Category: Indianapolis Foundation

  • Indy Rotary World Community Service Completes the “Three Days Project” in Zimbabwe

    Indy Rotary World Community Service Completes the “Three Days Project” in Zimbabwe

    This past summer, the World Community Service Team of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis completed several projects to provide fresh water and help the Ezekiel Guti Primary School in Harare, Zimbabwe. On behalf of the World Community Service committee, thank you to the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation and all other contributors who truly make a difference in the lives of others throughout the world!

    The project included:

    • Drilling of borehole, providing necessary casing, water retention tank, and pump,
    • Gas for transportation to borehole location,
    • Project management and administrative assistance,
    • Personal Driving Assistance.

    Ezekiel Guti Primary School

    What We Do. The World Community Service Committee (WCSC) is responsible for identifying and supporting international service projects for the Club. Projects generally have a club member “champion” who ideally works in partnership with an overseas Rotary Club and personally travels to the location of the project to help create relationships and oversee the project. The committee currently supports clean water initiatives in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Haiti and Ecuador; multiple projects in Kenya including support for a legal aid clinic, mother-child hospital, and school classrooms; an aquaculture project in Moshi, Tanzania; a microfinance project in Calnali, Mexico; and peace learning projects in Jamaica.

  • MHAGI Receives Grant from The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation

    Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis is Indianapolis’ leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. Mental Health America represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis.

    MHA Indy, a United Way of Central Indiana community partner, is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

    MHA Indy is also an affiliate of the national Mental Health America and a chapter of Mental Health America of Indiana.

  • Partners In Housing – $25,000 Grant

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    The Indianapolis Rotary Foundation recently granted Partners in Housing, $25,000.

    The mission of Partners In Housing is to provide affordable housing to people who most need a stable place to live, while giving them support and a chance to reach their highest level of self-sufficiency.

    To clarify the PIH mission we define our target population as people who: (a) have experienced homelessness (chronic or situational); (b) are actively at risk of homelessness due to a history of multiple challenges, such as extremely low income, minimal or no support network, chronic illness, disabilities, and other special needs; or (c) are vulnerable due solely to extremely low incomes even though they may have a support network and have no other significant risk factors.

  • Safe Families for Children

    A movement of families giving hope to children and parents in crises. Safe Families expands the community safety net by providing parents in crises with mentoring relationships and tangible support in times of crises. Volunteer families, prompted, solely by compassion, open their homes to children allowing parents to work out their problems without worry about losing parental custody. Serving the Greater Indy area as well as 10+ surrounding counties.

  • Assistance League of Indianapolis

    Assistance League of Indianapolis (ALI), the 78th chapter of National Assistance League was organized in 1984 and chartered in 1988, with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. On average, the organization boasts over 230 member-volunteers and has a 13-member board of directors. We have no salaried staff or paid employees. Our board of directors, a member-elected working board, meets monthly.

    As a member-volunteer association our members are the strength of our organization. For the year beginning June 1, 2011 thru May 31, 2012, members devoted 31,454 charitable hours, which if paid by an employer would calculate to $690,101.* The Assistance League of Indianapolis 2012-13 fiscal year expense budget is $530,700. Approximately 88% of all funds spent are returned to the community through the philanthropic programs. All funds remain in the Indianapolis area and surrounding communities.

  • Lydia Home Association

    LYDIA serves children and families in three Illinois locations (Chicago, Lyons, Rockford) and in Quad Cities, Iowa, while LYDIA International cares for those in Romania and France, and our Safe Families for Children program has expanded into more than 27 cities. A Christian organization, we extend the truth of Scripture and God’s love to people of all religious, racial, and economic backgrounds. Our professionally trained psychologists, social workers and other staff members address all the important issues that can crush the human spirit and destroy lives, ministering to children and their parents one heart at a time.

  • Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis

    Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis is Indianapolis’ leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. Mental Health America represents a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis.

    MHA Indy, a United Way of Central Indiana community partner, is located in Indianapolis, Indiana.

    MHA Indy is also an affiliate of the national Mental Health America and a chapter of Mental Health America of Indiana.

  • NEW! The Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis / Rotary International Foundation Program

    The Rotary Club Indianapolis will match all contributions of $100 or more to the Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis with 100 Paul Harris Fellow recognition points of the Rotary International Foundation. The 1-1 matching program will begin December 1, 2012 and end June 30, 2013 with a cap of 65,000 recognition points. We hope this matching program will encourage more members to contribute to our Foundation. A letter from Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis President Sue Tempero will be sent to all Club members requesting contributions to our Foundation. For more information or questions, please contact Rotary.

  • Rotary Entrepreneurship Grant: Animal Welfare Center

    Animal Welfare CenterFirst of its kind, Animal Welfare Center, to bring local Animal Welfare organizations under one roof.

    Recently the Humane Society of Indianapolis acquired a lease on property at Holmes and Michigan in the Haughville area of Indianapolis. This property was acquired to provide much needed outreach and care to the disadvantaged neighborhoods of Indianapolis. Pet overpopulation is a significant problem in Indianapolis and over 70% of the strays that show up at Indianapolis Animal Care and Control originate from 10 zip codes in the near Westside and Eastside neighborhoods for which this area is one. Initially, this center will provide a location for many of the nonprofit service providers addressing numerous animal welfare issues (including Indy Feral, FIDO, Spay Neuter of Indiana, Indy Pit Crew), a low cost vaccine clinic, a Spay Neuter Hotline and outreach services to the neighborhood. Long range plan include performing spay neuter surgeries on site to address pet overpopulation in central Indiana by reducing number of unwanted animals.

    This center will be highly visible and visited by many people each day. To promote these visits and improve the neighborhood it is important create a welcoming entrance and grounds. That’s just what Joe Gaafar and members of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis did. See the pictures below!

  • Indianapolis Rotary Foundation Community Grant: Second Helpings

    The Rotary Foundation of Indianapolis awarded a $25,000 Community Grant to Second Helpings this year. If you don’t know, Second Helpings is a non-profit organization that focuses on the power of food to change lives. They recover prepared/perishable foods and convert them into nutritious meals and then deliver those meals to over 60 social services organization that feed hungry people.

    Second Helpings used the grant to purchase a new vehicle to deliver meals prepared in the Second Helpings kitchen to people all over the Indianapolis area. The new vehicle highlights the Rotary Club of Indianapolis (see below).

    Pictured: (Left to Right) Mary Burger, Paul Del Re, Brenda Jackson-Morrissey, Sue Tempero, Kathy Cookerly, Jennifer Vigran (Second Helpings, CEO), Susie Harmless

    A group of our Rotarians (above) accompanied Second Helpings to the HVAF of Indiana and where they helped deliver the ceremonial 6 millionth meal served by Second Helpings. The entire affair was reported in the Indianapolis Star.

    Jennifer Vigran, CEO of Second Helpings is pictured above, noting the 6 millionth meal served by Second Helpings. The Rotary Club of Indianapolis is excited to have been a part of this achievement! Congratulations to Second Helpings!
    Article by Don Sedberry, Rotary Club of Indianapolis Staff