Non-Profit

By: Juli Metzger— Muncie, Indiana—Brian and Rhea Graham have spent the last three years pushing aside personal demons and life’s roadblocks to become very public advocates for recovery and redemption. Both recovering addicts, they’ve done it even as they have faced the financial constrictions that keep them just shy of qualifying for federal assistance. They are what United Way calls ALICE, asset limited, income constrained but employed. Today, Rhea takes on one more role – as a spokesperson for A…

By: Julie Borgmann, executive director of Red-tail Land Conservancy— Muncie, IN—People often ask me, what is your favorite Red-tail property?  I honestly have to reply, it depends on the season and the mood I’m in.   When I visit Baskin Robbins, I always have to walk along the cooler before I choose which of the 33 flavors I want to eat. The same is true of planning a hike. What do I want to see, hear, smell, and feel? In late November as…

By: Erin Williams, PlySpace Residency Coordinator— Muncie, Indiana—PlySpace, an artist-in-residence program of the Muncie Arts and Culture Council, continues the Fall 2018 Residency Term with Resident Linda Ryan, who has collaborated with the Cornerstone Center for the Arts for free public workshops on dancing and movement with technology.  Her final workshop will be held this Saturday, November 17th, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM. Ryan, the first dance resident at PlySpace, joins the program from Upstate New York via Washington, DC. Since…

By: Juli Metzger— Muncie, Indiana—By the time they get to the third grade, eight out of 10 children who grow up in low-income households cannot read at grade-level. In Delaware County, half the households are poor. In Muncie, it’s six out of 10. Improving that percentage among third-graders is the laser focus of the United Way of Delaware County, which funds 28 nonprofits working to change that statistic by 2024. “Reading is everything,” says Nancy Carlson, a retired Ball State…

By: Ken Hudson— Muncie Indiana— The Whitely Community Council will hold the monthly community meeting on Monday, November 12th from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Please join us and bring someone with you! The neighborhood meeting will be held at the Muncie Area Career Center, 2500 N. Elgin St. A small meal and refreshments will be served from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. This meeting is open to all Muncie citizens. We would also like to thank the city of Muncie’s Community Development Block…

By: Amy Logan— Muncie, Indiana—The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie is grateful to have accepted two awards at this year’s Boys & Girls Clubs of America Regional Leadership Conference on October 11. The Clubs were awarded with the League of E.A.G.L.E.S Award, Gold Honor Roll for their involvement by the board. In order to earn this award a Club must have at least 95% engagement from their Board of Directors. Engagement can come in many forms from attendance, donation…

By: Sheryl Swingley— Muncie, Indiana—Solarize East Central Indiana, a grassroots community group, has helped more than 40 area homeowners add solar panels to their houses within the last year. For homeowners, business owners and farmers interested in considering solar energy, Solarize ECI will sponsor an informational meeting at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at the Kennedy Library on McGalliard Avenue. At the meeting, attendees can sign up for the installer who works with Solarize ECI to do a free site…

By: Juli Metzger— Muncie, IN—The program is designed to teach emerging community leaders about the value of philanthropy. Perhaps that is why the 2018 cohort of the Shafer Leadership Academy’s “Emergence Personal Foundations of Leadership” chose the United Way of Delaware County to receive the fruits of their labor. After spending 30 hours together over the course of eight weeks, this group of 35 selected the United Way of Delaware County as the recipient of the lessons learned – their…