CICOA The Access Network
The area agency on aging for central
Indiana
Project: And Thou Shalt Honor
Success Story: CICOA's connection
with WFYI's Learning Services created
a wonderful opportunity to promote
the organization's new area of client
services, Elder Solutions.
Our service was promoted during the
airing of a special program about
family caregivers called And Thou
Shalt Honor. Elder Solutions helps
family caregivers of older adults
and grandparents raising young grandchildren
in the central Indiana area with information,
assistance, respite care and other
services. Visit
the CICOA Web site for more information.
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Indiana 2016
Project: Communities Building
Community
Success Story: Making connections
is something Indiana First Lady
Judy O'Bannon gets the chance
to do everyday, as she travels the
state in support of community building
efforts from our smallest towns to
our largest cities. And, through our
connection with WFYI, Hoosiers will
get the chance to make these connections
each week when they tune into Communities
Building Community, a new series
devoted to telling the stories of
the creativity, determination, vision,
and hope Hoosiers have when they build
community.
The Indiana 2016 Task Force,
which Judy O'Bannon chairs, seeks
to highlight those connections made
between Hoosiers and the places where
they live and work that are strengthening
our state and they ways that we function
together as a community. Whether it’s
running a health clinic, planting
a tree, saving an old building, or
using art to express a community’s
identity, Indiana 2016 wants to encourage
communities to continue to find ways
to strengthen and grow in preparation
of our state’s bicentennial.
Thank you, WFYI, for inspiring us
to be more connected to the people
and world around us and for showing
us the ways to make those connections
possible! View
the Web site 
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Presents of Mind Resource Show
Project: The Presents
of Mind Resource Show
Success Story: The Presents
of Mind Resource Show is an annual
festival of learning with a variety
of performances and learning centers
that are free to adults and children
of all ages on the first Thursday
of the month at The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis. The
Indiana Association for the Gifted
has sponsored Presents of Mind Resource
Show for the past 21 years. For the
past 13 years, WFYI has participated
with highly engaging and informative
activities, videos, door prizes, and
publicity. WFYI and Presents of Mind
Resource Show share the same goal
to connect with our community. We
both provide programming that is educational,
exciting, entertaining and free! Visit
the
Indiana Association for the Gifted
to learn more about the Presents of
Mind Resource Show.
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Youth as Resources of Central
Indiana
Projects: Zoom and Be More
Connected
Success Story: Because of
the grant we received from WFYI, youth
volunteers from Lilly Boys and Girls
Club have provided weekly suppers
and activities for the Fountain Square
community. View
the Web site
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Spirit & Place Festival /
The Polis Center at IUPUI
Projects: This Far By Faith,
Faith & Community, For Gold and
Glory, Long Journey Home, Spirit &
Place
Success Story: We so appreciated
WFYI's multifaceted partnership in
the 2002 Spirit & Place Festival.
The Learning Services team collaborated
with other community organizations
to host three great events--about
healing from violence, African-American
spirituality, and Native American
history. Learning Services excels
at taking rich content and "putting
into play" in the community,
with all the right collaborators.
Here's to future partnerships. View
the Web site
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Volunteers of America
Success Story: Volunteers
of America and Clifford the Big Red
Dog are barkingly proud to be a local
community partner with WFYI Learning
Services. View
the Web site
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central
Indiana
Projects: Spirit & Place
Festival, Mentor Mothers
Success Story: Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Central Indiana has
partnered with WFYI, through
our Mentor Mothers program
for four years. Both organizations
understand reading to children at
early ages encourages literacy development
that lasts a lifetime. As part of
the WFYI sponsored citywide Spirit
& Place event, BBBSCI hosted
a screening of the film "Legacy."
The film underscores the importance
of mentoring in the life of a young
person. Working together with WFYI
and MCCOY (Marion County Commission
on Youth), we hosted Nickole
Collins Pierre. She underscored
the importance of mentoring practices,
by sharing her story of how her family,
portrayed in "Legacy," succeeded
despite major struggles in their lives.
Being part of this two-week long Spirit
& Place program gave us the opportunity
to expand our alliances even further.
Learn
more about BBBSCI at their Web site
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Indiana Hospice & Palliative
Care Organization
Project: And Thou Shalt Honor
Success Story: Indiana Hospice
& Palliative Care Organization
has had the privilege and opportunity
to work with WFYI Learning Services
during two past projects. The first
project was the Moyers Series during
which IHPCO helped by providing volunteers
to staff the phone bank and planning
and promotional support to WFYI.
We were also grateful to work with
WFYI
on the recent "And Thou Shalt
Honor" program. IHPCO again
provided volunteers to staff the
phone
bank and also provided the toll-free
Caregiver Helpline as a resource
for
the audience to call in and request
information or support services.
Through our partnerships with WFYI
we are thankful to have been exposed
to a greater audience than we could
ever accomplish on our own. We have
also formed strong working relationships
with other organizations that service
elderly and terminally ill Hoosiers.
They have allowed us to Be More
Connected with not only the community,
but Indianapolis area organizations
as well. Thank you WFYI for your support
and dedication to the Indianapolis
community! View
the Web site
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Indiana Historical Society
Projects: Share-A-Legacy:
Family History Day; Freedom: A History
of US exhibition and GE Family Day
Success Story: The Indiana Historical
Society Education Department thinks
WFYI Rocks! IHS is very pleased
to have an ongoing relationship with
WFYI and especially, WFYI's Learning
Services. Over the past 2 years, IHS
and WFYI education staff have collaborated
on an eclectic array of offerings,
including Share-A-Legacy: Family
History Day; Freedom: A History
of US exhibition and GE Family
Day; and development of curriculum
materials. Both groups are passionate
about lifelong learning and share
creativity, energy and a willingness
to try new things. Our collaborations
have allowed us to enhance offerings
for the audiences we share and to
expand audiences that individually
we may not have served otherwise.
With the recent addition of two notable
Abraham Lincoln collections, we will
have even more unique opportunities
to collaborate. View
the Web site
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YMCA of Greater Indianapolis
Project: Indianapolis on the
Move-Kids In Motion Initiative
Success Story: The YMCA
of Greater Indianapolis appreciated
working with WFYI and other community
organizations on a recent grant opportunity
for the Indianapolis on the Move-Kids
In Motion Initiative. The Learning
Services team was a strong force behind
the collaboration. WFYI brought a
vast knowledge of the community and
outstanding professionalism to the
group. We look forward to working
with WFYI on future community projects.
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Indianapolis
Public Schools
Project: First Books
Success Story: WFYI donated
nearly 70 high quality children's
books to Lew Wallace #107 Elementary
to form the Take Home Library
for the students in Mrs. Wilson-Woods'
kindergarten. This type of home participation
in literacy has been cited frequently
in the literature as a critical factor
in the development of reading skills
in young children (Krashen, 1989).
View
the Web site
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Indianapolis-Marion County Public
Library
Projects: PEP/Big Bird Bookclub,
Teen Book Commercials, Join Arthur's
Crowd! Read Aloud - November Read
Aloud Program
Success Story: Indianapolis-Marion
County Public Library has
worked with WFYI for many years
building
bridges and making connections to
promote that reading is cool. Through
PEP/Big Bird Bookclub, Teen
Book Commercials,
Join Arthur's Crowd! Read Aloud -
November Read Aloud Program we
have reached out to all sorts
of "audiences"
and services area in Marion County.
PEP worked with daycare leaders
to
provide support, techniques, and
rewards for incorporating reading
aloud to
kids in their care. Teen Book commercials
targeted the "tweens and teens"
to promote their favorite book through
a commercial and winners were aired
on WFYI. And Arthur's crowd involved
families - 20,000+ individuals to
read aloud together for 4 hours -
anything they wanted. We roared
to
success with a live Between the Lions
promotion at the Central Library
where
kids were enthralled to meet one
of the puppeteers and his puppet.
And now we go boldly forth making
connections with others through
our
Share-A-Legacy ties to promote strong
families and neighborhood to create
a stronger community that loves reading
and being connected. View
the IMCPL Web site
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Martin Luther King Multi Service
Center
Project: Helping Our Parents
Educate (HOPE)
Success: The Martin Luther King Multi
Service Center, along with WFYI Learning
Services, have connected minds and
families together. Through the Helping
Our Parents Educate (HOPE) Program,
we are Living the Legacy of the late
Dr. Martin Luther King to give children
the links, rainbows and dreams that
may otherwise be unreachable.
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Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource
Center
Project: Family Circles
Success Story: WFYI helps
INRC Be More Connected by showcasing
the success of Family Circles.
Family Circles are an offshoot of
a strategy the Study Circles Research
Center has developed to help diverse
collections of community stakeholders
across the country conduct in-depth,
democratic analyses of social issues.
Family Circles are groups of eight
to ten residents who look at circumstances
and conditions that combine and conspire
to isolate families and neighborhoods.
WFYI has recorded our Family Circle
Celebrations. These events show how
ordinary people can accomplish extraordinary
tasks by working with their families
and neighbors to affect positive change
in their communities. View
the Web site
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Meridian Street United Methodist
Church
Project: Local ZOOM Feature
Success Story: The weekend
after our nation was attacked on
September
11, 2001, Meg Lassiat was leading
a Confirmation Retreat with 6th
graders
from our church, Meridian Street
United Methodist Church. One of
the students,
Austin, had an idea to reach out
to children whose parents "weren't
going to come home after the attack".
He suggested that our church collect
teddy bears that would be sent to
New York City. His dream was that
the bears would be given to children
as one way to comfort them as they
dealt with the loss of one of their
parents.
He spoke with our Confirmation Class
about the project and made an announcement
at church. Soon after our church started
collecting bears. A couple of the
other Confirmation students shared
the idea with their schools as well.
Pretty soon, our church had collected
about 1,000 teddy bears to be shared
with children in New York.
WFYI helped us by telling the story
on a ZOOM program. Three of
our Confirmation students were filmed
and interviewed about their participation
in the project and how they were a
part of it. The class was able to
carry out a great idea, share the
message with others, and see how many,
many people can be affected by one
great idea and the generosity of others.
Thanks! View
the Web site
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Child Care Answers / A Program
of Day Nursery
Project: Training, mentoring
and resources for child care providers
Success Story: Child Care
Answer’s training and mentoring
program has been greatly enhanced
by our connection to the WFYI Learning
Services. Through our training
and
mentoring program over 1300 early
care and education providers have
been impacted. This relationship
has been a powerful tool inspiring
our
mentoring and training staff to share
with providers how using WFYI’s
programming and products can be
both
educational and developmentally appropriate
for children of all ages.
Thank you for the opportunity to
be connected! View
the Child Care Answers Web site
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Girls Inc. of Indianapolis
Success Story: WFYI
has allowed Girls Incorporated of
Indianapolis
to connect with local community organizations
at the Children's Museum. They have
encouraged us to "Be More" Strong,
Smart and Bold! View
the Web site
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Indiana Extension Homemakers Association
Project: First
Books Reading Program
Success Story: The
Indiana Extension Homemakers have
benefited
so much from their relationship
with WFYI and the children’s
books donated through the Ready
To Learn program. The IEHA Volunteers
have read and distributed books
to students at
HeadStart sites throughout the WFYI
area. The volunteers visit the HeadStart
facility once a month at a designated
time. The volunteers read a book
and do an activity with the children
to go along with the book read. Through
our partnership with WFYI Ready To
Learn, each child is able to receive
a copy of the book read so they may
begin to build a library at home. The
students and the volunteers both
benefit from the time they spend
together each month. Thank you to WFYI
Ready To Learn for helping the IEHA
First Book project
benefit so many children.
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TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS |
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WFYI Vice President FYI Productions
Clayton Taylor and Learning
Services Special Project Assistant
Tasha Gibson drew the Central
Indiana Council on Aging and
the
Indianapolis Neighborhood Resource
Center to receive complimentary
PSAs from WFYI. They were chosen
from
the organizations which submitted
photos to our Be More Connected
page. We hope you visit the Web sites
of these community partners to learn
more about their outcomes and services
in the community.
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WFYI
public broadcasting is more than what you see
and
hear! Our role in Learning Services is to Be
More Connected - to activate public response
to broadcast themes that are pertinent in our
community.
