Building Community: Merchants Foundation’s Employee Volunteer Expo Empowers Local Nonprofits

Julia Kaercher

This year’s expo featured the participation of three remarkable nonprofit organizations, each representing one of the foundation’s core pillars: housing, healthcare & education

DREAM Alive

An organization committed to helping vulnerable youth break the cycle of poverty by developing career paths, a professional network, a career path and providing mentorship over six continual years, from junior high through high school. With a heavy focus on career paths, corporate volunteer integration, emotional intelligence training, long-term mentoring, and cost-effectiveness, DREAM Alive differentiates itself from other mentoring organizations.

Second Helpings

An organization fighting hunger in Central Indiana from every angle. Working to rescue food that would otherwise be thrown away, prepare it, deliver it to local nonprofits for free and help feed Hoosiers in need. That rescued food is used to create more than 5,000 nutritious meals each day that are distributed to more than 100 social service agencies that feed Hoosiers in need.

Foster Success

A nonprofit dedicated to supporting teens and young adults transitioning out of the foster care system by empowering them on their unique journey to self-sufficiency. Foster Success focuses on ensuring teens and young adults transitioning out of foster care are educated, housed, financially stable, employed, and connected to a reliable support system by their 26th birthday.

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Merchants Foundation Commits to Creating Greater Access to Housing, Healthcare, Education in Communities

Julia Kaercher
Volunteers building home
Family embracing

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