A note from Allison Melangton. Dear friend, Merry Christmas Eve! What's your favorite Indianapolis Christmas tradition? I love the lights. Our city has the most beautiful displays, like those at Circle of Lights, Winter Lights at Newfields, Christmas at the Zoo--and of course, Lights at the Brickyard! I...
A note from Allison Melangton. Dear friend, We've broken ground! On Wednesday, November 13, we came together with friends and supporters to turn the dirt and ceremonially kick off expansion. The temperature outside our heated tent was freezing, bringing to mind all the women and children who desperately...
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to...
Happy Thanksgiving, my friends! Growing up, my mom would cut a slit in an old brown packing box, wrap it in some kind of Thanksgiving themed paper, and label it the “Blessing Box”. Throughout the month of November, it was our job to write what we...
A historical day! On Wednesday, November 13, we gathered with friends and supporters to ceremonially kick off expansion. As we crowded together beneath a heated tent—the temperature outside barely above 20 degrees—I was moved. The freezing cold outside was a poignant reminder of all the women...
A note from Allison Melangton. Dear friend, Thank you for your faithfulness in supporting Wheeler Mission as we work to make room for more women and children experiencing homelessness. Thanks to you, we’ve made incredible progress. We’re well over three-fourths of the way to our goal, and the...
This piece is guest by Charlene Moutray, former guest at Wheeler's Center for Women & Children, and current Team Lead Processor at the Wheeler Mission Distribution Center. Isaiah 43:2 says...
This piece was guest authored by Lynn Ondrovic, a High Impact volunteer at Wheeler Mission's Center for Women & Children. We all have the same struggles. A team of Dynamic Women in Missions from One Mission Society facilitated classes at training centers in Kenya and Uganda. This...
Laynee's Boutique is one of several partners of Restored Creations, the candle-making social enterprise at the Center for Women & Children. We had the privilege of talking with Laynee's owner, Jamie Bullard, about why she decided to support Restored Creations and sell our candles in...
The LORD is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works. (Psalm 145:13b) Between growing up in Indianapolis and attending an urban Presbyterian church during my formative years, I don’t remember a time I didn’t know about poverty and homelessness. Perhaps due to...
