April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinIBJ SPECIAL REPORT: Center Township lowered its bank balance in 2012, to $6.7 million, but the biggest checks Trustee Eugene
Akers wrote weren't for emergency needs like food or shelter, the township’s main mission.
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April 6, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinHeading into the 2008 recession, Center Township sat on $10.5 million in cash, but sky-high unemployment and rising poverty
over the next four years failed to drain those funds, and the disconnect persists in several area townships.
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March 16, 2013
Dan HumanEaster Seals Crossroads has promoted its No. 2 leader to take the top post—a challenging assignment at a time the organization
is weathering annual deficits of almost $1 million and facing uncertainty over future government funding.
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February 9, 2013
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions empowers older adults, those of any age with a disability and family caregivers to achieve
the greatest possible independence, dignity and quality of life.
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January 26, 2013
Volunteers of America of Indiana is a faith-based organization that provides life-changing services to enhance the physical,
emotional, spiritual and intellectual needs of individuals.
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December 1, 2012
Dan HumanThe efforts of Indianapolis-based Timmy Global Health to improve health in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa while exposing
hundreds of students to the realities of the medical industry have earned it an appearance on network TV and a shot at a $1
million unrestricted grant.
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November 3, 2012
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis last year sold 154 properties from its land bank for $1,000 each to a novice not-for-profit, which immediately
flipped them for a total $500,000 profit. More than a dozen have changed hands multiple times since then, making investors
more than $1 million.
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November 3, 2012
Dan HumanMembers of the Indy Hunger Network knew it would take discipline when they set the goal of feeding 185 million meals every
year—27 million more than they do now—by 2015.
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October 18, 2012
James Vento, president and CEO of Easter Seals Crossroads, is retiring after 32 years at the helm of the Indianapolis-based
agency, the not-for-profit said Wednesday.
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August 25, 2012
Joy’s House is committed to supporting families by providing exceptional adult day services.
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August 4, 2012
Dan HumanThe aging population is expected to generate an explosion in demand for senior services—taxing a network of often thinly
funded providers. Executives of such not-for-profits say they often encounter apathy toward senior causes.
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July 28, 2012
Trusted Mentors uses the power of mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing the chaos brought about by poverty,
homelessness, underemployment and the effects of incarceration.
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July 7, 2012
Scott OlsonWhen Helene Cross arrived to lead Fairbanks Addiction Treatment Center in 2001, the alcohol and drug rehabilitation hospital
was as sick financially as its patients were physically.
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July 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinCity-County Councilor Vop Osili thinks the city could level the job-seeking playing field for ex-offenders by eliminating
the question of past convictions on job applications.
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June 30, 2012
HVAF of Indiana is dedicated to eliminating homelessness for veterans and their families through prevention, education, supportive
services and advocacy.
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June 19, 2012
Dan HumanCharitable giving grew 4 percent nationally in 2011, but the increase was less than 1 percent after adjusting for inflation,
according to a report released Tuesday by the Giving USA Foundation and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
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June 9, 2012
Steve Downing is now on the board of Christamore House, where he and others once honed their hoops skills.
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June 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyIndianapolis Senior Center, 708 E. Michigan St., is directing clients to other agencies for meals, transportation and other
services the center has provided since 1962.
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April 28, 2012
IBJ StaffAgency that offers HIV- and AIDS-related services owns its headquarters free and clear after $3 million capital campaign.
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April 21, 2012
Horizon House provides direct support to persons who are homeless.
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April 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinLocal health care providers won’t find an easy replacement for the grant money supplied by Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
That money could be in jeopardy, as grass-roots Komen supporters appear to be sitting out of this year’s Race for the
Cure in response to a national controversy over grants to Planned Parenthood.
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March 29, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinWith the pace of registrations down 30 percent, local Race for the Cure organizers are pleading with past supporters not to
sit out this year’s event, regardless of their feelings about Susan G. Komen national policies involving Planned Parenthood.
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March 10, 2012
Hunger-fighting charities hope to tap volunteers and resources for special projects through a new entity, the Indy Hunger
Network.
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January 21, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinSecond Helpings—which rescues perishable food from grocery stores, hotels and restaurants and turns it into meals delivered
to shelters and community centers—also teaches people the basics of food handling and preparation. Its free, 10-week
training program boasts a job-placement rate of 85 percent to 95 percent within 30 days of completion.
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December 31, 2011
IBJ StaffThe organization that provides work for the blind is offering in-home vision assessments and a call-in entertainment line
for the elderly.
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My favorite magician is Mickey in Fantasia.
I ate at a Steak n Shake a couple of weeks ago and was amused to see a poster of him (and a lineup of employees) just inside the entrance. You don't see that at other chains -- OK maybe Dave the Wendy's guy, but that was when he was also in their TV ads.
Well he wasn't a magician in the latest movie, but up in Fort Wayne he was featured on Happy the Hobo when I was a kid and I LOVED THE SHOW!
Shake Shack>Steak n' Shake
I really enjoyed the Hollywood Bar and Film works, they had good food and decent prices I understand that parking was one of the reasons for its closing. If other major events were going downtown parking was expensive if not impossible. Hope the new cinema bar will have parking.