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Home-style comfort for families of ill children

When children become seriously ill or injured, families often must travel hundreds of miles to seek medical treatment for their child, far away from the comfortable surroundings of their family, friends, and home. The Ronald McDonald House is a home-away-from-home, offering a refuge from the hospital setting for families of seriously ill or injured children hospitalized in the Indianapolis area. In addition to volunteering their time to cook and serve meals, Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis provided a $100 grant to the families of the Ronald McDonald House at Riley Children’s Hospital. The grant was used to purchase food for the pantry, lunch and snacks, holiday fruit, and homemade baked goods. BFJ of Indianapolis was pleased to help offer comfort and nurture in simple ways to these families so far from home.

Students Beautify School Grounds

At Arsenal Technical High School in Indianapolis, students in the Entrepreneur-Club had a vision to help beautify their school through a landscaping project. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was honored to award the E-Club with a grant of $400 to purchase mulch for the project. The landscaping project is drawing in other community volunteers in the effort, and while they are still raising funds to complete the whole project, BFJ is proud to help these students bring their vision to fruition.

Body And Soul

The Indiana Minority Health Coalition (IMHC) works with community partners to reduce health disparities experienced by racial and ethnic minorities by increasing access to needed healthcare and improving health literacy. In Indianapolis, local African American churches are partnering with the IMHC and the American Cancer Society to implement a nutrition and health program that is culturally appropriate to help prevent and reduce disease such as diabetes, heart disease, and cancer in the African American community. The project is part of a national effort sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was pleased to award a grant of $600 to local African American churches to assist in the effort.

Shelter for Homeless Men at the Light House

The Lighthouse Mission in Indianapolis provides assistance to the poor, the homeless, and the hungry with their spiritual, physical, and social needs. They have a 65-bed shelter for men in the heart of the city. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was inspired by Ambria Sigger and a group of students from Franklin College who assisted shelter residents this summer. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was pleased to contribute $300 to the Lighthouse to provide loving shelter to men in need.

Girl Scouts in Action to Serve their Community

Girl Scout Troop #106 was started in 2007 with young ladies ages 13, 14 and 15, who were not currently active with Girl Scouts. Troop #106 had a vision to serve their community by helping with projects at Habitat for Humanity, cleaning the Ronald McDonald house at Riley Children’s Hospital, and preparing and serving lunch to families staying at the house. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was inspired by these young women, and was honored to award a $100 grant to assist the troop with membership fees and transportation costs to complete their Community Service projects.

Helping Elders Meet their Needs Proactively

Proactive Concierge provides much needed support services for Indianapolis’ low-income senior community. They help seniors maintain independent living by assisting them with maid service, errand service, drop off and pick up services for medical needs, and house-sitting. The grant will enable Proactive to continue servicing the Senior Community. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis was pleased to award a $300 grant to Proactive Concierge to continue this important service to our low-income seniors in need.

Supporting our Most Vulnerable Sisters and Brothers

Faith in God Ministries in Indianapolis reaches out to our community’s most vulnerable members. They provide support services, transportation, clothing, food, shelter for the homeless, home care and companionship, ministerial services, and other supports to meet basic and immediate needs. Bread for the Journey of Indianapolis is honored to support this ministry of compassion and practical assistance with a grant of $200.

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