“IT WAS HUMILIATING”

More Than a Second Chance

Sometimes you have to give someone a second chance.

Sometimes more.

Cathy began visiting bars when she was a teenager. Alcohol soon became a way of life. So did arrests for public intoxication, DUI and worse. She was in and out of jail and halfway houses, wearing an ankle bracelet monitor and even under house arrest.

She drifted. She tried rehab programs then got bounced out. She would get a job and an apartment, and then spend her paycheck on alcohol and get evicted for non-payment of rent.

“It is horrible being homeless,” Cathy remembers.

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$2.25 feeds one hungry person

It costs just $2.25 to provide one hot, home-cooked meal.

This Thanksgiving season Wheeler Mission will:

• Serve more than 62,500 meals to hungry men, women and children.
• Provide over 25,000 nights of safe shelter for homeless people.

Many of these folks have nowhere else to turn. They’re depending on us, and we’re depending on you! Click here for more.

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Drumstick Dash

9AM Thanksgiving Morning, Nov. 25

The 8th Annual Cardinal Fitness Drumstick Dash is coming!

This has become our biggest event of the year and is rapidly growing. Last year, we hosted more than 9,000 runners and walkers from 32 states.

The Cardinal Fitness Drumstick Dash, a fun-filled run/walk on Thanksgiving morning through the streets of Broad Ripple Village, benefits those we serve at Wheeler Mission. Your entry will help feed the homeless and needy in Indianapolis.

Don’t delay. We’re expecting record numbers again this year!