INDIANAPOLIS — In 2010 United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) will distribute $22.5 million to 103 local agencies to help address current human needs and nearly $4 million for education programs intended to help kids succeed in school, announced Ellen K. Annala, UWCI’s president and CEO. Another $7.3 million earmarked by givers for specific purposes will also be put to work in the human service sector. Annala said despite tough economic conditions, UWCI is projecting it will be able to maintain both overall agency funding and the amount to each agency “because the community sustained its giving.” Each agency that receives United Way funds is reviewed by local volunteers to evaluate both their organizational strength and impact in responding to community needs. The scores are then used to make funding recommendations of the amount of undesignated campaign contributions. For a list of United Way agencies and their funding amounts, visit www.uwci.org.
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INDIANAPOLIS - The Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation has donated $20,000 to four charities serving Indianapolis and the surrounding communities. Children’s TherAplay Foundation, the Key Consumer Organization, the Jackson Center for Conductive Education and the League of Miracles each received $5,000 to support their organization’s specific needs. Remaining true to the company vision to “serve the communities where we work and live,” the Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation, Inc. has donated nearly $1 million to various charities and organizations in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin since its inception in 2002. Each year, grants totaling $100,000 are awarded throughout the communities where the Gordon Flesch Company does business. The Jackson Center will use the donation to support increased enrollment, classes and staff at their new facility in Mooresville. The League of Miracles, an organization currently working to create a sports complex designed to provide a level playing field for people with physical, emotional, learning and mental challenges, will use the donation to purchase equipment for softball and soccer programs starting this summer. The Key Consumer Organization, who strives to empower and strengthen mental health consumers throughout Indiana with education, training and services, will use the donation to fund scholarships for training and educational programs. TherAplay will use the donation to provide scholarships for equine-assisted physical and occupational therapy to children with special needs.
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Walmart associates celebrate with Gleaners Food Bank, Indianapolis with the delivery of the refrigerated truck that will assist Gleaners in collecting and distributing perishable food products.
Indiana Families Benefit from Walmart’s Multi-Year Commitment of More than 1 Billion Meals in Response to Growing Hunger Need INDIANAPOLIS - Walmart and the Walmart Foundation have announced a $2 billion cash and in-kind commitment, stepping up efforts to help end hunger in America, including 7 1/2 million donated meals* to Indiana food banks in 2010 alone. Indiana will receive a total of about 43 million meals over the five year program. Among the food banks state-wide that will benefit from the Fighting Hunger Together campaign include Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana located here in Indianapolis. “Hunger is a huge problem for millions of Americans and thousands of Hoosiers! Walmart has been a faithful partner in Gleaners’ fight to end hunger for several years. As a member of the network of Feeding America food banks, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. is proud to have received a refrigerated box truck from Walmart last year. That truck, used for store pickups and charity deliveries allowed us to better feed more than 167,000 hungry Hoosiers,” said Pam Altmeyer, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Gleaners Food Bank. In Indiana, Walmart operates more than 125 facilities employing 39,016 associates. In 2009, Walmart stores, Sam’s Club locations and the Walmart Foundation gave more than $12.7 million in cash and in-kind donations to Hoosier organizations in the communities they serve in Indiana. Through additional funds donated by customers, and Walmart and Sam’s Club associates throughout the state, the retailer’s contributions in Indiana totaled more than $15.3 million. “Increasingly, we see opportunities to use our scale and reach to solve challenges in our communities. This is one of those times,” said Eduardo Castro-Wright, Walmart’s vice chairman. “By working together, we believe we can reach a day where no individual in this country has to go to bed hungry or worry if there will be food to put on the table tomorrow.”
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