April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe Brickyard Battalion started informally as a support group for an imaginary soccer team. But it was the impetus for starting
a real-life North American Soccer League franchise in Indianapolis, scheduled to launch next year.
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February 23, 2013
J.K. WallA new group of 40-something professionals in central Indiana is hoping to do for education reform what the amateur sports
initiative did 35 years ago: spawn a generation of leaders to work on a long-term challenge.
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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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October 27, 2012
Katie MaurerWhether she’s working with the Indianapolis Zoo, the United Way of Central Indiana or Butler University, Katie Betley
is a constant presence in civic circles, a whirling dervish of volunteerism and can-do spirit.
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June 21, 2012
Ellen KobeInnovate Indy, a program of the Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource Center and Public Allies Indianapolis, encourages citizens
to act on their ideas for improving the city. One of the most promising ideas to result: Re-Hub, which aims to reuse materials
from abandoned homes.
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April 7, 2012
Ann FinchMelissa Proffitt Reese joined Ice Miller LLP straight out of law school, and has spent the next three decades juggling an
employee-benefits practice there with a whirlwind schedule of community involvement.
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March 15, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinTaco Bell owner Charlie Brown is topping off his longtime support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana with a $1
million gift. The gift is the largest by an individual in the not-for-profit’s history.
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January 7, 2012
Francesca JaroszThe city’s biggest event of the year will be run almost entirely by an army of volunteers. Some 8,000 volunteers are
helping to execute the preparations for the Super Bowl, which is expected to draw 150,000 visitors.
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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 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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September 24, 2011
Marc D. AllanJohn Thompson’s humble approach to community service has earned him the distinction of being the 18th recipient of IBJ’s
Michael A. Carroll Award, given annually to a man or woman who has demonstrated the former deputy mayor’s qualities
of determination, humility and devotion to the community.
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August 6, 2011
IBJ StaffThe organization provides tutoring to students in area homeless shelters.
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June 18, 2011
IBJ StaffSchool at IU will examine link between participation levels and unemployment.
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June 11, 2011
Sean MorrisonTeen's brainstorm results in internationally recognized not-for-profit that promotes computer literacy and safety, including
programs for financial literacy and computer repurposing for donation to Indianapolis areas in need of the technology.
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June 11, 2011
Ellen K. Annala / Special to IBJTimes have changed, and along with those changes during the past four-plus decades have come at least four aha’s! for
Ellen Annala, longtime CEO of the United Way of Central Indiana.
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March 5, 2011
IBJ StaffThere is a connection between military service and civic engagement for some groups of veterans, but the overall relationship
is not that robust.
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November 27, 2010
IBJ StaffGirls Inc. needs 100 new volunteers by the end of December to facilitate winter programs across the metro area.
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October 9, 2010
Marc D. AllanAlthough Ted Boehm, who clerked for U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren and served 14 years on the Indiana Supreme Court, has collected
a lifetime of recognition, winning the Michael A. Carroll Award for his public service to Indianapolis is "something special"
to him because Carroll was an admired friend.
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October 7, 2010
Scott OlsonGetting 8,500 volunteers to where they're supposed to be along Interstate 70 relies on a system of color-coded passes.
By 6 p.m. Thursday, they'll have planted 1,600 trees and 72,000 shrubs and perennials
(with photo gallery).
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June 4, 2010
Scott OlsonLocal organization that helped other not-for-profits attributes June 30 closing to economic downturn.
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May 8, 2010
IBJ StaffThe group hopes to raise as much as $100,000 in conjunction with May 14 talk at Conseco Fieldhouse.
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April 24, 2010
IBJ StaffBrightpoint employees fanned out across Marion and Hendricks counties the week of April 17, donating more than 400 hours to
seven organizations. Comcast was expecting 1,000 volunteers to help organizations across the state on April 24.
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April 3, 2010
Marc D. AllanNot-for-profit sees increasing numbers of patients, but can't plug the entire gap to be created by health care retirements.
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March 4, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerCorporate contributions, volunteerism help shore up struggling city department after recession-driven cuts reduce budget by
nearly one-fifth.
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November 28, 2009
Theresa Farrington RhodesOn any given day in Indianapolis, hundreds of people will volunteer their time tutoring children, stocking food pantry
shelves, raising funds and providing leadership for not-for-profit organizations that are making a difference in our community.
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These higher rates Co. e about only because physicians are now hospital employees. otherwise physicians couldn't charge these rates and share the windfall with the hospital. Community/rural hospitals probably not buying physicians practices and thus weren't getting the windfall anyway.
The incentive for poor people to get themselves off public assistance and "no longer be poor" is even with help...they're STILL POOR! Being poor, even with some assistance, isn't all that pleasant. (I speak from experience) It's a stubborn myth that poor people, who are on public assistance, are sitting in the lap of luxury. You should try living on just those "freebies" that you mentioned and see how meager they actually are. By the way, I didn't mean you had to buy/own a puppy...just pet one. :)
As near as I can tell the minority has ZERO constitutional obligation to offer a quorum to the majority. A requirement for quorum was inserted into the constitution so that tyrannical majorities could not simply shove through odious and objectionable legislation (which is exactly what they did.) By allowing a tyrannical majority to charge fines against the minority for exercising their constitutional prerogative to deny quorum the court as made a mockery of constitutional governance in the state of Indiana.
The voters elected the Reps to make a vote not walk out on the vote. They had to the right to exercise their opinion and vote "no" to the bill. Let me ask you this if you walked out of your job for 5 straight weeks would you get paid? Would you even have a job to go back to? If any elected official walks out on the people they should be arrested for stealing tax dollars from the public. They were elected to do a job and not leave when the job gets stuff.
I have been to several of their locations in Pennsylvania and always go in for 1 item and leave with a basket full of things. I'm very happy they decided on Indiana, now if only they would put the other store in eastside.