Joy's House

#WeAreImportant: Critical Fundraising Campaign Results

November 5, 2019

2019. It has been a year of joyous celebration, as we reached our 20th year of serving adults with life-altering diagnoses and their families. It has also been one of, if not THE hardest years at Joy‘s House, as we faced financial and structural hardships and had to really take a look in the mirror...

The Final Week

October 28, 2019

This is it: the final week. The final week to rally together and keep Joy’s House in our community. The final week to prove that caring for adults living with life-altering diagnoses and providing support and resources for their caregivers is a valuable service, and something our community needs. The final week to step up...

BIG NEWS!

October 15, 2019

BIG NEWS: We have received a $100,000 matching gift from a local (and incredible) donor!!! This means that every gift that comes in between now and $100,000 has twice the impact. What?!?! We know. It’s a lot to take in. We invite you to join us by creating a GroupRev fundraising page. It’s easy and will let us...

Celebrating Guests (Mr. Tom & Beth)

October 10, 2019

At Joy’s House, Mr. Tom has found independence, new friends, and a place to be himself. We hope all of our Guests feel this same sense of belonging and self-worth when they spend their days with us. That’s why this month, we put our focus on celebrating our Guests, past and present, who make Joy’s...

October 8, 2019

Yesterday afternoon, a woman came to the Broad Ripple House. She had never heard of Joy’s House before reading our story the day before in the Sunday Indy Star. She read about our guests, our mission, and our campaign, and was moved to visit us. She brought with her an envelope and in that envelope...

October 2, 2019

October 1st marks the start of a new month, a new season, the beginning of year’s end and all its changes and festive holidays. For us, it also marks the halfway point of our 8 week Critical Fundraising Campaign, an urgent effort to keep Joy’s House alive and serving in our community. Four weeks in,...

Celebrating Events (Mary and Rupert)

September 23, 2019

Rupert joined Mary’s family by way of Canine Companions for Independence, a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly-trained assistance dogs. They have joined us for years at our annual community open house. This month we celebrate Mary, Rupert and everyone else who has been a part of highlighting...

#20YearsIsNotEnough Campaign Update #2

September 18, 2019

Thank you to everyone who has donated, shared our story, or told somebody about Joy’s House and the crisis we are in. Every person that you tell and every dollar that is raised helps, and we are so grateful. At this time, we have raised nearly $200,000 and while that is impressive and gives us...

#20YearsIsNotEnough Campaign Update

September 11, 2019

We have now raised over $130,000! We are so, so grateful. Grateful for your donations, for your time and effort in spreading the word about this campaign, for your belief in us and that what we do matters. But our work isn’t done. We still have $429,000 to raise by November 1st to ensure that...

Miss Elizabeth

September 5, 2019

By Corrina Thompson, Community Relations Manager at Joy’s House This is part my story, and part Miss Liz’s story… Twenty years ago, my sister Tina started this magical not-for-profit – Joy’s House Adult Day Service – a place that offers a secure and engaging environment for adults that are not able to stay at home...