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Get outdoors with your child–please!

I was once asked why it is important to encourage children to experience the joys of Nature. That is a loaded question to me! I serve as the Natural History Section Manager for the Indiana State Museum as well as serving as the Site Manager for the State Historic Site dedicated to Gene Stratton-Porter, one […]

“We were blessed with good parents”

  Working with her brother and sister, our guest blogger Deborah McDonald helped to start Operation Timothy, an after school tutoring program designed to keep students from falling behind in school and dropping out.  Operation Timothy is a ministry of David’s Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Tanner, Alabama. I was born and raised in a […]

Two big books and a little story

At the Dekko Foundation our ways of thinking have been changed by two big books and a little story. The first book that’s impacted us is Toxic Charity, by Robert Lupton.  It’s a quick read…maybe two hours start to finish. The reason we liked it so much is that a lot of Lupton’s beliefs match […]

Smart is the new black!

Black…it’s understated, perfect anywhere and never out of style! Smart Grantseeking…it’s efficient, informative and uses time wisely. We know that all funding organizations do things differently…so, we sympathize with you, Mr. or Ms. Grantseeker.  Some foundations have deadlines and requirements for multiple copies.  Others accept proposals anytime, but only online proposals. We have something that we think might help…at least when […]