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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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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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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September 30, 2011
J.K. WallThe “Get on Board” event will include exhibits from 68 local not-for-profit groups looking to fill board vacancies.
The Lacy Leadership Association expects more than 500 people to attend.
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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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November 13, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinLocal consultants Bryan Orander and Jim Morris conducted the survey this summer to fulfill what they see as a lack of hard
data on executive pay in the local not-for-profit sector.
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May 29, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerBangladesh-based Grameen Bank, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning financial institution that developed the concept of life-changing
micro loans for the poor, is contemplating opening its third U.S. branch in Indianapolis.
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January 30, 2010
IBJ StaffLast year, Virginia-based Experience Works recognized 101-year-old attorney Jack Borden of Weatherford, Texas.
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November 18, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe fund has helped more than 6,000 households in six counties pay for housing, utilities and food.
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August 11, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Little Red Door cancer agency has hired Fred Duncan, the chief fund-raiser at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, as its new
executive director, the not-for-profit announced today.
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March 30, 2009
Dress for Success Indianapolis is once again asking professional women to comb their closets for a spare suit.
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November 17, 2008
Marc D.Tonic Ball an annual fundraiser for Second Helpings takes place the Friday before Thanksgiving, featuring 30
local bands
each playing 10-minute themed sets and local artists selling their work.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.