The Power of Music as Service

April 30, 2019

by Ben Batchelder When trying to decide on what I should do for my Eagle Project, I decided to look into working with Joy’s House through a recommendation from a close friend. This friend used to work at the American Alzheimer’s Association, and I had done some volunteer work with them in the past. Last...

Ode to Joy

April 3, 2019

By Margherita Firenze ‘19 and Maria Grant ‘19 Article originally appearing in The Park Tudor Times Online For the past three semesters, Ode to Joy has brought the joy of music to the guests at Joy’s House, which is a day care facility for adults with mental or physical disabilities located in Broad Ripple. Ode...

Joy’s House University

March 14, 2019

Editor’s Note: In the spirit of our March 2019 celebration and reunion focus – Pilot Programs and Academic Relationships – we’d like to introduce you to Joy’s House University, an exciting new initiative meant to further engage our Guests and enrich their time at Joy’s House. Pilot programs are exciting, a little bit of the...

Gifts from the Guests

January 21, 2019

Over the last few months we’ve been working on a project called Gifts from the Guests. This has allowed us to bring local artists, volunteers, our Guests and staff together to collaborate on making unique pieces of art that we will share as gifts with special friends and supporters in the Indianapolis community, and beyond....

Art Therapy at Joy’s House

April 16, 2018

Hi Everyone! My name is Brittany, and this semester I had the pleasure of facilitating a six-week art therapy group at Joy’s House. I am a Master of Arts in Art Therapy candidate at Herron School of Art and Design, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI). After submitting a proposal for my graduate thesis, I...

Joyful Giving: Joy’s Closet!

July 17, 2017

Joy’s House is blessed to be surrounded by an abundance of supporters in the community, and it is for that reason that we want to do something to give back to the people who make it all possible. We are excited to announce the first event in our new Joyful Giving Project. The mission of...

Granting Mr. Charles’ Wish

July 11, 2017

Mr. Charles is a 90 year old man living with a myriad of diagnoses and is still very much in love with life. His kind and gentle, yet strong nature draw people in to learn more about him, to glean wisdom and to simply be in the presence of such an honorable man. Mr. Charles...

Introducing Dr. Alzheimer

April 6, 2017

Chances are that you have heard of Alzheimer’s disease. But, do you know the man after whom this memory robbing disease is named? Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer was born on June 14, 1864, in the small Bavarian town of Marktbreit, Germany. He excelled in science and attended the Universities of Berlin, Tübingen and Wurzburg, where...

Love – A Note from Tina

January 19, 2017

As we move into and through 2017, Joy’s House is focusing on LOVE. And really, could there be a more complex emotion to take on? Love is deep, people. Really deep. There is romantic love and agape love. There is self-love and goodwill, momentary love and friendship, playful love and love of things or foods...