The holidays come with donation drives everywhere! Each drive is different…Whether it is an office chili cook-off, a coat drive, or a collection of monetary donations, it is exciting to so many creative groups helping out others during the holiday season. The IU Health Affinity groups had their own idea for a Holiday Helpings drive that, fortunately and gratefully, we [...]
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Home and Homelessness
Post Written By Toscha Wilkins The word “home” has just as many meanings and is just as diverse as the people who live on this planet. For most of us home is where we feel safe, loved, nurtured and where we have a sense of belonging. “Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling” – Cecelia [...]
For the Homeless, Where Does Hope Come From?
Post written by Toscha Wilkins. Click here to learn more about our entire blog team. In our everyday contact with homeless clients, we realize that the services we offer might be the last shred of hope that they have. Most of our clients have exhausted both their formal and informal support networks, to the point [...]
A Lot Going On and Not Enough Space to Write!
post by Willie Matis. Click here to find out more about ALL of our bloggers! It will be two years at HealthNet for me on July 6th! My how time flies. Since working here, I have seen 4 health center openings, a National Health Center Week, a couple Better Indy Babies/Healthy Families graduations, and been [...]
OUR HEALTHNET: In the words of our Homeless Initiative Program’s Case Worker
post written by Toscha Wilkins. Meet the rest of our blog team here. “Our HealthNet” starts with the staff that come in every day prepared to assist our clients with getting their needs met and helping them to become self- sufficient. Debra Marshall comes in daily before our doors even open to make a fresh [...]
A quick post: A Thank You to All Who Served
Memorial Day Weekend is one of the best weekend’s to spend in Indianapolis. 1) The first weekend of GREAT weather. 2) The Indianapolis 500 turns Speedway into the second largest city in Indiana for a day. 3) Cookouts, family, friends and a DAY OFF of work. But more importantly, we celebrate Memorial Day. A day [...]
#YOUTUBE WEEK: Gain an inside look into our Homeless Initative Program!
Street Outreach Employment & Training Workshop You can learn more about other services provided by our Homeless Initiative Program by clicking here. Also, if you want to get more of an inside look from month to month, sign up for our eNewsletter today!
Warming the Heart: Margie’s Story
In January, Margie Morris, a registration specialist at HealthNet People’s Health & Dental Center, had a dream. It was one of those wildly vivid dreams — the kind that leaves you breathless when you wake up. What was her dream? Oddly enough, it was about giving back to the Near Eastside — the community where [...]
You can help to……Open Doors With Care!
Did you know… 25% of the homeless in Indy are women fleeing from domestic violence?? 17% of Indy’s homeless are veterans?? HealthNet’s Homeless Initiative Program (HIP) recently launched an Open Doors With Care campaign in the hopes to raise $10,000 by March 10th to help Indianapolis’ homeless get back on their feet. As one of [...]
Opening Doors in any way possible – A Thank You
Before Christmas, the IU Health Revenue Cycle Services team ran a fundraiser for our Homeless Initiative Program (HIP). Even though this winter has been particularly warm, the holiday season is still a tough one for the homeless population. When everyone else is thinking about the gift they want to receive that they would never buy [...]
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