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"Circle of Love" supports Francine's Friends 
The 131 Valentines sent by friends of LaGrange County Community Foundation to friends and family members resulted in a total of $982.56 of support for Francine’s Friends Mobile Mammography unit in visits to LaGrange County in 2008.
The money will be used to assist with funding mammograms for women who cannot afford the potentially life saving screening.
Dedicated volunteers gathered on a cold January morning to hand craft the cards used for “Circle of Love.” Veteran card creator Rhonda Byler of Sturgis, MI, created the designs and provided necessary components to make the job easier for the willing crafters.
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Scholarship selection
The scholarship selection process is in full swing at LCCF.
Nearly 50 scholarship readers/scorers have been in and out of LCCF's third floor offices as the committed volunteers make time in busy schedules to assist with the process. Some of the over 70 people included on the list of readers are in warmer locations during winter weather.
The number of 2008 applicants increased by 82, nearly 40 percent over 2007. Two new scholarships, the Olive B. Cole Scholarships and Alice Carney LeRoque Scholarship, garnered large numbers of applicants.
Scholarship recipients have been notified by the community foundation and will be honored at a scholarship celebration reception to be held Saturday, May 31 from1 to 3 p.m. at the Shipshewana Town Center and Hostetler's Hudson Auto Museum.
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