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ARF “Race 2 Save Lives Event” May 13-15

Part of PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend Muncie, IN– The Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) will participate in PetSmart national three-day adoption weekend beginning Friday May 13-15. It will be held outside the PetSmart®store, 3450 N. Morrison Road, Muncie. This being May in Indiana, the theme for the ARF booth will be “RACE 2 SAVE LIVES”. ARF dogs and cats will be at the event, sporting race-themed scarves, and are available for adoption. Going on line and pre-registering to adopt an animal will speed up the adoption process: www.munciearf.com. There will be an opportunity for adopters and their new family members…

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Muncie Mission Provides Assistance For Local People

By: Don Ford— Muncie Mission Ministries (MMM) is a faith-based agency, delivering compassionate rescue services to people experiencing poverty and homeless in East Central Indiana since 1930. Primarily, the Mission provides recovery services on an emergency and long-term basis for adult males and provides assistance to families in need. MMM operates under the watchful eye of a ten-member board of directors, adheres to a code of ethics and a statement of faith. MMM is a member of a national organization called the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions (AGRM), www.agrm.org, which serves as the network where leaders of approximately 300 agencies…


AAF ECI Holds 2016 American Advertising Awards

By: Allison Robbins— MUNCIE, Ind.— The American Advertising Federation of East Central Indiana (AAF ECI) recently held its annual awards gala, the American Advertising Awards (ADDYs).  The gala honored advertising and creative excellence at the Ball State University Alumni Center in Muncie, Ind. This year’s entries included local and regional television spots, digital and print entries created in 2015 by advertising agencies, businesses, individuals and Ball State University students in East Central Indiana. Winners were chosen by a panel of regional advertising professionals, based on innovation, creativity and originality. Lynette Whitesell, Intersection Authenticity Agency and Whitinger Strategic Services took home…


Cancer Services of ECI-Little Red Door to Host “Little Red Lunch”

By: Aimee Fant— Cancer Services has had the great privilege of working with two Immersive Learning groups this year; Dr. Adam Kuban’s Ingelhart Journalism Scholars and Dr. Peggy Fisher’s Communication and Health Science undergrad and graduate students. During the 2015 Fall semester, through the crossing of stars, Dr. Fisher learned she was facing a second breast cancer diagnosis as Dr. Kuban’s students began to materialize the Facing Project’s  “Facing Cancer in East Central Indiana” with Cancer Services of ECI-Little Red Door, IU Health Ball Memorial, St. Vincent Anderson Regional, Indiana Campus Compact and the Ball Brothers Foundation as community partners….


Rotaract Club Hosts Manners and Models Etiquette Dinner for Boys & Girls Club

By: Micah Maxwell— “Be a gift to the world,” is a simple but powerful mantra that fueled a new student-run Ball State Rotaract Club, the collegiate version of Rotary, to host its first-ever fundraising event on Sunday, April 30 and benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Muncie. About 30 Club Kids sat at 10 sponsored tables, with carefully folded napkins in their laps and elbows off the table, listening to the proper way to pass the butter and learning what to wear to make the best first impression. The etiquette dinner, “Models and Manners,” at the L.A. Pittenger Student Center,…


2016 East Central March of Dimes March For Babies

By: Jay Garrison— The 2016 East Central March of Dimes March For Babies was held this afternoon at Ball State’s LaFollette Field. Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler was on hand to start the walk, as approximately 150 walkers made the three-mile trek through the Ball State campus in support of the March Of Dimes mission…to give all babies a healthy start. “March of Dimes is truly grateful for the amazing group of sponsors, volunteers, walk teams, and donors that joined together to help make the 2016 East Central March for Babies an incredible success!” said organizer Elizabeth Tollefson. “Because of a team…


Paint the Park Day to Bring Color to McCulloch Park

By: Rebecca Parker— Whitely Community Council, The Muncie Parks Department, and Muncie Delaware Clean and Beautiful invite you to paint the town pastel on May 14th during Paint the Park Day at McCulloch Park. This exciting beautification event, part of Whitely’s Year of Color, seeks to pull the gorgeous candy colors of the Centennial Place apartments out into the rest of the Whitely neighborhood and McCulloch Park. The event will begin at 9am and continue until at least 5pm. During the morning and early afternoon hours, volunteers will work together to paint major park structures in shades of lavender, coral,…


Susan G. Komen® Central Indiana announces 2016 Community Impact Grant Recipients

INDIANAPOLIS – Susan G. Komen® Central Indiana is awarding a total of $832,677 in Community Impact Grants to 15 breast health programs in its 41-county service area. Delaware County will benefit from funding provided to Cancer Services of East Central Indiana, Inc – Little Red Door and Interlocal Community Action Program (ICAP) during Komen Central Indiana’s 2016-2017 grant cycle, which began in April. These programs will use Komen grant dollars to provide comprehensive breast care for low-income women in the counties they serve, including education, care coordination, patient navigation, early detection, treatment and survivorship support. More information about the individual…


Pretreatment Program Continues to Protect Muncie’s White River from Industrial Pollutants

By: Rick Conrad— The Muncie Sanitary District’s Bureau of Water Quality recently received the results of an Indiana Department of Environmental Management periodic audit of its industrial pretreatment program. Muncie’s program, headed by Director Rick Conrad, is the local water quality testing and enforcement agency responsible for ensuring industries treat their potentially toxic wastewater before it can reach the White River or its tributaries. Since the establishment of this program by John Craddock in 1972, the Bureau of Water Quality’s rigorous permitting, chemical sampling, and biological assessments have helped clean-up a river once devastated by toxic levels of heavy metals….


Local Teachers Awarded Funding for Creative Classroom Projects

Muncie, IN— Local teachers will receive $3,480 in Robert P. Bell Education Grants from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. More than 750 students will benefit in this final grant cycle of the academic year. Awards of up to $450 are available through the Bell Grants program. Funded projects are innovative ideas or programs designed to stimulate learning in students. Delaware County teachers may apply throughout the year over four grant cycles.  More than $12,500 was awarded during the 2015-2016 academic year.  The deadline for the first round of grants in the 2016-2017 academic year is October 1, 2016. For more…