Community

Come enjoy Nelson’s Port-A-Pit Chicken, Pit-Tatoes, Music, Shopping at the People’s Boutique and FUN!!! When: August 9th – 10am -2pm Where: 2354 US 35 Laporte IN Parents and Friends Inc. parking lot Cost:  Chicken- $6.75                    Pit-Tatoes- $3.00           Checks made out to: IKAN Club    Purchase tickets in advanced to ensure your […]

A boy was born in 1907. With his father passing away five months later, his mother was forced to place Ernest “Ernie” in a Budapest orphanage. At that time, she worked as a servant and therefore was unable to have him with her. Nearly 15 years later, the boy’s Iowa grandparents sent for Ernie and […]

What: 2014 “Citywide Back-to-School” School Supply Drive Who:  The Citywide Back-to-School Rally Organizing Committee (Boys & Girls Club, Covering Kids and Families La Porte County, MDWise, Michigan City Area Schools, HealthLinc, Indiana Black Expo, La Porte County NAACP, La Porte County YMCA, Purdue University North Central, the City of Michigan City, Deliverance and Victory Outreach […]

Many, many, many years from now, when future generations are admiring the beauty of a globally rare dune-and-swale habitat in Hammond, tallgrass prairie in Hobart, oak savanna in Portage, Moraine forest in La Porte County, and other breathtaking natural wonders of Northwest Indiana, they may throw a glance back to 1981 and celebrate another anniversary […]

Unity is proud to be sponsoring a booth at this year’s county fair on July 6th-12th. We’ll be located in the conservation building. Come on out and see us… we’ll have literature about our environmental programs, including the Pine Lake Avenue Project!

  Todd and Stephanie Dickard describe their family experience as ‘a story of ayoung person who made an impression.’ It’s a sad story, but it’s one where grief finds an outlet in the power of doing good. Todd and Stephanie’s daughter Carley died at the age of 16 in 2006 from a brain tumor. ‘She […]

On May 6, Unity Foundation of La Porte County will join communities from northwest Indiana and across the country for a national day of local giving. Give Local America marks the centennial anniversary of community foundations, inviting La Porte County residents to raise significant funds for causes right in their own backyard. Unity will raise funds […]

The first in a series of community visioning sessions hosted by the United Way of La Porte County generated several ideas Wednesday morning at the Blue Chip Casino. Kris Pate, United Way of La Porte County executive director, says the visioning councils are an important step in transforming to an intentional focus on impact in areas […]