COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Columbus Salvation Army has established the Bartholomew County Hometown Endowment Fund that will support the organization’s local programs and services for years to come. The fund has been made possible thanks to a $5,000 gift from an anonymous local couple.
The fund will allow the nonprofit social service agency and Christian church to help perhaps six more families per month via programs such as Pathway to Hope. That assists families beset by adversity “to get back on their financial feet,” local Capt. Amy Tompkins said.
The program does that through everything from help with job training to a return to school.
“This fund is made to be used, but certainly not depleted,” Tompkins said.
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