December 15, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Salvation Army of Central Indiana, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church.
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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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January 6, 2011
IBJ StaffThe bell ringers and their red kettles have disappeared for another year, but Salvation Army of Indiana still is nearly $500,000
short of its holiday fundraising goal—putting programs in jeopardy.
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January 1, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinThe recovering, yet-still-weak economy puts charity retailer Goodwill in a sweet position. Consumer spending is up, so more
old stuff makes its way to thrift stores. At the same time, high unemployment means the bargain hunters are still out in force.
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November 18, 2010
Andrea Muirragui DavisAfter falling short of its fundraising goal last year, Salvation Army of Indiana is unveiling a text-to-give promotion and
a social media campaign in hopes of ringing up gifts from new donors.
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February 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Salvation Army Indiana said Tuesday that it just missed the $3 million mark in its annual Tree of Lights campaign, partly
because the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti diverted the
staff's attention from the fund-raising effort.
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January 30, 2010
A little more research on the comparison of housing costs in Indianapolis vs. Needham, Mass., was needed [in the Jan. 25
story on Salvation Army].
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January 23, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinIn Indiana, the Salvation Army owns 34 residences, including 10 in Indianapolis with a combined value of $1.6 million.
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November 23, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisThe Salvation Army of Indiana soon will test a swipe-card option for curbside donations to its annual "Tree of Lights" fund-raising
campaign.
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May 7, 2007
Lisa GerstnerThrifty Threads store manager Tim Waldrip can hardly keep up when he puts stylish used clothes on the thrift store's mannequins.
Customers snag them so quickly he has to change the outfits three to four times a day. Regardless of what its mannequins are
wearing, the not-forprofit shop on West 86th Street is flourishing. Sales in 2006 reached $336,000-a 24-percent increase from
the previous year. Now the Julian Center, the Indianapolis shelter for abused women that runs Thrifty Threads, is...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.