Archive for category: Not for Profit

Indiana’s Top Chefs to Compete for a Cause

Indiana’s Top Chefs to Compete for a Cause

0 / April 26, 2008 6:46 am

Top culinary talents will test their skills of quick thinking and cooking at an event to raise money for lung cancer and youth tobacco education. Cooking for a Cause will take place on Sunday, June 8, at the Chef’s Academy [...]

Time for Fishers and Geist to Reach a Compromise

48 / April 23, 2008 8:53 am

While petitions were being signed to stop Fishers from annexing Geist, all eyes were on a piece of legislation co-authored by Senators Gard and Drozda that made its way through the senate and was stalled in the house. Senate Bill [...]

Groups, Residents Needed as Volunteers for Geist Half Marathon & 5K

Groups, Residents Needed as Volunteers for Geist Half Marathon & 5K

0 / April 16, 2008 1:51 am

Over 500 volunteers are needed for the inaugural Geist Half Marathon & 5K presented by Community Health Network and Comcast. This is a great way to show your support of our local school-aged children and be a part of the [...]

Dragon Boat Team Launches at Geist

Dragon Boat Team Launches at Geist

0 / April 14, 2008 8:36 am

Blustery weather didn’t spoil the launch and “dotting of the eye” for the Indy Survivoars Dragon Boat Racing Team at Geist Reservoir Sunday. Over 150 supporters and volunteers took part in the ceremonies at the Geist Marina. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/5PmNM-LwTiY" width="300" [...]

Talbot Street Art Fair June 14-15

Talbot Street Art Fair June 14-15

0 / April 13, 2008 7:22 am

Join us for the 52nd Annual Talbot Street Art Fair on Saturday, June 14th through Sunday, June 15th. Free to the public, the Talbot Street Art Fair is an opportunity for Indianapolis area residents to view and purchase artwork from [...]

New and Prospective Entrepreneurs Can Turn to Business Owners Intiative for Tips to Succeed

New and Prospective Entrepreneurs Can Turn to Business Owners Intiative for Tips to Succeed

0 / April 10, 2008 9:41 pm

In early April, my husband, Mike, and I sold our second business, Mission Coffee & Tea Company, Inc. Our efforts will now turn full-time to our children’s product, The Original Pot-Tee Prize Grab Bag (www.pot-teeprize.com), which will launch on major [...]

Geist 5K Race SOLD OUT, Half Marathon Expected to Sell Out Soon

0 / April 10, 2008 4:25 pm

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/NKikAfrUCLo" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]The inaugural Geist 5K “Race Around the Reservoir” is sold out thanks to a very successful “Healthy Kids Incentive Program” in the local schools. Over 2,000 participants have already registered for the 5K race on [...]

Casting for Recovery Event at Allisonville Nursery to Raise Funds for Breast Cancer Survivors’ Retreat

0 / April 5, 2008 11:42 am

 Allisonville Nursery is hosting a “Healthy Living Day” on April 12th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  The event will include an outreach table for the non-profit organization Casting for Recovery, where women who are breast cancer survivors may sign [...]

Geist Resident is Named Director of Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County

Geist Resident is Named Director of Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County

0 / March 31, 2008 10:49 am

Carrie Petty has been named executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County.  Ms. Petty brings more than 20 years of community involvement to the organization and says her experience has prepared her to take on Habitat’s mission of [...]

Dog Wash-a-Thon Benefit for Greyhounds

Dog Wash-a-Thon Benefit for Greyhounds

0 / March 31, 2008 6:19 am

Dog Wash-a-thon Benefit for Greyhound Pets of America “Dirty Dog & Suds” SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008 10:00 am-4:00 pm Greyhound Pets of America , Indianapolis Is The Local 501( c)(3)Chapter of The National Group That Helps Retired Racing Greyhounds Find [...]

Free Community Health Fair April 12

0 / March 24, 2008 11:36 am

Lawrence North High School’s Key Club is hosting a free Community Health Fair for Lawrence Township. The Health Fair will take place at Lawrence North’s Field House, April 12, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include activities, seminars, and [...]

Parents in Partnership Hosting Drinking and Driving Seminar

0 / March 21, 2008 2:23 pm

Parents often have trouble finding the right time to speak with their teenagers about important issues that we all face.  The Hamilton Southeastern School District Parents in Partnership group is offering an excellent opportunity for both parents and children to [...]

Watch for the Pink Dragon on Geist Lake this Spring!

Watch for the Pink Dragon on Geist Lake this Spring!

1 / March 20, 2008 6:04 pm

It may have been a drizzly day, but anticipation was in the air at Geist Marina Tuesday as a group of men unloaded a long, skinny boat from a delivery truck to the beat of the steady rain. A group [...]

Local Businesses Unite to Support “Bouquet of Boutiques” Fundraiser

Local Businesses Unite to Support “Bouquet of Boutiques” Fundraiser

0 / March 19, 2008 3:01 pm

The “Bouquet of Boutiques” is a special fundraiser, as seven local boutiques in the Geist/Fishers area are teaming up to support the Pink Ribbon Connection, a business geared toward breast cancer awareness and research. This exciting fundraiser will take place [...]

HSEJH Read-a-thon Raises over $9,000 for MS Research

HSEJH Read-a-thon Raises over $9,000 for MS Research

0 / March 12, 2008 8:32 pm

As part of a read-a-thon, 187 Hamilton Southeastern Junior High students raised over $9,000 that will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research. It’s a condition students have learned about through media specialist Beth Backus. Diagnosed with MS in 1993, [...]

Geist Watershed Alliance Update

1 / March 10, 2008 12:33 pm

Great news! The Geist Watershed Alliance has non-profit status and can now accept financial donations. Please give – future recreational use of the lake depends on its water quality. The alliance is just beginning its work to address the issues [...]

Meet Your Neighbors:  We name Jack and Jan Keefer as Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Township

Meet Your Neighbors: We name Jack and Jan Keefer as Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Township

1 / March 8, 2008 3:57 pm

Mary Castle Elementary School 4th grader Jake Keefer may just call them Mom and Dad, but to many in our community, this couple would be worthy of crowning Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Township. Jack and Jan Keefer are passionate about [...]

Geist ‘Iron-Mom’ goes after dream of being a triathlete

Geist ‘Iron-Mom’ goes after dream of being a triathlete

4 / February 26, 2008 10:07 pm

What would you do if you were not afraid to fail? For Geist stay-at-home-mom Laura Phillips, the answer would shock her family. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/caUV6MRrU2s" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /] After the birth of her fourth child three years ago, Laura suddenly [...]

Lads and Dads Night Raises Money, Awareness for LTSF

0 / February 23, 2008 5:04 pm

Sports of All Sorts hosted a first of it’s kind fundraiser last night to benefit the Lawrence Township School Foundation in two ways. [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/ID78POFykdk" width="300" height="250" wmode="transparent" /]“We wanted to give dads and their kids an opportunity to have [...]

Annual MS Walk on March 15th

0 / February 23, 2008 9:25 am

Please join Lynn and me along with our family in our second annual MS Walk March 15th. We really need your support. Last year we had a great time and this year will be just as great. Regardless of the [...]