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HRH's Weekly Newsletter from IndianaHelpers.com - 24 November '08
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HRH's Web Site is Ready to Use - We are in the processing of adding the over 500 organizations to our new data base system. Or, you can add your own information to our web site by clicking on: HelpersSign-Up and fill in the blanks.

Congratulations to us - HRH has received its determination letter from the IRS informing us that our application for tax exempt status, 501 (c) (3), was approved on the 19th of November 2008.

Our News

Connect2Help (Dial 2-1-1) - has put together two important lists for people needing help during the upcoming Holidays. Please download and distribute to your appropriate clients. | For November & Thanksgiving | For December & Christmas

We have several organizations that need your help for the holidays, please view our "Our Needs" section below. Thanks for for helping others.

Our Events Calendar

25Nov08 Tuesday - Mayor’s Office on Offender ReEntry - Presents a Seminar on Education, Recidivism and Employment of ExOffenders - How does Marion County/Indianapolis look? | Presenters are: Dr. John Nally, Director of Education (Adults) Indiana Department of Correction, and Dr. Susan Lockwood, Director of Education (Juveniles) Indiana Department of Correction | City-County Building 200 East Washington St. 2nd floor, Tower Section Room 260 | From 1pm—3 pm | Due to limited seating please RSVP via email to: Khadijah Muhammad by noon November 19, | Download a Flyer on the Seminar.

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Our Quick Topics Page - Over 150 Topics

Our Quick Topics - Print Out Page is a list of Topics that can be printed out for easy reference. This "Single Source" information page contains information from Adoption, Aids/HIV to Victim Assistance & Voters Registration. You can print it and carry it with you for easy reference. It currently contains over 150 topics, listing goods and services that are needed by persons who are homeless and in and out of jail/prison. Most Topics list the complete address, phone, fax, email address and web site address of those Service Providers who can offer help.
Coming Soon: HRH is in the process of putting together its NEW Information Directory. It will be a printed version of most of the information on this web site (when completed) that will be made available to: homeless shelters, homeless & reentry service providers, persons in and out of our prisons, jails & work release centers, parole & probation officers, case workers, teachers, tutors, mentors as well as churches, and other faith and community based organizations. It will be the most complete information directory for the homeless and persons in and out of prison system available anywhere. To make sure you are in the new directory, please give us a call.

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Our Needs - Our Helpers need Help Too!

THE INDIANA WOMEN'S PRISON - Help Us to Help Others -
I.W.P. Community Outreach Department & Sheltered Workshop have joined efforts to give underprivileged children a wonderful Christmas stocking this year. IWP is committed to providing stockings to the following organizations: Indianapolis School 14: 700 Stockings, Indianapolis School 42: 40 Stockings, Indianapolis Julian Center: 40 Stockings, Deployed Military’s Family (Family Assistance Specialists): 400 Stockings, I.W.P. Family Preservation: 100 Stockings, Indianapolis Homeless Initiative: 220 Stockings - IWP has already made 1500 Christmas Stockings and is filling each with a handcrafted stuffed animal, hat, scarf, friendship bracelets & finger puppets. To complete the stockings, we need Your help! Without your help, the stockings will not be filled. | Click here to view IWP's WISH LIST | Call Tammy Atwood, Indiana Women’s Prison, 401 N. Randolph Street, Indianapolis, IN 46201 | Call 317-639-2671 # 216 | Her email address is:

HORIZON HOUSE NEEDS YOUR HELP - They are running low on items they pass out to their homeless neighbors -
They Provide Resources, Empower Lives, that can lead to Ending Homelessness. They are a welcoming place where homeless neighbors find the resources and support they need to end their homelessness. They are a one-stop day center that offers hospitality, bathrooms, showers, basic hygiene and survival supplies, laundry, mail delivery, telephone, employment readiness classes, storage, professional case management, civil legal counsel, mental health services, medical care and Veteran’s services. | They are located at: 1033 E Washington St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 | 317-423-8909 | 317-423-8906 fax | Click here for the HORIZON WISH LIST | Visit them at: www.horizonhouse.cc

IWP CHAPEL NEEDS A LARGER TV, SCREEN, PROJECTOR AND CHOIR ROBES -
Indiana Women's Prison - could use a newer larger screen television for the PLUS unit. The PLUS Program is held in the chapel and they use DVD's for training classes and their existing TV is much too small. The chapel is also looking for screen dividers and a projector for PowerPoint. They also need new choir robes. | If you can help IWP with any of these items please contact Catherine Bowie at 317- 317-639-2671 #256, or email her at .

ARTS & CRAFTS TEACHERS / INSTRUCTORS -
Plainfield Correctional Facility (PCF or IYC) - 1) Arts and Craft Leader/Teacher Needed - to help our PLUS program with Community Service Projects. 2) Volunteers & Mentors - to help our PLUS Program participants. | Please contact Tracey Ridge, Program Director | , or call 317-839-2513 # 1371 or # 1501.

FEED THE HOMELESS -
Meet Me Under The Bridge - On Sunday afternoons a group of volunteers team up to feed the homeless at Willard Park in the downtown area. They start feeding at 3:00 pm. All the food is hot and homemade by their group. After they are done there they move to Washington and Rural to the parking lot at the library. They are currently feeding between 150 & 200 people every Sunday. If you are interested in helping out, and you want more information please don't hesitate to contact Kim at 317-222-8741, or email her at: .

MUSIC TEACHER & Blue Jeans (sizes 32 thru 38) -
The Pendleton Correctional Facility - Volunteers that can teach musical instruments, especially give guitar lessons, and any kind of musical Instruments you may have that are still in good working order that you may want to donate to the prison - they are also looking for all types of arts and crafts supplies for their Arts and Crafts classes. | Please contact Wayne Scaife, Community Services Director at .

To Find Out Who Else Needs: VOLUNTEERS - NURSERY ITEMS - CANDY - HYGIENE ITEMS - MEN'S CLOTHES - TEACHERS, TUTORS, MENTORS & INSTRUCTORS - Please Visit Our Needs Page.

Volunteers & Helpers Always Needed - WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Our prisons in Indianapolis, Plainfield, and Pendleton are in need of persons who can serve "inside" the prison system as Teachers, Tutors, Mentors and Instructors. If you would like to be a volunteer (Helper), please Click on HRH's Contact-Us Page, or call Don Hawkins at 317-547-0500 #11 and he can help direct you to an organization that can use your special services and talents. To contact the Indiana Department of Correction directly, Please click on: Indiana D.O.C. for additional information, or Click on: Indiana D.O.C. Volunteer Form.

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