Records

Announcements
Community Solutions Inc., an Indianapolis-based human service and community development-consulting firm, is accepting applications for their 2015 Pro Bono client. Applicants must come from 501(c) (3) community-based organizations with agency budgets under $500,000 that have been operational for at least three years. The selected client will receive 120 hours of free services provided over a 12-month period. Organizations can apply at www.communitysolutionsinc.net and click on “Recent News.” Applications are due by March 13. Agencies will be notified by March 27.

Tom Feick, managing director, has opened the Murphy Business & Financial Corp. office, providing brokerage services. Contact  t.feick@murphybusiness.com or 682-4070.

Contracts
BPS Marketing Inc., full-service marketing, advertising and public-relations firm, has been selected as agency of record by Greendell Landscape Solutions, formerly Greendell Mulch & Mix, a regional supplier of landscape and horticulture products headquartered near Mooresville, Indiana.

Conventions
March 10, 2015, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: Society of Maintenance & Reliability Professionals, “SMRP IndyCon 2015!” Eli Lilly MQ Learning Center Indianapolis. Cost:  SMRP Indiana Member: $50, non-SMRP member:  $120. Contact Rebekah Wojak at (812)230-6088 or http://www.smrp.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=3375.

Fundraising
Orchard Park Elementary School to benefit from Taste of Carmel March 5 at 6 p.m. at Ritz Charles. Tickets: $30. Visit tasteofcarmel2015.eventbrite.com.

Riley Hospital for Children to benefit from Canvas for a Cause March 7 at 3 p.m. at Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 86. Cost: $40. Contact Mandy Emery, 554-8121 or aemery@imcu.org.

Art Yields Success to benefit from its annual event March 13 at 5:30 p.m. at Regions Tower. Tickets: $60. Contact Leslie Hankins at 283-3817, ext.118 or lhankins@ayskids.org.

Indiana Members Foundation to benefit from Hooray for Hollywood March 14 at 8 p.m. at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Tickets: $75. Contact Mandy Emery at 554-8121 or aemery@imcu.com.

Dance Kaleidoscope to benefit from All that Jazz, its annual gala, March 21 at 6 p.m. at Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. Tickets: $150. Contact dancekal.org.

Bosma Enterprises to benefit from Dining in the Dark March 28 at 6 p.m. at the JW Marriott. Tickets: $150. Contact Lori Kamminga at 704-8152 or lorik@bosma.org.

Grants
The Mind Trust has been given a $1 million grant by Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation to help advance its goal of providing every Indianapolis student access to a high-quality public school.

Children’s Bureau Inc. received a grant of $300,000 from The Glick Fund.

Fifteen Central Indiana organizations that help the homeless received grants totaling $120,000 from the Realtor Foundation.

In Recognition
BPS Marketing Inc. received first place honors from the Indiana Association of Fairs, Festivals and Events for its 2014 Marion County Fair program book.

CloudOne was named winner of a 2015 IBM Beacon Award for Outstanding Continuous Engineering Solution.

Defender ranked 27th on Training magazine’s list of the top 125 companies with excellence in employer sponsored training and development programs.

Celadon Group Inc. was named the 2015 CCJ Innovator of the Year by Commercial Carrier Journal.

Dave Hornak, Scotty’s Brewhouse, was named outstanding restaurant manager of the year by the Indiana Restaurant and Lodging Association. Other outstanding service awards went to Solanika Gleason, St. Elmo Steak House, Jason Chesky, Harry and Izzy’s North, LaShaun Frye, Hampton Inn Northwest Park 100, Viola Gedeon-Hall, JW Marriott, Felipa Gaspar, Conrad Indianapolis and Myra Raines, Holiday Inn Express South.•