Free Indianapolis Fun

The Indiana State Police Museum is calling all witches, goblins, superheroes, and zombies to come trick-or-treat with the Indiana State Police.

Parents, mark your calendar to bring your costumed children to the annual Trunk or Treat from 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Saturday, October 19th at the Indiana State Police Museum , 8660 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN.

Troopers and local police officers will be on hand to give out candy from the trunks of cars to all children in costume. There will be games and craft activities for all visitors. Come early though, as our supply of “treats” is limited, but you won’t run out of things to look at in the ISP Museum!

Join our panel of educators from area public and independent Montessori programs as we explore the depths of Montessori, including the nuances of being a Montessori parent and what it looks like to walk a less traditional educational path with your child in the day-to-day. We’ll explore the shift away from traditional educational rubrics and environments in favor of fostering an inclusive vision of achievement and what parents can look for to gauge and affirm academic success.

#indyMontessori is honored to additionally be participating in a unique opportunity provided by United Montessori Schools of Indiana (UMSI), to host a partial screening of the new documentary film, Inside Montessori—making Indianapolis just one of many screening locations UMSI has set up to tour the new film and share the benefits of Montessori education. We will use clips of the film as a jumping off point into our conversations.

The audience will also have the opportunity to submit questions to our panelists during the evening.

We hope you’ll join us on the Newfields (IMA) campus in the DeBoest Lecture Hall. Light refreshments, including beer and wine, will be provided.

Join us at Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis on Saturday, November 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for “Super Universal Shape Shifters,” a come-and-go, family-friendly community event that will stoke positive energy in the universe! This event is a part of the Spirit & Place Festival, which celebrates the powerful role the arts, humanities, and religion plan in community life.

Shapes describe an important part of what we are – and connected elements evolving from and revolving around a unifying center. This free-flowing event invites participants to dance, create art, listen to poetry, and celebrate their special place in the universe!

Parking on campus is free. Enter doors 1 or 2 to building off of 26th & Illinois Streets or off of 26th St. and Capitol Ave. Taking the bus? The event is also located on IndyGo routes 28 and 39. If taking the IndyGo Red Line, take to the Fall Creek/Meridian Street station.

Saturday, November 2, 2019
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Ivy Tech Community College
IFC Illinois Fall Creek Center
2535 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208

Free to the public, walk-ins welcomed by RSVPs strongly encouraged

Details and RSVP at IvyTech.edu/SpiritAndPlace

INDIANAPOLIS – The 9th annual Million Meal Marathon, the signature event of the Indianapolis hunger relief organization Million Meal Movement, will bring together more than 3,000 community members with the goal of packing 1 million nutritious meals for Indiana’s hungry in a single day. This year’s marathon will feature a milestone for the organization when volunteers will pack its 30 Millionth meal!

The Million Meal Marathon, presented by Strada Education Network and the Indianapolis Colts, will take place 9 a.m. – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 12, at Lucas Oil Stadium. The marathon is extra special this year for the Indianapolis Colts, as they are also in the midst of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the National Football League (NFL).

The Million Meal Marathon includes volunteers from corporate sponsor organizations, local civic groups, churches, Indianapolis-area schools and families. Volunteers work in four two-hour shifts, alongside Indianapolis veteran Colts players and cheerleaders, to hand-package nutritious meals for hungry Hoosiers. Meal packs include 21 essential vitamins and minerals, a blend of six dehydrated vegetables, enriched soy with 52 percent protein and 10 vitamins, plus white, high-quality rice, and can be prepared by just adding boiling water. During the Million Meal Marathon, volunteers will add the dry ingredients to plastic bags, weigh, seal and box them in teams of 10-12.

One hundred percent of this year’s meals packed will be distributed to food banks in Indiana to feed the one in five Hoosier children who are food insecure and their families. Midwest Food Bank and Gleaners will pick-up the packaged meals throughout the day to deliver to their Indianapolis warehouses, where they will then be distributed to food pantries across the state.

The day wouldn’t be possible without the help of volunteers and sponsors. For more information about sponsoring a packing table and/or enrolling a group to volunteer, visit www.MillionMealMovement.org.

Additional sponsors include 3M, Charles Schwab, Stanley, Corteva and Honda.

In 2018, Million Meal Movement packed 1.8 million meals. More than 9,000 volunteers of all ages helped pack meals that gave 460,000 families of four a delicious, nutritious meal. Eighty companies and five universities worked with the organization to serve the communities in which they live, work and study. So far in 2019, the organization has packed more than 900,000 meals that have fed nearly a quarter million Hoosier families of four.

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About Million Meal Movement
Million Meal Movement is a humanitarian food aid organization that feeds the hungry at home while teaching our children and communities the power of volunteerism. Launched in 2007, the organization has provided more than 29 million lifesaving, highly nutritious meals to hungry families in Indiana and around the world, all packaged by volunteers. In Indiana alone, 1 million people don’t know where they’ll get their next meal. We pack more than meals. We pack hope. For more information about the Million Meal Movement, visit www.millionmealmovement.org.

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Angela Tuell, 410-430-9518, [email protected]

This is a FREE quarterly gathering of high caliber, nature inspired and local, handmade goods here in Central Indiana! We know you want to support your family with more eco-friendly, conscious, and healthy products- Naturally Rooted makes this easier. Support our local health-minded small businesses and take home high quality products for you and yours. With Christmas around the corner you can delight in picking up unique gifts that others will surely love.
Free demos, workshops, and giveaways will be offered!

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Dawn of the Moon
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Lionhearted Herbals
Herbal Kindness