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| Join Hands Day 2006 |
On May 6, 2006, fraternalists and nonfraternalists alike came together for JOIN HANDS DAY—and made a difference in their communities through helpful projects that connected youths and adults. Every year, JOIN HANDS DAY gives fraternal benefit societies and volunteer organizations the opportunity to reach out to people they don’t know, to connect generations and develop new relationships.For more details on Join Hands Day projects in our region, click on the "Join Hands Day" link below. |
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City-Wide Blood Drive Results |
Thanks to all the people who helped make this year's City-Wide Blood Drive such a success. On April 29, 2006, we had a total of 205 people donate blood, with 23 of them being new donors! Out of six host church locations and seven Indiana Blood Center walk-in locations, St. John's Lutheran Church had the most donors with a total of 31. In appreciation of our donors, the local Indianapolis chapters of Thrivent Financial gave away $500 in gift certificates with our prize drawings. Also as an added bonus, the greater Indianapolis financial representatives will make a dollar per donor donation of $205 to Lutheran Child & Family Services. Donors, remember your cholesterol level and blood type are available for 60 days after the event by calling the Indiana Blood Center at (317) 927-1734. | | |
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Celebrating Our Regional Volunteer Excellence Award Winners |
To celebrate National Volunteer Week from April 23-29,2006, Thrivent Financial's Volunteer Excellence Award program recognizes members, financial representatives and employees of the organization who, through example and accomplishment during the past year, provided outstanding volunteer service that made a significant impact in his or her Thrivent chapter and community.For more details on Indiana Region's Volunteer Excellence Award Winners, click on the "Hats off to Volunteers" link below. | | |
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Rookie Roundup II - Spring 2006 |
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On Friday, April 21, 2006, Thrivent financial representatives with three years experience or less came together for a day of learning, team building and service at Lutheran Disability Ministries, Anderson, IN. The "rookies," along with the Indiana Region fraternal and management team, removed flooring and floor joists, pulled nails and stacked salvageable lumber at the camp.
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Lutheran Night at the Wizards
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| Lutheran Night at the Fort Wayne Wizards was on June 23, 2006. 1,000 fans got free blue baseball hats, and everyone enjoyed free popcorn, softee balls and much more! Over $1,100 was donated to Lutheran Social Services! | | See photos from the game |
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| | Lutheran Layman's League booth at the State Fair | | | Lutheran Layman's League volunteers manned a booth at the 150th Annual Indiana State Fair in August 2006. Thrivent Financial put $600 from the Special Support Program toward their booth in the Exposition Center where volunteers shared the ministry of the Lutheran Hour Ministries.Individuals in the photo (L-R) are Perry Moeller and Walther Schulenburg from Emanuel Lutheran Church in Tipton. Photo was taken by Dolly Vandrey on August 11th. | 
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WAJI Riley Radiothon: Sept. 13-15, 2006 |
WAJI and the Riley Children’s Foundation presented an opportunity for Thrivent members to become engaged in this year’s WAJI Radiothon by providing volunteers for the phone bank. Every pledge that was made during the radiothon supported patient care and pediatric medical research at Riley Hospital for Children. The phone bank was set up in the Atrium at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. All of the shifts were for 3 hours, starting at 6:00am Wednesday through 6:00pm Friday. Please contact Cassie Yowell directly at 317-634-4474 or cyowell@rileykids.org if you would like more information on how the event went! | |
| Indianapolis Air Show Benefits Riley Hospital for Children |
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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans once again supported this year's Indianapolis Air Show by recruiting 800 volunteers and providing over $100,000 to benefit Riley Hospital for Children. This year's show on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday, August 27 featured the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the Red Eagles Duo, Warbirds and much more! A big THANK YOU to the 800 volunteers who helped at the 2006 Indianapolis Air Show! We truly appreciate the commitment that each of you make to this event and we welcome your feedback. We encourage you to read an article published in the Carroll County Comet about a Ralph Byers, a special Air Show volunteer. Also, please take a minute to fill out the Indianapolis Air Show Volunteer Survey so that we can improve the volunteer experience even more in the future. |
We hope you enjoyed one of the nation's premier Air Shows. Beyond that, we hope you also realize that your presence at the air show had a real purpose. You made a difference for a child in need.Click here to view a Photo Album on Kodak Gallery from the 2006 Air Show. You do NOT need to sign in...just click on "View Slideshow" and then start the slide show by pressing "Play." Thanks to Dan Throckmorton, the professional photographer who volunteered to photograph the weekend's events for us! For more information, please go to 2006 Indianapolis Air Show.
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Thrivent Financial Reps Volunteered at Lutheran Hills |
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Friday, October 13th, over 20 Thrivent employees from the Indiana region placed landscaping fabric and large stones along the lake at Lutheran Hills, an ELCA outdoor ministry program outside of Nashville, Indiana.
Called "Rookie Roundup III," this day of service provided a great day of learning, teamwork and relationship building with peers. Thank you to all who participated! To see more photos, please click on the title above, "Thrivent Financial Reps Volunteered at Lutheran Hills.
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| | Outstanding Results from We Care! FR Volunteer Days |
| The Indiana Region Thrivent Financial Representatives have wrapped up the 2006 We Care! FR Volunteer Day projects and the final checks have been written. 47 Financial Representatives helped organize 44 different projects benefiting Lutheran education. More than 1,300 volunteers participated and over 12,000 volunteer hours were reported. Thanks again for making this program a success! Pictured to the left is the FR We Care! Volunteer Day Playground project that Art Schroeder, Lee McAllister and Ben Bartelt initiated at Ascension Lutheran School in Fort Wayne, IN. If you have any photos to share, please send them to dale.oelker@thrivent.com and we'll add them to this site! |
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