280 past events with the non-profit organizations tag

Urban Gardening Initiative is  having the first meeting of the growing season this coming Sunday, March 18th at 2pm at the Delaware Building, where Muncie Delaware Clean and Beautiful's office is located, on the corner of Jackson and Mulberry St. All are welcome to attend!

Cornerstone Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the 26th Annual A Taste of Muncie, on Sunday, April 15th, 2012 from 4-6pm.

A Taste of Muncie is sponsored by Indiana Michigan Power and WLBC, FoxSports, MAX, WERK Radios, and will feature food from several area restaurants including Vera Mae's Bistro, Delaware Country Club, Ivy Tech Community College Culinary Department, Cardinal Cupcakes & Coneys, White River Valley Pizza Hut, Mr. Mouse, Sister, Sister Catering, Del's Custom Catering, Chef Boy's Sandwhich Factory, Scotty's Brewhouse, Carino's Italian, and more to come!

Advance tickets are $20.00, $18.00 for groups of ten or more, and $15.00 for students with ID. Tickets purchased the day of the event will be $25.00 for adults and $15.00 for students with ID.

A full listing of participating vendors, as well as ticket sales, is available online at www.cornerstonearts.org. Tickets can be purchased in the building Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

Interested in volunteering with A Taste of Muncie? Contact Carly Acree at cacree@cornerstonearts.org.

Cardinal Communications of Ball State University is hosting a 5k for a nonprofit organization, Saving Orphans Through Healthcare and Outreach. Register at the Student Center starting at 8 a.m. and run at 9! Learn more at www.savingorphans.com.

Guiden Light is a non-profit organization in Muncie that provides free classes for adults and children such as boxing, physical conditioning, and nutrition and health.   This is their first fundraiser since getting their non-profit status earlier this year!

All  Ages event:   $5 cover for 16+

Free face painting and crafts for kids!

Michael Martin Band 6-7

Steve Hopkins (from When, Not If) 7-8

Come out and help provide services to keep out local youth out of trouble :)  yay community!

Check out the Fbook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/221572774626462/

Join us for the 6th Annual White River Cleanup this year at Westside Park in Muncie on Saturday, September 8th. 

The White River Cleanup has been responsible for removing over 65,000 pounds of trash and 400+ tires from our beautiful river. It has drawn well over 1500 volunteers over the years, with last year bringing over 325 volunteers to Westside Park. 

This year we have more work to do and need your help! All volunteers receive a free t-shirt and lunch for participating. Please help us spread the word and encourage your group, church, school, club, family and friends to attend.

See you there!

Join us at the 2012 east central Indiana Heart Walk on September 8th at Worthen Arena. Activities kick off at 8:30 A.M. and will include entertainment, booths, a kids zone, plus one and three mile walks.

You’ll be helping the American Heart Association in its fight against heart disease and stroke - the number one and number four killers of both men and women. 

For more info, visit http://MuncieHeartWalk.org or call 317-732-4705.  WERK (or WLBC) is proud to join Subway Restaurants, Jenny Craig, and Bartlett Leather Interiors in sponsoring the walk.

The Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Cornerstone Center for the Arts present Jennie DeVoe in a live benefit concert! Jennie’s heartfelt lyrics and enchanted voice paired with MSO’s finest musicians make it a spectacular event that is worth a trip from near and far to witness greatness. Concert will be preceded by the reception at 6:45pm.

Concert proceeds benefit Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Cornerstone Center for the Arts.

Purchase online here.

Call MSO office at 285-5531 to claim a group discount.

For more information about this event visit MSO website at www.munciesymphony.org

Music on the Move! is a free program available through a partnership between Muncie Symphony Orchestra and the Ball State University School of Music. Elementary students experience a small chamber ensemble (string quartet) in a casual, personal, interactive musical conversation. String ensemble's program theme Music is a Language is mainly meant for elementary age students and lasts approximately 25 minutes.  More info here. 

In the fall of 2012 the program has been visiting elementary schools, Muncie Children's Museum and will be visiting Maring-Hunt Public Library on November 17th with performance at 2pm and repeated performance at 3pm.

Strings Quartet Instrumentation: Violin (2), viola (1), cello (1)

Best suited for audiences in grades k-6, but is enjoyable by all.

Instrument petting zoo will be available immediately after performances. 

Music on the Move is sponsored by Vectren Foundation and Mutual Bank Charitable Foundation.

For more information or for the program content please visit MSO website www.munciesymphony.org

An evening at Macy's with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra quartet!

November 25, 7-9pm

Plan your holiday shopping for next Sunday, November 25, 7-9pm and buy your shop for a cause pass now! $5

 The pass is good for November 25 all day and includes 25% off on regular, sale and clearance-priced items at Macy's, complimentary gift wrap, refreshments from 7-9pm, Holiday music by MSO string quartet from 7-9pm and entry into a drawing to win a $200 value diamond and pearl ring.

All that for $5.

Passes are available at MSO office 285-5531, or at Muncie Macy's cash registers. Pass proceeds benefit MSO and you get your holiday shopping done early!

An Evening at Macy's with the MSO string quartet! Enjoy discounted shopping to a lovely live music by MSO ensemble.

Plan your holiday shopping for next Sunday, November 25, 7-9pm and get your pass now!

 The pass is good for November 25 all day and includes 25% off on your entire purchase on regular, sale and clearance-priced items at Macy’s, complimentary gift wrap, refreshments from 7-9pm, Holiday music by MSO string quartet from 7-9pm and entry into a drawing to win a $200 value diamond and pearl ring.

All that for $5.

Passes are available at MSO office 285-5531, or at Muncie Macy’s cash registers. Pass proceeds benefit MSO and you get your holiday shopping done early!

Kick off of the community concert series – Monday, November 26, 2pm, (FREE and open to public) presented by friends of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra

Vocal performance by Mavis Hsieh (soprano) and Thomas Schwartz (tenor), accompanist- Armida Avanesova (piano)

Program includes duets of familiar tunes and a few surprise solo works:

Somewhere out there
Let us break bread togetherShall we gather by the riverOld devil moonCan’t help falling in love with youSelection of solo works

Stay tuned for more information about these upcoming concerts and check our website or facebook page frequently for program and guest artists updates.
More information here. 

MSO presents Serenade String Quartet in the second concert of the 4 Friends of the Westminster community series. 

David Blakley, violin
Adele Maxfield, violin
Beverly Scott, viola
Anna Thompson-Danilova, cello

An hour of live string music for music lovers. Free event. No ticket required.

Local elementary students attend this concert of live symphonic music free of charge.  

Program: Music is a Language

Nick Kendall, guest conductor

Tickets are free for school groups with advance reservation, $5 general admission at the door.

The Young People’s Concert, held during the school day, engages young minds through an exciting full-orchestra performance. This morning performance by the Muncie Symphony correlates with Indiana Standards of Learning. Participating schools receive student listening guides, a teacher guide and a study CD in advance of the performance.

Both elementary and secondary students are invited to Young People’s Concerts; age-appropriate performance guides help students and teachers get the most out of the concert experience. The concert at 9:30am on January 30, 2013 will be geared toward  4th,  5th and 6th graders , though students of any age are welcome at the concert as well as their families. Concerts serve city, county public, private and home-schooled students.

Book your musical field trip now!

Concert is sponsored by McDonalds of Muncie, and Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County.

More information here.

ARCOS FILMS PRESENTS

Switch goes beyond the politics to deliver the straight answers on energy

Directed by Harry Lynch and Featuring Energy Expert Dr. Scott Tinker

Screening at Ball State University on Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 3:00pm

Cardinal Hall, L.A. Pittenger Student Center – FREE and open to the public

Is fracking polluting our water? How dangerous is nuclear? Will gasoline prices continue to rise? Can we clean up coal? Can renewables really power our future?

Switch delivers straight answers to today’s most controversial energy questions, as energy visionary Dr. Scott Tinker travels the world, exploring leading energy sites from coal to solar, oil to biofuels, most of them highly restricted and never before seen on film. He seeks the truth from the international leaders of government, industry and academia, then cuts through the confusion to discover a path to our energy future as surprising as it is practical.

This screening is part of over 250 universities across the country participating in the GSA Switch Energy Awareness & Efficiency Program, which launched last fall at over 40 pilot schools with a student ambassador program, efficiency drive and screening of the film.

Audiences have called Switch “the first truly balanced energy film.” As no documentary before it, Switch has been embraced and supported by people across the energy spectrum: environmentalists and academics, fossil and renewable energy experts, scientists and economists.

“I took my students to a screening of SWITCH, and we spent most of the following class discussing it, a testament to its value as an educational tool. It was amazing...”

-- Amy Jaffe, Rice University Energy Program

“Every person in America should see and digest this film.”

-- Douglas Johnson, Statoil

“SWITCH really puts all the pieces together, and makes me optimistic for the future.”

-- Erin Geoffroy, Environmental Defense Fund

Switch and the GSA program are part of the Switch Energy Project (www.switchenergyproject.com), a multi-pronged effort to build a global understanding of energy.

The project was created by Arcos Films, directed by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Harry Lynch and co-produced with energy expert Dr. Scott Tinker. It also includes a continually expanding website of 300 videos on the energy topics that drive our world; a primary school education program of videos and curricula co-developed with the American Geological Institute; and eventually a broadcast series to discover solutions to our most pressing energy challenges.

The Switch Energy Project is one of the world’s only resources where audiences can find objective, trustworthy energy answers, in an engaging, accessible video format.

About Dr. Scott Tinker:

Dr. Scott Tinker has been exploring energy for 30 years. His passion is bringing government, industry and academia together to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. Toward that end he has given nearly 500 invited and keynote lectures in nearly 50 countries. Dr. Tinker is the Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology and the State Geologist of Texas. He is a Professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair and the acting Associate Dean of Research in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to the Bureau, he worked for Marathon Oil’s research division.

About Harry Lynch:

For 17 years, Harry Lynch has been a documentary director, producer, writer, cinematographer and soundtrack producer, whose films include Switch, Unconventional, Recapturing Cuba, Ride Around the World and Making the Modern. He is the co-founder of Trinity Films, and the founder of Arcos Films, a multimedia production company dedicated to building awareness and understanding of the most important issues of our time.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.switchenergyproject.com

PRESS KIT: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/presskit.php   

HIGH RES STILLS: http://www.switchenergyproject.com/press/Switch-Stills-HighRes.zip

LOW RES STILLS:  http://www.switchenergyproject.com/press/Switch-Stills-LowRes.zip

If you’d like more information, or to schedule an interview with Dr. Scott Tinker or Harry Lynch, please contact Janice Woods at jwoods@arcosfilms.com

Muncie Economic Empowerment would like to introduce a new paradigm in poverty reduction and local wealth building to Muncie, IN. We will reduce generational poverty by creating cooperative business ventures that will be owned and run democratically by the workers, and savings and investment initiatives to assist in anchoring that wealth locally. We would also like to build collaborative programs with like-minded organizations and community members to further build dialogue regarding poverty and to help the public become more aware of the benefits of cooperative businesses. If you'd like to learn more or help us work toward this new vision of Muncie, join us for our Community Voice Committee meeting.

Free Saturday at the Muncie Children’s Museum

Free for the whole family February 16^th, 2013 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Activities will take place from 11a.m. -3 p.m.

Join us for this one of a kind squash buckling good time and dress up as a princess or pirate! Princesses can have their nails painted and make-up done at MCM’s Princess Boutique. Pirates can search for one of MCM’s many treasures by participating in the treasure quest.

All princesses and pirates will have the opportunity to get their picture taken with a real princess or pirate and guaranteed a memory of a lifetime.

Want to participate in the Princess & Pirate Party? You can become a VIP guest and receive a bottle of nail polish or lip gloss at the boutique, or a pirate bandana at the quest. The party is from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. and is only $10 for MCM members and $15 for non-MCM members. To RSVP contact Darcy at jdbrooksfamily@yahoo.com.

To learn more, call Jennifer Peters at 765-286-1660 ext. 213 or visit www.munciechildrensmuseum.com.

Free, all-ages concert and kickoff for the 25th annual "Lend-A-Hand Day" drive, featuring music by Kaitlin Klotz, Nor Heart, Coyotes, and Scarlett Hill.  This event is free with the donation of a personal care item.

Suggested Donations:  Haircare products, hygiene products, household cleaning supplies, toilet paper, diapers/baby items, clothing for all ages, toys, books, non-perishables, etc.

This event is presented by Student Voluntary Services. The collected drive items will be distributed later this semester at the YWCA on April 6th, 2013.  Volunteers are needed on April 6th to be personal shoppers and/or helping hands. Sign up online: www.bsu.edu%2Fsvs&h=GAQFyCOf0&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.bsu.edu/svs

Kathie Onieal, along with the help of several other community members and an Honors class at Ball State, will be hosting a “Reality Store.” This event will give participants an opportunity to understand how the world works in regards to money, planning, choices, and priorities by moving them through a series of booths.

Eleven booths representing such things as entertainment, child care, and medical will be set up in two separate “Reality Stores,” one for children and the other for adults. Those participating in the event will first pick a job and then be assigned their salary. Throughout the experience, they will try to budget their lives based on these careers and salaries. This includes real-life concerns such as considering insurance, buying a home, and paying for other essential expenses. Our career fair will allow for children to learn how best to budget their money so that they can understand the importance of values and money management at a young age. It will also help adults considering a change in their lives a lesson in just what it takes to make it through those monthly expenses.