December 23, 2011
Scott OlsonAs of Wednesday, the Salvation Army's Indiana Division had reached just 51 percent of its $3.2 million goal for its annual
Tree of Lights campaign.
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December 3, 2011
Concord Neighborhood Center offers a variety of educational, health, social and recreational activities to neighborhood residents
of all ages and collaborates with other agencies to provide decentralized or special services for the community.
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November 26, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Care for Kids Foundation, which has its roots in raising money for the former Children’s Guardian Home, will recruit
its first class of 14-year-olds this summer for a four-year program called Opportunity Rox.
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November 19, 2011
IBJ StaffCrossroads Industrial Services will team up with a service-disabled veteran to win new business from defense contractors.
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November 19, 2011
IBJ Staff“Blueprint 2” calls on well-meaning church and charity groups to stop delivering food directly to homeless camps.
Professional outreach teams report that this enables people who may have addictions or mental health problems to continue
living outside.
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November 17, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinNoble of Indiana CEO Clint Bolser told supporters in an e-mail Wednesday about his upcoming move to South Bend-based Logan
Center, which also serves adults with developmental disabilities.
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November 15, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinCHIP, the Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention, said it wants Marion County taxpayers to create a permanent,
dedicated source of funding for housing and services.
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November 5, 2011
Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis provides education, advocacy and service through programs designed to promote
health.
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October 25, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinInterim leader Darcey Palmer-Shultz has been named the new CEO at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, the not-for-profit
announced Tuesday.
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October 22, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinA Riley Hospital for Children doctor is launching a training center for a national anti-poverty program called Circles, which
matches poor people with middle-class “allies.” The idea is that people find their own way out of poverty by expanding
their personal networks to include the middle class.
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September 10, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinCrossroads Industrial Services Chief Operating Officer Curtiss Quirin has a certain sense of urgency as he looks to buy a
business to add revenue to the not-for-profit contract manufacturer, because Crossroads provides jobs for people with disabilities,
and generates a surplus that feeds the revenue-starved parent organization, Easter Seals Crossroads.
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August 12, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinIn a promotion fit for the economy, United Way of Central Indiana will try to lure donors by offering them access to discounts
from national and local retailers.
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July 30, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Public Schools board voted in November to adopt a calendar that shortens summer vacation and introduces longer
fall and spring breaks. The idea is to give kids less time to forget what they’ve learned and provide more opportunities
to catch up.
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July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffThe not-for-profit that offers alternative sentencing to women with young children will quadruple its capacity with move to
former assisted-living facility on Michigan Road.
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July 16, 2011
IBJ StaffMichael J. Feeney, former owner of Feeney Hornak Mortuaries, will lead group that mentors high-achieving, low-income high
school students.
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July 13, 2011
Scott OlsonUnited Way of Central Indiana will reserve about $2.65 million, or nearly 7 percent of the $38.2 million it raised in its
annual campaign, to cover uncollected pledges from Hoosiers who lose their jobs.
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June 18, 2011
School on Wheels Corp. provides one-on-one tutoring and educational advocacy for school-age children affected by homelessness.
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June 9, 2011
Scott OlsonAnn DeLaney has served 15 years as executive director of the shelter for domestic violence victims. With a $3 million capital
campaign recently finished, she said the time is right for her to "pass the torch."
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June 4, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinChristamore House, a west-side community center that was in danger of closing its doors last year, recently hired an Eli Lilly
and Co. retiree as executive director. Bill Scott, 57, took on the job to give back to the Haughville neighborhood where his
grandmother and other relatives lived.
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April 2, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinAn informal collaboration of social workers, police and prosecutors has had early success getting some of the most stubborn
homeless people in Indianapolis from downtown streets to shelter or recovery programs.
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March 26, 2011
IBJ StaffGleaners’ mission is to end hunger by engaging individuals and communities to provide food for people in need.
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March 7, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinA fast-growing national organization that gets homeless people involved in running is expanding to Indianapolis.
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March 1, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinSecond Helpings named Jennifer Vigran, a human resources professional and past board member, its new CEO.
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January 29, 2011
IBJ StaffTrusted Mentors uses the power of mentoring to help adults establish stable lives by reducing the chaos brought about by poverty,
homelessness, under-employment, and the effects of incarceration.
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January 12, 2011
Mason King
Rick Alvis looks back on 20 years at Wheeler Mission and ahead to a capital campaign and expansion of a downtown shelter.
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It's also across the street from Fogo de Chao and Morton's....
Yep, the haters are trying to make good news bad. I guess it is hard to get people to believe the series is dying when they are gaining new sponsors.
David Copperfield! I remember watching his specials on TV when I was little.
Don't forget this is next to an MMA gym, a pawn shop, and some abandoned spaces.
Good project for Zionsville - A group who has owned the property for many years has waited and worked patiently to bring highest and best use development to a major corridor, and mix that in with the great downtown you have. Win Win. All the Best to Pittman Partners and Zionsville.