Category: Indianapolis Foundation

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

The downtown Rotary Club has been involved with the Concord Neighborhood Center for quite some time. Last year, Marie Koenig, Rotarian, applied a Rotary Civic Entrepreneurship Grant towards improving the landscape around the Center’s main building.

Volunteers from Rotary, Regions Bank, and Concord planted 50 shrubs and spread 15 cubic yards of mulch. Installation of the awnings, above the two Dynki Deli windows at Concord, is a continuation of this beautification project for the outside of the Center, providing a more inviting place for visitors. They were courtesy of the downtown Rotary Club’s Environment and Beautification committee.