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Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana

Goodwill Industries of Indianapolis began as a result of the . Upon the urging of local church leaders, Rev. Albert… Read More »Goodwill Industries of Central & Southern Indiana

John Newell Hurty

(Feb. 21, 1852-Mar. 27, 1925). Pharmacist, medical educator, public health advocate, and state legislator, John Newell Hurty was born in… Read More »John Newell Hurty

Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

In 1844, , a delegate from Indianapolis attended the Presbyterian General Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, where he visited the Kentucky… Read More »Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Indiana School for the Deaf

In 1843, the Indiana General Assembly enacted a property tax to finance the education and housing of the state’s deaf… Read More »Indiana School for the Deaf

Larue Carter Hospital

LaRue D. Carter Hospital was a psychiatric facility that opened in 1952. It was named for Dr. , who was… Read More »Larue Carter Hospital

Henry Jackson Lewis

(ca. 1830s-Apr. 10, 1891). Henry Jackson Lewis was born enslaved near Water Valley, Mississippi in the late 1830s, although some… Read More »Henry Jackson Lewis

Oscar Carleton McCulloch

(July 2, 1843-Dec. 10, 1891). Social gospel minister, civic leader, and social worker Oscar McCulloch was born in Fremont, Ohio,… Read More »Oscar Carleton McCulloch

Neuronhurst  

In 1888 Dr. William Fletcher, son of Indianapolis pioneer opened W. B. Fletcher’s Sanitorium (later renamed Neuronhurst), the first private… Read More »Neuronhurst  

Noble Inc.

Noble Centers were founded in 1953 by parents of children with developmental disabilities. More than 100 parents met at the… Read More »Noble Inc.

Rock Steady Boxing

Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) is a non-contact boxing exercise program designed for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s is a… Read More »Rock Steady Boxing