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“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!
Click here to register.
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