Non-Profit

By: Karen McTague— Muncie, IN—Chocolate Celebration, Muncie’s first chocolate fundraiser, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at Second Harvest Food Bank. (6621 N. Old Ind. 3.) Sponsored by Morrison Woods, 15 vendors will provide chocolate items to purchase with tickets: 2 for $5 and 5 for $10. Food court lunch items will also be available for purchase. Also, prizes will be given for Judges’ Choice,  People’s Choice and Best Table Display. Admission is free! Participating vendors are: Morrison Woods Health Campus– Presenting Sponsor Bethany Pointe Health Campus Glen Oaks Health Campus Lowery’s Candy ViaQuest, Inc….

By: Shelley Shekell— MUNCIE, IN – DWNTWN Muncie’s Meet the Originals campaign continues with a chance for the public to be featured in its upcoming Valentine’s Day Facebook campaign. With a tight-knit community comes the desire to keep up with everyone’s day-to-day lives. Where Meet the Originals gave Muncie a view at participants’ favorite things about DWNTWN, Muncie Downtown Development Partnership (MDDP) is looking to now share individuals’ stories. Whether you’re single or taken, we’re thinking the Originals have some great DWNTWN Valentine’s Day stories to tell. Do you run a DWNTWN business with your partner? Maybe even fall for a customer?…

By: Jes Wade— MUNCIE, IN – The Boys & Girls Club of Muncie raised some $20,000 at its annual Great Futures luncheon Thursday, Jan. 26, an event that drew nearly 300 supporters and community stakeholders. Muncie resident Amber Sparks, General Manager and head coach of the WNBA team the Chicago Sky, was the keynote speaker. “When I was in grade school, I saw a unicorn,” Sparks said, describing the first time she saw a female coaching basketball. It was at that moment, she knew her purpose in life. She told those packed in the Club gymnasium the path wasn’t always…

By: Mitch Isaacs –  Muncie, IN – LEAP MANAGED IT is providing a free cyber security training for local non-profits on Wednesday February 1st from 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. at the Innovation Connector. A light breakfast will be offered. The session is offered in light of the recent cyber-attack on Little Red Door, Cancer Services of East Central Indiana.   “This attack has the attention of the local non-profit community” offered Mitch Isaacs, Executive Director for Shafer Leadership Academy.  Shafer Leadership Academy organizes a quarterly meeting of local non-profit executives to discuss current issues.  “We asked Aimee Fant, Executive Director for Little…

By: Chris Flook— Muncie, IN—On Saturday, January 28, the Delaware County Historical Society will host its third annual beer tasting fundraiser at the Fickle Peach. From 1:00-3:00PM, guests will sample four different regional craft beers, hear a history presentation on the Delaware Squad in the Mexican-American War, and have the option of taking part in a silent auction. Chris Piche of the Fickle Peach has selected four tastings including: 1). Walkabout Pale Ale from Flat 12 Bierwerks (Indianapolis) 2). Whiskey-Barrel-Aged Porter from Flat 12 Bierworks (Indianapolis) 3). Dó Dhéag Dry Irish Stout from Flat 12 Bierworks (Indianapolis) 4). MexiCali Premium…

By: Jessie Irwin— Muncie, IN—Cornerstone Center for the Arts, in partnership with PrimeTrust Federal Credit Union, will be hosting a brand new art show on Thursday, March 2nd for school-age students in Delaware County. This event, titled the Cornerstone Center for the Arts and PrimeTrust Federal Credit Union Young Artist Exhibition, will be hosted at Cornerstone and will be free to enter. This new art show will feature both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artwork from students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Submissions may be entered into one of four grade categories: kindergarten-second, third-fifth, sixth-eighth, and ninth-twelfth. Submissions will be accepted at Cornerstone Center for…

By: Susan Fisher— Muncie, IN—The public is invited to a welcome reception in honor of the new Muncie Public Library (MPL) Director, Akilah Nosakhere, on Thursday, January 26 from 4-6pm at Carnegie Library. Nosakhere (pronounced no-sock-ah-ray) joined MPL in early January following the retirement of Virginia Nilles who had served as Library Director for 22 years.    Nosakhere is a Muncie native and a graduate of Ball State University. She was employed by MPL early in her career. Then known as Bernita Ingle, Nosakhere served as coordinator of the Library Information Project. The grant-funded effort served as a model project for…

By: Mike Rhodes— (This article has been updated with links to the newly created organizational websites. Click the links below to view the newly created works.) Muncie, IN—By noon on Sunday, six lucky local non-profits will have brand spanking new websites to call their own. At noon today, the inaugural Website Thru the Nite project kicked off. Six teams of  volunteer technical web developers were matched with six separate non-profit organizations to create six separate—fully designed and operational websites. The catch? They have to create the websites in the next 24 hours.  Not weeks. Hours. All are to be finished by tomorrow at…

By: Emily Royer, Graduate Assistant, Ball State Office of Community Engagement— Muncie residents are invited to attend the second annual I.D.E.A. Conference on March 4, 2017. The all-day event at Ball State will feature keynote presentations as well as breakout sessions focused on equipping and supporting residents to improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. “The I.D.E.A. Conference will provide opportunities for residents to gain insight on how to develop and grow a strong neighborhood association, as well as the chance to network with others who are also working towards the same goal of improving our community,” explained Building…