Duneland Education Foundation

05/16/2026

04/18/2026

The Duneland Education Foundation is happy to present the Chesterton High School Philanthropy Club with a check for $250 for their dance marathon. Pictured here are CHS philanthropy club president , Lana Glazer and DEF secretary, Lindsay Trout.
The dance marathon will be held this Saturday, April 18 at Chesterton high school. Proceeds from the event benefit The Children’s Miracle Network and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.

04/08/2026

The Duneland Education Foundation is delighted to present the Chesterton High School Business Professionals of America organization an Acorn Grant for $2,500! These funds will help pay for students and staff to attend regional, state and National competitions! Congratulations! Pictured are: Danielle Gingrich and Lauren Basich from CHS’s BPA Team and Meg McCarel from DEF.

03/13/2026

Duneland Education Foundation is thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s $10,000 Scholarship Raffle!! The 2026 winner is Michael Uzelac! His beneficiary is his grandson, Iceous Sisamis! Congratulations! Pictured are: Christy Jarka(DEF Board), Iceous Sisamis, Kathy and Michael Uzelac, and Jackie Ruge-Perkins (Porter Bank)

02/21/2026

And the winner is…..

The winner of this year’s Duneland education foundation $10,000 scholarship raffle is Michael Uzelac!

Congratulations!!! 

02/02/2026

The Duneland Education Foundation is thrilled to present an Acorn Grant to the Exceptional Learning Team at Bailly Elementary! This grant, valued at $1,972.81, will be used to fund Project Reach, a behavioral reinforcement plan.
Pictured are:
Olivia VanDenburgh, Bailly School Nurse and DEF Board Member, Abby Parkerson, Caroline Scheidt, and Rhonda Sutphin, the Bailly Exceptional Learning Team, Ashleigh Trumble, AP at Bailly, and Carey Storm, Principal at Bailly Elementary.

02/01/2026

On Thursday, February 26th, board member, Lindsay Trout, and her husband Jim Trout will be guest hosting early 2000s movie trivia at Running Vines in Chesterton! A portion of the evening‘s earnings will be coming back to the Duneland education foundation! Please come out and support Running Vines, the DEF, and the Trout family! 

01/18/2026

Such a FANTASTIC NIGHT at Duneland Education Foundation’s 80’s/ 90’s Pop Culture Trivia Night!!!! the biggest crowd ever! Rory, our amazing trivia specialist was so fantastic! Our crowd was dressed up and having so much fun! Can’t wait for next year! If you happen to have pictures, please add them! I did not take a single one! thank you to our sponsors, Trout Glass and Mirror, Berglund Construction, Precision Control, Kittredge and Zehner and Ice Miller! Thank you to our Board of Directors! And thank you to all of the people who attended! It was such an incredible night!