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Put on your boots and stomp out abuse

Put on your boots and stomp out abuse

The second annual Ark Crisis Boot Extravaganza is tonight from 5:30-8:00 at Vectren Downtown Headquarters in Evansville.

The theme is 'stomp out child abuse' and all the proceeds raised will go to the Ark Crisis Child Care Center.

The center is the only licensed crisis care cetner is Southern Indiana. Child care is provided free of charge to any family in need.

Fund set up for local EPD detective fighting leukemia

Fund set up for local EPD detective fighting leukemia

Nathan Schroer, Evansville Police Detective, is fighting leukemia for the second time.  He is also interim pastor at North Woods church, a loving husband and father of three.

Nathan has been with the EPD since 2002. He has been assigned to Motor Patrol, the Crime Prevention Unit, and the Narcotics Unit. His current assignment is at Holly’s House, where he investigates domestic violence and sex related offenses.

His family will be facing a large financial burden to treat leukemia and he will be traveling to Texas next week.

SWIRCA Angel Tree needs Christmas angels

SWIRCA Angel Tree needs Christmas angels

With only a week left to choose a wish, the Angel Tree at SWIRCA & More is greatly in need of area “Angels” to select the remaining needs. There are still over 50 clients that have not been selected and may not get their wishes granted this holiday.

Each year, the SWIRCA & More Angel Tree is hung with ornaments listing the wishes and needs of 200 to 250 Case Management clients we service. Many of the individuals SWIRCA & More provides services to do not always have the means to purchase gifts or other necessities during the holiday season. For this reason, each year the SWIRCA & More Angel Tree gives others within the community a chance to “Be An Angel” to the clients and help them meet a basic need during the holidays.

Service roads near Lloyd Expressway targeted for clean-up

Service roads near Lloyd Expressway targeted for clean-up

Clean Evansville volunteers will target areas around one of the city’s busiest traffic interchanges during the monthly litter pick-up on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 to 11 a.m. The “Clean Teams” will gather at locations near the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. 41 to collect litter along service roads and through some neighborhoods south and west of the interchange.

Fundraiser at FOP for girl with leukemia

Fundraiser at FOP for girl with leukemia

There will be a dinner fundraiser for Emily Marie Jones, a ten-year-old girl suffering from ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia).  Dine in or carry out dinners at the FOP, 801 Court St., Evansville on December 9 from noon until 4:00 p.m.

Choice of 3 dinners available for adults at $8 a plate (children $6).

There will be a half pot and raffle items.

Drumstick Dash set for Saturday morning

Drumstick Dash set for Saturday morning

The Evansville Rescue Mission’s first ever Drumstick Dash will kick off Saturday, November 17, at 9 a.m. It will consist of either an 8K mile run/walk or a short course of just 1 mile

The race will start and finish at its new facility which is what used to be the former Veterans Clinic, located at 500 East Walnut Street in Evansville.  Here, the Rescue Mission will be able to complete its homeless service programs and administrative operations all under one roof allowing the Mission to be that much more efficient and cost effective.

Thousands of pounds of potatoes put to good use

Thousands of pounds of potatoes put to good use

Volunteers from Old North United Methodist Church and Central United Methodist Church distributed nearly 40,000 pounds of potatoes to local food agencies over the weekend.

The third annual ‘Potato Drop’ puts unmarketable potatoes to good use.

The truck arrived in Evansville early Saturday morning from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, full of potatoes that aren’t the right size or have slight blemishes and can’t be used commercially.

They were donated by a farmer in Wisconsin to the Society of St. Andrew.