment for Fulton County youth, promoting personal and community growth. The Outlet Youth Center, founded in 2019, serves as a safe and empowering space for youth in Rochester, Indiana. It provides accessible after-school programs and personal growth opportunities, addressing a vital community need for structured, supportive environments for local youth. The Center has employed two directors during its tenure, and continues to grow and add staff and volunteers in tandem with growth.

The Support Cafe / Girl Code

At the support cafe, I am a licensed therapist associate. I run groups and programs meant for empowerment, advocacy, learning, and healing as well as provide clinical mental health therapy. Last year we completed a trial run of our Girl Code program where we provided IPads to women to participate in the program and learn how to use the SwiftUI to code and make apps. Of four participants, two completed the program by making an app and an interactive book! I would like to make the program happen again! I think it is amazing to teach women the skills that can help them get jobs and earn an income!