The pandemic has widened economic disparities in Indianapolis. Here’s how you can help families make it through a desperate time. Economists call it the K-shaped recovery. For many upper-income Americans, the economic rebound from the COVID-19 recession has been swift and lucrative. Net wealth is rising. Retirement...
Is there enough food in Indianapolis? Is there enough housing in Indianapolis? The answer to both is, simply, yes. Poverty is not the lack of resources, but it is more about access to resources. So how do we create access to the things our neighbors need? Is that true poverty...
So, it is Thanksgiving. We have so much to be thankful for. Whenever I am having a bad day, I take a short walk through our building to see the faces of our students and neighbors. When I do this, I am reminded about how blessed...
A few years ago, we built a teaching kitchen as part of our building. This was critical to helping our families learn how to cook. It helps them learn a skill that will help their money go further at the grocery store. It also helps them...
As we work to break the cycle of poverty with our neighborhood families, various partnerships become crucial. In order for us to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and academic needs of our neighbors, we must work together with experienced partners. One of those partnerships is HATCH,...
So what is Christmas like at Shepherd?? We provided over 700 Christmas food baskets and food totes so students and their families have plenty of food to eat while they are home together this Christmas season. All 500+ students from our daily programs shopped for gifts for...
The Power of One. One family that helped deliver one of the 300 thanksgiving baskets . One couple who helped deliver one of the 430 thanksgiving meals we delivered thanksgiving lunch. One individual who helped cook the food. One student who volunteered an afternoon to help tutor a child. One...
When I was a child, I often beat my brothers to the Topps 3-D trading cards in our cereal boxes. After mom came back from the grocery, I would quietly open the new box, pour out the cereal, grab the card at the bottom, and...
