By Lori Wince for This Week Community News

The New Albany Community Foundation has issued approximately $500,000 in grants since February for several community programs.

“I believe the foundation’s support for local nonprofit organizations, as well as programs such as the (Jeanne B.) McCoy (Community) Center’s performance series, school author and lecture series, is essential to the […]

By Lori Wince for This Week Community News

The New Albany Community Foundation recently awarded six grants totaling $76,200 to fund local organizations and programs.

A new organization called Kids Here and There will receive $21,000 to encourage students at Columbus Academy and other local high schools to complete service work for local children through different organizations such as Nationwide […]

By Lori Wince for This Week Community News

The New Albany-Plain Local School District’s Hand in Hand for Haiti project has been awarded the 2013 International Education Project of the Year by the Columbus Council on World Affairs.

“There was a selection committee for it with a very intense rubric for the award,” said Stephanie Calondis Geiger, […]

By LORI WINCE, ThisWeek Community News

Organizers of the New Albany Community Garden have received a $10,000 grant from the Aetna Foundation to install a permanent water source for 86 plots, which were used by 70 adults and 76 children last year.

“My vision for the garden is for it to be a demonstration garden as well […]

By LORI WINCE
ThisWeek Community News

The New Albany-Plain Local school board on Dec. 10 accepted $55,000 in donations for the New Albany Scholars visiting author program and for the installation of new starting blocks at the high school natatorium.

The New Albany Community Foundation will fund the author visits to all four district school buildings with $20,000 […]