The Love Community Center
A dream for decades, in the planning stages for four years, and under construction for 18 months, the Love Community Center is an all-in-one resource for many of our community’s needs.
What is the Love Community Center?
At the end of 2020, the RCCF was awarded a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. toward the creation of a community center. The Love Community Center presented by Jay and Christie (Kile) Love (LCC) is the product of an innovative approach to a decades long dream for our community, with something for everyone. The Loves made a seven-figure donation, which serves as the lead gift of a capital campaign for operation and sustainability of the facility through RCCF. READ MORE
The LCC is an all-in-one resource for many of our community’s needs. It houses a fitness center, multi-use gymnasium, walking/running track, and indoor pool. Westminster Early Learning Academy offers a 70-seat high-quality daycare center. It is the new, expanded home of the Rushville Public Library. Rush County Community Assistance food pantry moved into a larger, more welcoming space, including food lockers for after hours pick up and a teaching kitchen. The Rush County Senior Citizens Center offers expanded programming in their new space. There are offices for other social service agencies, including WIC, ICAP, and Firefly Children & Family Alliance.
Having all of these organizations under one roof benefits the community tremendously. There are plenty of formal and informal meeting and gathering spaces for the community’s use. This amazing resource has something to offer everyone – from infants to seniors. It is housed in building formerly occupied by Walmart at 1850 N Main Street in Rushville. What a great way to infuse new life into this vacant space!
How You Can Help
Support is needed for the sustainability of day-to-day operations. Your gift to the Ebert H. and Bessie M. Schroeder Fund will become part of the permanent fund to cover these costs forever.
Wilma Jo Kile started a fund in memory of her parents to support the operations of a community center, the Ebert H. and Bessie M. Schroeder Fund. As a former teacher, principal of Mays Elementary, and assistant superintendent of Rush County Schools, Wilma Jo realized the need for and impact this would have on the Rush County community. “This project is a transformational, long-overdue, dream come true for Rush County. From an educational standpoint, I can think of nothing else that would provide the value-added amenities that a multipurpose community center would provide to the residents of Rush County,” she shared.
