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On April 24, the South Haven Boys & Girls Club held their annual Awards Celebration to recognize members for their outstanding accomplishments throughout 2009. Area Achiever of the Year awards were given in each area of the club as well as awards...

An amazing group of Portage High School teens have recently formed a Key Club at the school. The club is sponsored through the Portage Kiwanis club. The group spent the morning of March 27th at the Kiwanis Breakfast with the Easter Bunny event. They...

Calling all Walkers! Walk for Special Olympics of Porter County on Saturday, June 12th, 2010, from 9 am to 1 pm at the Coffee Creek Watershed Conservancy Pavilion. Schedule of Events: 9:00 am: Registration - Turn in pledge form along with money and...

In April 2009, The Caring Place lost one of its most valued volunteers, Declan Faherty, to a tragic accident. Each week, Declan spent a few hours with children in the Community Program - playing games, teaching, and simply just being a friend and...

On Friday, June 4, the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will honor its dedicated volunteers during their Annual Spring Recognition Breakfast at Strongbow Inn in Valparaiso. Over 150 senior volunteers will be recognized at this annual...

Last week, the Portage Township YMCA participated in a fundraiser and collectively sold $24,000 in cookie dough/popcorn/lava cakes.  Their profit of $11,000 helped enhance programs in the Preschool Academy, Gymnastics, Fitness, Child Care Center,...

Ultra Foods and Town & Country Market will be hosting cook outs at their stores with 100% of the proceeds going to the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana. We are looking for volunteers to help us cook and serve the food on these days... Saturday,...

On a cold and blustery May 8th, 2010 Cub Scout Pack 456 met at Countryside park on Rt. 6 to spend the morning cleaning up the park. Cub Scout Leader Gary Crews organized this event for the scouts to initiate a adoption of the park for our pack....

The teachers of Willowcreek Middle School recently participated in McTeacher Night! On Thursday, May 6, several teachers became McDonald's employees for the night at the McDonald's on Central Ave. Working hard, the "new workers" raised nearly...

Who We Are The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana was founded in 1982. It was originally a barn, but has grown into a facility that acquires, stores and distributes 3.5 million pounds of food throughout Lake and Porter Counties. It is a USDA approved,...