Gabe Shortt started volunteering at Shepherd when he was a student at Taylor University. After graduation, he spent a year mentoring kids in Shepherd’s after school programs as part of an internship. While working with the kids and interacting with other Shepherd staff and volunteers,...
Fifteen years ago, Kathryn* came to Shepherd’s women’s group with few of the skills she would need to break the cycle of poverty for her family. “Kathryn wanted more for her daughters.” In addition to coming to Shepherd herself, Kathryn put her children into Shepherd programs as...
As a long-term missionary, serving with her husband and children in Zambia and the Ukraine, Donna Alexander witnessed the complexities and consequences of deep poverty in her day-to-day ministry. Yet, when she arrived at Shepherd Community Center in 2018 to serve as director of volunteers, Alexander...
Diana Reed had a decision to make. She was serving as a volunteer in a kindergarten class at Shepherd Academy when the organization’s executive director, Jay Height, approached her with a question. Would she take a job as a preschool teacher? I can’t be a teacher, Reed...
Our school year programs are back in gear. Every day, over 400 students are touched by the ministry of Shepherd Community Center. Really, we are a funnel for friends like you and our neighbors. Together we make a great team to enable families to break the...
Even though the weather has been cold and dreary late, Spring is in the air! But our program kids are anxious to get outside and play! Whether the students are playing baseball, soccer, or just climbing on a playground set, spring is a time for our students...
Thanks to Governor Pence, Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann, and more than 140 state employees who donated their paid time off to spend the day with our kids at Shepherd on Friday, January 15, 2016. For the 5th Annual MLK Day of Service, the Governor and...
So what does 2016 hold for you? Here at Shepherd, we are focusing on going deeper into our neighborhood. We want to continue to ring the bells of hope all year long. With a partnership with friends like you, we believe that's exactly what will...
Shepherd can only do all we do for our neighbors thanks to many hands. These hands are that of donors, volunteers, churches, corporations, and many more. Volunteers play a valuable role in breaking the cycle of poverty on the near Eastside of Indianapolis. One of these...
