Firefly Children & Family Alliance

We're excited to kick off July with a bike donation! Thank you to our friends at Nine13sports for donating six new bikes to our Children's Shelter this morning. We're so grateful for your support 🚲✨

We're so grateful that Ticket to Dream Foundation and Famous Footwear helped us throw an awesome grad party at Fowling Warehouse for our graduating youth! 🎓 Thank you for supporting our grads and cheering them on as they get their diplomas. We had a blast playing football-bowling and celebrating together 🎳 🏈 ✨

We are proud to announce that we are the recipients of a Morgan County Community Foundation Impact Grant! We would like to express our gratitude to the Community Foundation of Morgan County for honoring Firefly with this award. We are excited for the opportunity to enhance the quality of life for both current and future residents of Morgan County. ✨

Our friends at Ticket to Dream Foundation and Project Glimmer are celebrating the success of our graduating youth this season by providing foster youth with quality cosmetics! Thank you for uplifting our grads and celebrating their hard work 🎓 ✨

Firefly is an active member of the Mom’s Safe Sleep Workgroup in Marion County, aiming to increase visibility of safe sleep content using local data and research results. Pictured about is Rachel Maxey from MDWise and our Region 10 Outreach Coordinator, Anna Getty. This effort led to the creation of a resource table outside @thelittletimmyproject Mom Shop, offering safe sleep literature and case management information to visiting moms and families. 👏 SWIPE for safe sleep tips from our friends MDwise, Inc.

Did you know: intimate partner violence in the LGBTQIA+ community can happen at higher rates than the national average? Our survivor services programs are inclusive of all people. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gaTbkcC5 🌈✨

With your support, teens can face their challenges head-on and seize the opportunities that lie ahead. Foster a teen sibling group and ignite their courage for a brighter future. Learn more at foster.fireflyin.org ✨

Shoutout to our corporate partners BAM Capital for engaging in a competitive game of kickball with the kiddos last week! 👏 We understand that our work relies on the invaluable support and contributions of our corporate partners, and we greatly appreciate your commitment to interacting with our youth. ✨

Today we celebrate Juneteenth, a significant day in our nation's history. Please take a moment to educate yourself on the significance of Juneteenth and consider participating in local events to commemorate freedom day. We hope you join us in honoring progress and diversity ✨

This year's Golf Fore Kids outing was a blast! Thanks to everyone who braved the 90-degree weather to support our mission, and to our presenting sponsors Coca-Cola Consolidated and Indianapolis Colts. 👏 We raised a record amount of funds this year, which will go towards child abuse prevention, home-based services, youth placement, and recovery services. Congratulations to the winners of the tournament: 🏆 BMO's team, captained by our board member Michael Baker, took first place 🏆 AJ Taylor was our shootout winner Thank you again for your support yesterday—our work wouldn't be possible without you ✨