Volunteer managers say they’ve seen an influx this year of people who’ve lost their jobs, as well as students who are anticipating a tough market after graduation. The volunteers are welcome, especially as charities themselves have fewer paid employees.
Joy’s House has created a registry at www.spreadingjoy.org. Donors can choose an item as expensive as a new sofa, or as
modest as a cookie sheet with the assurance that their money will be used specifically to buy that item.
The Indiana chapter of the Arthritis Foundation works to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control and cure
of arthritis and related diseases.
Nonprofit organizations should treat their donors as shareholders because they invest in the organizations just as shareholders do in public companies.
Thanks to a $45,390 grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
the Central Indiana Council on Aging will offer seniors more information and support via its Web site.
Mickey’s men’s and women’s camps—open for registration on a first-come, first served basis—offer compelling speakers, fun activities and food from the city’s leading restaurants.
Little Red Door cancer agency is conducting its second search for an executive director in six months, since Mary Beth Tuohy resigned in March.
The Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis inspires passion for classical music across central Indiana through broadcast programming
and outreach.
Dress for Success Indianapolis is once again asking professional women to comb their closets for a spare suit.
The Athenaeum is seeking better name recognition in the community, with the help of a grant from the Indianapolis Foundation.
The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis has lost a major corporate gift less than two years from curtain time.
Sheltering Wings provides emergency housing for women and children suffering from any form of domestic abuse.
United Way of Central Indiana CEO Ellen Annala is thankful for the $38.8 million in pledges to its annual campaign, although it didn’t quite reach its $40 million fund-raising goal.
The Reeve foundation is supporting the Brawlers this year with a $16,645 grant to Rehabilitation Hospitals of Indiana Sports
Program.
The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust will give $2.27 million to human service organizations, which are dealing with increased
demand for food and shelter as people lose their jobs, or their homes to foreclosure
Dads Inc. provides support and education for fathers to develop healthy relationships and positive involvement in the lives
of their children.
Some of Indiana’s most high-profile women have something in common beyond their gender and community status: They were Girl
Scouts.
Judging acts of heroism for the American Red Cross Hall of Fame program is always an education and inspiration. It’s powerful stuff to read about professionals going above and beyond the call of duty and about ordinary citizens stepping outside their comfort zones on impulse to save a fellow human being. This year, it struck […]
A $1.5 million Kresge Foundation grant will help The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis close in on its $74 million fund-raising
goal.
