Archive for category: Not for Profit

Using Music to Motivate: Kammy’s Kause

Using Music to Motivate: Kammy’s Kause

3 / June 16, 2010 3:45 am

A successful summer has several ingredients, including time with your family, outdoor live music, and festivals. Want to experience all of these things in addition to supporting a great “kause?” Meet Kammy’s Kause, a fundraiser set up to raise money [...]

Mud Creek Players Celebrates 60 Years at the Barn

Mud Creek Players Celebrates 60 Years at the Barn

1 / May 15, 2010 4:40 am

Murder and intrigue and mayhem… oh my! Swashbucklers, pirates and ghosts are just some of the characters you may encounter upon a visit to see the Mud Creek Players in action. Many of us at 60 years old may be [...]

Update from the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce

Update from the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce

0 / March 25, 2010 1:15 pm

The Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce is excited to be partnering with AtGeist.com to bring you this monthly Chamber Page, as well as yet another Member Benefit, discounted advertising! We have been working hard, and will continue to find other [...]

Lawrence Chamber and atGeist.com Announce Co-op Advertising Discount Program

Lawrence Chamber and atGeist.com Announce Co-op Advertising Discount Program

2 / January 5, 2010 1:08 pm

Sandi Ballard, the executive director of the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, and Tom Britt, the publisher of the Geist Community Newsletter, announced a new advertising co-op program available to chamber members. Active members of the Greater Lawrence Chamber of Commerce [...]

Geist Christian Church Expands into Fishers

Geist Christian Church Expands into Fishers

0 / December 16, 2009 2:44 pm

Geist Christian Church, which is located on the corner of Mud Creek Road and 86th Street expanded its services to a North campus a little over a year ago. Since September of 2008, the Christian congregation has utilized the concept [...]

A New Way for the United Way

1 / November 18, 2009 8:13 pm

There seems to be a new way of giving when it comes to the United way. The organization known for asking corporations and its employees for annual donations is bringing the campaign home…literally, in an entertaining way! Families such as [...]

Geist Half Marathon Donates $34,000 to Geist-Area Schools

Geist Half Marathon Donates $34,000 to Geist-Area Schools

7 / October 18, 2009 8:20 am

Geist Half Marathon, Inc. (www.GeistHalf.com) officials announced today that $34,000 has been donated to four Geist-area schools to fund various health and wellness initiatives. Lawrence Township School Foundation and the Hamilton Southeastern School Foundation received $15,000 each in late September, [...]

Fall Creek Township Set to Open New Food Pantry

Fall Creek Township Set to Open New Food Pantry

0 / September 22, 2009 6:53 am

In Fishers, Terry Michael, Fall Creek Township Trustee, is setting up a food pantry in the basement of the former Fall Creek Township assessor’s office. This new pantry is scheduled to open by Thanksgiving. “Over 2,600 Fall Creek residents have [...]

Holy Cross Hosting 6th Annual 5K

Holy Cross Hosting 6th Annual 5K

0 / September 16, 2009 5:14 am

Holy Cross Lutheran Church will conduct the 6th Annual “Neighbors Sharing with Neighbors 5K Walk / Run” to benefit The Sharing Place on Saturday, October 31st at 9 am.  Holy Cross Lutheran Church is a place where God’s people connect [...]

New Geist Area Church Offers Real Help with Life’s Issues

New Geist Area Church Offers Real Help with Life’s Issues

0 / September 8, 2009 10:35 am

You may have seen signs that they were coming…literally! Geist Chapel signs have popped up all over Geist, and postcards have been arriving in the mail for several weeks. I recently had the chance to sit down and talk with [...]

Yacht Club Event to Honor Former Commodore, Raise Funds for Cancer Society

Yacht Club Event to Honor Former Commodore, Raise Funds for Cancer Society

0 / August 11, 2009 9:50 pm

Joe Kocot was a born leader. People gravitated to him for motivation and inspiration. He was always upbeat and often had a funny story to share, one that not only made you laugh but also taught a life lesson. “He [...]

Upcoming Workshop on Backyard Conservation!

0 / August 5, 2009 11:29 am

If you haven’t heard Dr. Douglas Tallamy speak on “Bringing Nature Home” (the title of his current best seller), then you won’t want to miss our workshop on Saturday, August 22nd. The Hamilton County SWCD and the Hamilton County Master [...]

Fishers Girl with Hair Loss Creates Video to Inspire Others

Fishers Girl with Hair Loss Creates Video to Inspire Others

5 / July 1, 2009 11:15 am

Olivia Rusk represents a brave, beautiful, determined and caring role model who has made the best of an unfortunate situation. Olivia has an autoimmune condition called Alopecia (pronounced alo-pay-sha) that causes hair loss. Olivia developed alopecia just after she had [...]

‘Fore the Kids’ Raises $23,500 for Lawrence Township Schools

‘Fore the Kids’ Raises $23,500 for Lawrence Township Schools

0 / June 26, 2009 9:34 pm

Participation was up almost 30% for the Lawrence Township School Foundation’s 23rd annual golf tournament! Moving the tournament back into the township at a private club helped increase attendance for the event, which was held on June 4th at Old [...]

Legacy Fund Awards $89,000 to Hamilton County Organizations

0 / June 17, 2009 8:21 am

Legacy Fund, an affiliate of Central Indiana Community Fund, awarded $89,000 in grants to Hamilton County based not-for-profit organizations at its board meeting held May 14. The following grant recipients were selected to receive $10,000: Prevail, Inc., serving victims of [...]

Relay for Life Participants Walk in Honor of Those Battling Cancer

Relay for Life Participants Walk in Honor of Those Battling Cancer

0 / June 10, 2009 8:25 pm

By Bonnie Hinkle – Fall Creek Valley Middle School, of Lawrence Township, was host for this year’s Relay For Life event for the American Cancer Society on Saturday, June 6 through Sunday, June 7, 2009. Relay For Life brings together [...]

Geist RN Brings Hope to Sick Children in Middle East

Geist RN Brings Hope to Sick Children in Middle East

0 / May 29, 2009 12:57 pm

Geist resident and Registered Nurse Becky Clark has traveled to the Middle East four times as part of a Riley Hospital medical team that has performed life-giving heart surgeries on 45 children in Amman, Jordan. Here she shares some of [...]

Detailed Traffic Maps for Geist Half Marathon Posted

Detailed Traffic Maps for Geist Half Marathon Posted

0 / April 11, 2009 9:09 am

For those residents living in Cambridge, Bridgewater, Feather Cove, Admirals Sound, and Admirals Bay, you are directly affected by the traffic restrictions on the morning of Saturday, May 16th during the Geist Half Marathon & 5K. We’ve posted traffic restrictions, [...]

BKD Foundation gives $3,000 to HSE Academy of Finance

0 / April 7, 2009 8:14 pm

Robert J. Pruitt, managing partner of BKD, LLP’s Indianapolis and Bloomington offices, announces the BKD Foundation is contributing $3,000 to HSE Academy of Finance for their scholarship fund.  This award will be allocated over a three-year period for the benefit [...]

Servants of Christ Lutheran Church Celebrates 20 Years

Servants of Christ Lutheran Church Celebrates 20 Years

1 / April 7, 2009 8:11 pm

Twenty years ago a group of Geist-area residents led by Pastor Ron Voss joined together to form a church that was service oriented and servant focused. Those beginnings are being celebrated on April 26 at a special anniversary worship service [...]