To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the company’s founding, Gregory & Appel Insurance will give back to the Central Indiana community by awarding 125 charities $500 each. That’s more than $62,500 in contributions to be given. According to a story from WTHR Channel 13 Eyewitness News, the state’s largest and oldest insurance agency has survived [...]
Archive for July, 2009
21 Jul
Indiana Mentoring Partnership
I don’t often mix projects from my job with this blog, but this particular initiative warrants some extra attention. Here at the Indiana Youth Institute (IYI) we’ve started this new initiative to recruit mentors for youth serving agencies and schools across Indiana. We’d also like to promote a public understanding of the value of mentoring, [...]
6 Jul
Volunteers Down & Out
According to the Indianapolis Star and a survey of local nonprofits conducted by United Way of Central Indiana, volunteerism is down. This at a time when nonprofits need them most! More than half of the 71 nonprofits surveyed said they were relying more on volunteers than last year. At the same time, more than a [...]
2 Jul
Old National Bank donates $175,000
Last week, Old National Bank, headquartered in Evansville, made a monumental community donation to mark its Terquasquicentennial. Yes, that’s a giant word for 175 years. The bank donated $175,000 to more than 200 nonprofit organizations. Old National Bancorp President and CEO, Bob Jones commented, that the bank is proud to be a community bank. “We [...]
