This past month we were excited to have one of our Youth Farm Leaders, Naomi Davis, host her Beautification Capstone Project by partnering with the Felege Hiywot Center and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Naomi Davis has been an active youth with us since she was in...
Today FHC presented a workshop at Neighbor Power Indy 2019. What is Neighbor Power Indy? "Convened by INRC, in partnership with the City of Indianapolis, Neighbor Power Indy brings together hundreds of neighborhood residents, community leaders, business owners, nonprofits, corporate partners, government staff and elected officials...
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/fhcindy/videos/1580384202063809/[/embed] Every year The Felege Hiywot Center has a Thanksgiving dinner where we invite the community to sit down and break bread together. This year the students kicked the party off by sharing what they are thankful for. While the students were working Terrence and the Chef...
So what is The Super Service Challenge? Founded in 2011, the Super Service Challenge is a nationwide movement to transform organizations through service. Driven by the idea people and teams grow stronger when they join together to serve, the Challenge encourages volunteerism, sharing stories of service...
Have you ever heard of PreEnact? Here is a little bit about it from the PreEnact team themselves: "PreEnactment theater envisions a neighborhood that OUGHT to be—just, equitable, and economically vibrant. Our stage is an entire three blocks of 16th Street. From the Monon to Andrew J....
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/fhcindy/videos/2133216560227155/[/embed] Did you know that Indy Parks food programs provide hundreds of thousands of meals each year to youth in Marion County and more than one million meals during the SummerServings meal program? Well there is a new initiative called Farm to Fork that will provide...
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/fhcindy/videos/2071993883016090/[/embed] For the past several months we've been working hard on the Eli Lilly Arts and Culture Grant with several wonderful partners. Together we have developed a wonderful sense of excitement and vision towards building a better local community together. After the submission was in we...
Today the Felege Hiywot Center Youth had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 2018 Indianapolis Youth Empowerment Summit put on by Teach for America Indianapolis hosted at Indianapolis University Purdue University Indianapolis. The purpose of the summit is to help students become leaders of tomorrow within their personal...
Today the Felege Hiywot Youth and Farm leaders visited the Indy Urban Acres to learn more about quality in farming. "Indy Urban Acres, a project of the Indianapolis Parks Foundation, is a collection of four organic farms used to empower and educate people by providing equitable...
Arts and culture have been a significant part of our story here at Felege Hiywot Center since the beginning. We've found that incorporating the arts into our work has been a great benefit to the growth and development of our children, our community and ourselves...