Our Foundation development coordinator, Molly Hahn, attended CHIP's annual meeting. If you would like the recap, check out this story on Channel 8 (WISH):

http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/local/region_1/Experts_meet_about_homeless_prevention_20090701

Are you ready to help every central Indiana family find a home? Join us at CHIP's (Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention) Annual Meeting, to be held on July 1 at Barnes & Thornburg in downtown Indy (11 S. Meridian St., 5th Fl). Registration is from 8-8:30 a.m. and the program will last from 8:30 - 10:30 a.m..

No cost to attend - and your attention to this important discussion will be much appreciated!
RSVP to Corey Behmer at cbehmer@chipindy.org or call 472-7631.

www.endhomelessindy.org

Desperate times are becoming more desperate for area families, according to local estimates on family homelessness. Check out this article that posted yesterday on WTHR: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10547035&nav=menu188_2

http://www.indystar.com/article/20090612/NEWS02/90612047/1145/LOCAL02/Ex-wife+dies++ex-husband+to+face+new+charge This story appeared over the weekend in the Indy Star and proves that domestic violence can happen any time anywhere.

In a meeting the other day, we were wondering if there are any statistics on the "under-employed" in America. We all know unemployment statistics have been rising, but there is another story happening. While this story on Yahoo! this morning does not give any numbers, it is definitely a sign of our times.

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/107145/From-Ordering-Steak-and-Lobster-to-Serving-It

Wow, it's been a busy month! Among all of our preparations for Foundation Awareness Week (June 8-12) and Taste of Indy (June 11) as well as the usual May activities in Indy, yesterday I attended an event to kick off the Super Bowl Legacy Project for our Super Bowl in 2012. On the Near Eastside, a home ownership incubator project is underway that will offer residents a chance to work toward home ownership. Here's the story from WTHR: www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10407212 I think this looks like a great project!

Here's a new easy way to raise money for the Foundation. Just start using Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com as your search engine and they'll donate a penny to us every time you do a search!

In addition, do all of your shopping through their online shopping mall, GoodShop.com, where you can shop at more than 900 top online retailers and a percentage of your purchases will go to the Foundation. You pay the same price as you normally would, but a donation goes to your cause!

Here's the web site — http://www.goodsearch.com/. You can also read about GoodSearch in the NY Times, Oprah Magazine, CNN, ABC News and the Wall Street Journal.

It wore me out just to watch the 40,000 runners and walkers compete in this year's Mini-Marathon - I can't imagine how they felt! Three in particular that I watched were my daughter, Beth, who bought her spot at the Mini at this year's Ball and my granddaughter, Eve, accompanied by her mom, Amy. It was Eve's first time but Amy is a seasoned veteran. Here's a picture of them after they made it through!

Several runners and walkers out there on Saturday were walking to end homelessness for the Foundation. Thanks to team captains Patty Thornberry and Steve Burkhardt for making that happen!

We've heard of coupons and sales, but this is really extreme!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/28/dnt.coupon.lady.wjla

About 200 students from Taylor University will be voluntarily homeless this week. Check out the story:

http://www.taylor.edu/community/news/news_detail.shtml?inode=100375&pageTitle=200%20TU%20Students%20to%20Live%20in%20Cardboard%20Village