Non-Profit

By Dee McKinsey— MUNCIE, Ind.– Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E. Main St., is hosting a celebration of the end of spring classes with a Spring Festival, Sunday, April 24 from 2-5pm featuring dance performances and art demonstrations. Performances will begin at 2:15pm. The celebration is free and open to the public. Masks are recommended, but not required for visitors in attendance.  “Our end-of-semester celebrations are a chance for our students to showcase what they have learned over the…

By Kristen McConnell— MUNCIE, Ind.— The YMCA of Muncie is offering a FREE Good Friday Breakfast on April 15th, open to the community, with the goal of bringing us together on common ground for prayer, encouragement and reflection. The featured guest speaker, Hunter Smith, is a former punter for the Indianapolis Colts, receiving numerous honors during his 10 years with the franchise. The Colts recorded the best record of any NFL team during this decade, (2000-2010) highlighted by a Super…

By Emily Helms— MUNCIE, Ind.— Stanley Black & Decker has announced the recipients of its first “Empower Makers” Global Impact Challenge. Sustainable Muncie/Madjax is honored to have been named as a Makers Grant Recipient for our efforts to create a place where makers, artists, entrepreneurs, and businesses can come together to make a bright future. Initiated in 2021, the Global Impact Challenge grant program will award up to $25 million in grant funding over the next five years to non-profits…

By Kate Stoss— MUNCIE, Ind.—The 2022 VIVA Awards will take place on Tuesday, April 26th from 11:30am-1pm at the Horizon Convention Center. Please reserve your seat at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2022-vva-awards-tickets-224676502467 The VIVA Awards were developed as a gift to the Muncie community in 1993 by the Muncie Rotary Club to recognize Delaware County’s proud volunteer heritage. The awards were named VIVA for Very Important Volunteer Award. Up to five individuals will be recognized with the traditional VIVA Award for their volunteer efforts…

By Susan Fisher— MUNCIE, Ind.—April 3-9, 2022 is National Library Week. Muncie Public Library (MPL) encourages all community members to visit in-person or online to explore and access services and programs. According to a press release from the American Library Association, “National Library Week is a time to highlight the essential role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening communities. Whether people visit virtually or in-person, libraries are accessible and inclusive places that foster a sense…

By Kallie Sulanke— MUNCIE, Ind.—The NonproFIT Support Network, established earlier this year, will provide support to nonprofits in Delaware County to ensure a healthy, well-supported, and sustainable nonprofit sector from which all will benefit. The organization was incorporated on January 1, 2022, as a Type I supporting organization for The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. “Serving nonprofit organizations is a key role of The Community Foundation,” said Kelly K. Shrock. “We wanted to create something that would…

By Jeannine Harrold, Paul Revere Chapter— MUNCIE, Ind.—The Paul Revere Chapter was one of the first Daughters of the American Revolution Chapters to be organized in Indiana when it was chartered in 1897. Its early history parallels Muncie’s and many of Muncie’s founding mothers and sisters were DAR members. Currently there are 50 members, and most meetings are held at the Carnegie Local History and Genealogy Library, home to the group’s original Charter and many of their historical records. To…

By Sarah Williams— MUNCIE, Ind.—The League of Women Voters of Muncie-Delaware County will be hosting a public forum on recycling efforts in Muncie to increase awareness of local recycling and ways to increase citizen participation. The forum will be held on Saturday, April 23, at 10 am at the Kennedy Library Branch (1700 W. McGalliard Rd, Muncie, IN 47304), and online via Zoom at the link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83824225094 Presenters will be Jason Donati from the Muncie Sanitary District, Scrap Cycle…

By Kim Williams— MUNCIE, IN – The installation of the first Heart of Indiana United Way Book Nook was celebrated on March 17th during a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony at Open Door Health Services’ Madison Street location. Book Nooks, a collaborative effort between United Way and Ball State University, are designed to encourage a love of reading in places where families are naturally waiting with their children like doctors’ offices, laundromats, barber shops and beauty salons. Each Book Nook will…