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The Indiana War Memorial Commission preserves and showcases a portfolio of museums, monuments, and artifacts, telling the stories of Hoosier veterans and their service from the American Revolution to the present day. Among the IWM’s most treasured holdings: irreplaceable hand-made battle flags, many from the American Civil War, the majority endangered by wear, age, contaminants, … More…

In Indianapolis, Indiana, the percentages of stray and surrendered animals euthanized at the city’s two animal shelters vastly exceeded comparable statistics in smaller metropolitan areas and even entire small states. Animal overpopulation contributes materially to euthanasia rates when unspayed and unneutered cats and dogs breed, and their litters become strays. The Indiana Companion Animal Network … More…

On Your Level Youth Project uses broadcast media, online resources, and face-to-face interactions to encourage teens to explore and accept diversity, communicate honestly and openly, and seek out productive life paths as they forge their way into adulthood. The project is the brainchild of a teacher, media personality, and spoken word artist named Blair Karsch, … More…

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana provides organizational leadership for girls and adults in a large number of Hoosier counties: 35, at the time GSCI embarked on a capital campaign to replace its longtime office space with a building more suited to its mission and its people. B Plus C Communications researched, wrote, and designed a … More…

In a neighborhood facing economic and social challenges, a local church took the initiative to create a real link between community needs and economic solutions. Christ Missionary Baptist Church bought a nearby strip mall and transformed it into a source of vital neighborhood services, jobs, and business development. A laundromat enabled local residents to avoid … More…

A publishing executive who attended the 1963 March on Washington was moved by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech to create an organization designed to increase the representation of people of color in influential positions within American corporations. He established INROADS as a non-profit network of locally incorporated non-profits serving … More…

Nearly a decade after the events of September 11, 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey began accepting petitions from communities that wanted to develop local 9/11 memorials. Petitioners whose plans gained acceptance received Ground Zero artifacts to incorporate into their sites of remembrance. Indianapolis firefighter and paramedic Greg Hess, who had … More…

The Indianapolis Senior Center served residents aged 50 and older with an extensive menu of services focused on independent living, good health and well being, intellectual and cultural enrichment, and travel and tourism. Its quest for a better alternative to its long-standing facility ended with the determination that buying and renovating its current facility offered … More…

The City of Indianapolis committed $19.6 million to a project targeting one of its major east/west arteries, 38th Street, originally dubbed Maple Road. Once a residential corridor, later also a site for small commercial districts that served burgeoning northern suburbs, 38th Street evolved into a conduit across the city rather than a destination in itself. … More…