Archive for category: Non Profit

School Resource Officers Offer More Than Support to Students

School Resource Officers Offer More Than Support to Students

0 / March 29, 2011 11:57 am

If you’ve been following my stories lately, you’ll notice that I am writing a lot on Carmel schools. I am now here to report on the School Resource Officers (SRO) within Carmel schools. And in my opinion, it is another [...]

Not Just Books: How the Carmel Library Has Embraced Technology

Not Just Books: How the Carmel Library Has Embraced Technology

1 / March 28, 2011 5:19 am

This installment is the first in a three-part series profiling libraries of different sizes and communities in Hamilton County. If you think that your local public library is becoming obsolete, or that the stereotypical prim, bespectacled librarians of yesteryear are [...]

Church Plant Incubator at the Aspen Group

Church Plant Incubator at the Aspen Group

1 / March 26, 2011 12:21 pm

As Carmel sees rapid growth in population we are seeing parallel growth in the number of churches moving into the area. Interestingly, most of these new churches will not build a new building but will meet in a school or [...]

Saturday Night “Dance” Fever

Saturday Night “Dance” Fever

0 / March 22, 2011 3:27 am

Once again, Carmel High School topped the charts (along with Lady Gaga and her hit “Just Dance”) and continued to host America’s largest dance marathon on Saturday, February 26. According to the Children’s Miracle Network, CHS had more participants and [...]

Lemonade Day Jump Starts Entrepreneur Careers for Local Children

Lemonade Day Jump Starts Entrepreneur Careers for Local Children

0 / March 1, 2011 8:27 pm

We have all either tried it, bought a cup from a youngster, or passed by wishing we had time to stop. The age-old tradition of setting up shop at the end of your driveway or road and begging anyone to [...]

This is the Year to Buy a Rain Barrel or Finally Start Composting!

This is the Year to Buy a Rain Barrel or Finally Start Composting!

0 / February 16, 2011 11:24 am

The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has been preaching the benefits of rain barrels, composting, native plantings, and other conservation practices for years now. Rain barrels are a simple and easy way to reduce stormwater runoff, improve [...]

Area Women Gain Philanthropic Education Through Women’s Fund Options Program

Area Women Gain Philanthropic Education Through Women’s Fund Options Program

0 / January 18, 2011 10:33 am

Ten years. Two hundred fifty area women. Donations totaling $450,000 to help women and girls in central Indiana. Now those are some impressive stats. It’s all about women owning their own businesses, learning how they can give back to their [...]

Carmel High School’s Preschool Program – Kids’ Corner

Carmel High School’s Preschool Program – Kids’ Corner

2 / January 17, 2011 7:23 pm

It’s that time of year again … where are you going to send your toddler to preschool? Carmel has a ton of excellent choices, from academically based schools to developmentally based programs. But did you know our own Carmel High [...]

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Named After the Earlier Name for Carmel

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Named After the Earlier Name for Carmel

4 / January 17, 2011 7:46 am

Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a vibrant Christian fellowship located in the heart of Carmel. I recently had the opportunity to speak with the pastor of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Reverend George Ferch, about the history, mission, and heart of this Carmel [...]

Holiday Party for the Animals

Holiday Party for the Animals

0 / December 15, 2010 3:34 pm

Carmel resident Beth Ann Ross held her annual holiday party this year, but this time with a twist. Her invitation suggested donating to one of her favorite charities, the Low Cost Spay and Neuter clinic in Noblesville, in lieu of [...]

A Fixture in the Carmel Community: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

A Fixture in the Carmel Community: Our Lady of Mount Carmel

3 / December 13, 2010 7:56 am

Our Lady of Mount Carmel held its first Mass in 1955 with a congregation of about sixty families. Fast forward to today. With nearly 14,000 members Our Lady of Mount Carmel is striving to minister to the spiritual and physical [...]

Carmel Christian Church

Carmel Christian Church

0 / November 29, 2010 9:34 am

Carmel Christian Church opened its doors in 1958 after a group of Hamilton County residents desired to form a community of faith within the Disciples of Christ denomination. The church moved into its current location across from Carmel High School [...]

First of 60 Computers Donated to Carmel Clay Students

First of 60 Computers Donated to Carmel Clay Students

0 / October 29, 2010 5:16 pm

Through a partnership between Bright House Networks and Net Literacy , The Carmel High School Net Literacy chapter will repurpose and donate the first of 60 computers for K-12 students in the Carmel Clay school district on free assisted lunches [...]

Relax and Enjoy the New itown Church

Relax and Enjoy the New itown Church

0 / October 14, 2010 2:29 pm

Relaxed, friendly, contemporary, and relevant are all words that describe one of the newest churches in Hamilton County. On August 15, 2010 itown church opened it’s doors to the community. On the first weekend alone they welcomed 340 people through [...]

Silent Auction and Dinner to Benefit Pancreatic Cancer

Silent Auction and Dinner to Benefit Pancreatic Cancer

0 / October 11, 2010 5:33 am

Two families, two diagnoses, two deaths. The disease? Pancreatic cancer. Although separated by 15 years, the cancer journeys of two Carmel families have been eerily similar. As a newlywed in 1991, Jennifer Jordan Pickett watched her mother, Joyce Fox Jordan, [...]

Grace Community Church on East 146th Street

Grace Community Church on East 146th Street

1 / September 24, 2010 2:30 pm

Grace Community Church started in 1991. During the early days, Grace met in a leased warehouse where the Greyhound Pass Shopping Plaza is currently located. Ever since those first gatherings, Grace has grown rapidly and hasn’t looked back. I recently [...]

Recording pairs Michael Feinstein, Carmel Symphony Orchestra

Recording pairs Michael Feinstein, Carmel Symphony Orchestra

0 / September 1, 2010 4:24 pm

Michael Feinstein and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra joined forces over two days to record a collection of American standards. The album will be released later this year in anticipation of the Palladium concert hall’s grand opening. Proceeds from sales of [...]

Indianapolis City Ballet Announces New Master Classes

Indianapolis City Ballet Announces New Master Classes

0 / August 30, 2010 5:17 am

The Indianapolis City Ballet announces its second season of Master Classes today and revealed a prestigious roster of teachers that will give ballet technique classes in some of the Indianapolis dance schools. Classes begin in September throughout the city, including [...]

Water Quality Practices Funded by Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District

0 / August 26, 2010 3:47 pm

The Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) awarded nearly $7,500 to five landowners to install water quality conservation practices in the upcoming year.  Through the SWCD’s cost-share program, the landowners have agreed to pay at least 50% of [...]

Spreading the Good News at Carmel Lutheran Church

Spreading the Good News at Carmel Lutheran Church

0 / August 21, 2010 6:40 am

In 1976, 130 individuals gathered together with the mission of spreading the good news of Christ to the community of Carmel. Years later, along with the addition of countless members, Carmel Lutheran Church has stuck to their mission of spreading [...]