Rochester, Ind. – This summer, the Northern Indiana Community Foundation (NICF) received funding from the Lilly Endowment to hire interns seeking to gain experience with the Fulton, Miami, and Starke County Community Foundations. Miranda Shepherd, Alyson Braden, and Kennedy Niedbalski have been selected to serve as the interns for the NICF this summer. Braden graduated from Maconaquah High School in 2017. She is a sophomore at Purdue University, where she is majoring in communications and minoring in art and design. She hopes to work in marketing with a focus on graphic design. Throughout the summer, the interns will help to plan events, interview donors, write their families’ stories, write press releases, attend various meetings and events, and help with office tasks. For more information on becoming an intern, contact the Northern Indiana Community Foundation toll free at 877-432-6423, or at 574-223-2227.