Work brought me to the city over 20 years ago. Indy is a great place to live, I just love it. There are so many different activities in town.
—Jaree, participant of Indy Ultimate
Our society—ideally—will not only continue to recognize, but also value the importance of creative outlets for kids.
—Charlie, board secretary for Arts for Learning
We spend quite a bit of time trying to help our mentors understand where mentees are coming from. We interview them and gauge their interests so that we can pair them up with people that have common interests and life experiences.
—Manon, mentor match coordinator for homeless prevention at Trusted Mentors
What’s better than a 95-year-old lady being next to you saying ‘you can do it’? If she can do it, I can do it. And watching her smile, makes me smile!
—Lisa, member at PrimeLife Enrichment
There’s a lot of kids out here that are lost. They have nowhere to go. They have nobody. For me to have just one parent in my life, I’m blessed for that. Those kids that don’t have any, they have nobody, they start to do drugs and turn to crimes, and start to become a statistic. It’s better for you to come here, so Stopover can guide you to the right path.
—Malik, youth from Stopover’s Safe Place program
I started to get into theatre in high school. I began doing makeup but eventually got into the stage crew. It was a bunch of men building the sets. I thought to myself, “I think I can do that.” I wanted to prove the stereotype wrong. I would say that the IRT is a female oriented theatre. It’s one of those things that you don’t see a lot of on this scale.
—Christina, property carpenter at Indiana Repertory Theatre