Give A Care Indy » holiday giving http://blog.indyhealthnet.org Support in Health Care & Social Services Thu, 06 Feb 2020 14:00:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Start a New Holiday Tradition This Year: Serving Others Together http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/start-a-new-holiday-tradition-this-year-serving-others-together?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=start-a-new-holiday-tradition-this-year-serving-others-together http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/start-a-new-holiday-tradition-this-year-serving-others-together#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:28:27 +0000 giveacareindy http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/?p=1786 Too often, the holidays seem to exhaust rather than uplift us. Do you want your holidays wrapped up in more meaning and less stuff this year? Here’s a fun way to celebrate the season AND make a difference for our community at the same time.

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Have Fun, Do Good: Host a Holiday Helpings Drive

For many children and families in Indy, the holidays are a difficult time, spent wondering if there will be enough for a celebration, any gifts, or even a roof over their heads. Each day HealthNet serves thousands of low-income families who face all kinds of economic, physical, and emotional challenges. For individuals in our care, hard times are a part of life.

Across the city, we’re inviting individuals and all kinds of organizations to host a Holiday Helpings Drive — companies, schools, civic associations, faith-based institutions and more. Are you ready to join us?

  1. Why host a Holiday Helpings drive?
  2. Check out the Holiday Wish List of basic items needed by our patients’ families
  3. Getting started is simple!
  4. Help without the hassle – donate cash instead!

Fundraising drives are fun and they make a huge difference. Are you ready to get started? Let us know!

]]> http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/start-a-new-holiday-tradition-this-year-serving-others-together/feed 1 Community Health Centers – More than just doctors and nurses http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/community-health-centers-more-than-just-doctors-and-nurses?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-health-centers-more-than-just-doctors-and-nurses http://blog.indyhealthnet.org/community-health-centers-more-than-just-doctors-and-nurses#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:28:54 +0000 giveacareindy http://giveacareindy.wordpress.com/?p=296 The holidays always call for the same mix – great food, great company, and great family all in one place celebrating.

HealthNet provides great company and great family (and sometimes great food) to all of our patients that we serve.  Specifically during the holidays, many of our Health Centers provide an atmosphere to celebrate.

  • The holiday spirit is spread throughout the Barrington Health Center when families participate in the Toys for Tots program.  Families in need come by two weeks before Christmas and receive toys from our social workers to provide their children a loving and fun Christmas.
  • Our Martindale-Brightwood Health & Dental Center partnered with our People’s Health Center to provide a holiday party for their patients.  The sense of community brings the great company and the great family aspect of the holiday celebration.
  • Southeast Health & Dental Center also brings SANTA to the kids at their holiday party.

These are just quick examples about how health care is much more than just check-ups and prescriptions.  Federally Qualified Health Centers are a sense of pride in each of their neighborhoods.  It is a place to gather.  It is a place to receive care.  And, it is a place to provide care to others.

To learn more about what our health centers do for their neighborhoods visit our website.  Do you have ideas on involving the neighborhood centers in more ways than just the holiday season?  Comment below.

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