{"id":964,"date":"2026-03-20T16:09:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/?p=964"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:09:23","slug":"shepherd-partner-says-thank-you-for-working-together-to-assist-children-in-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/shepherd-partner-says-thank-you-for-working-together-to-assist-children-in-indy\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd partner says thank you for working together to assist children in Indy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Partnerships are a major part of how Shepherd Community Center meets neighbors\u2019 needs on the near Eastside of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefits of partnerships flow in both directions, as one of those partners, the Central Indiana Woodworkers, recently noted while presenting a plaque to Shepherd as a show of appreciation for supporting the organization\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast year,&nbsp;Shepherd&nbsp;Community provided vital support for the Central Indiana Woodworkers booth at the Indiana State Fair,\u201d Jim Keivel, president of the Woodworkers, said. \u201dDuring the fair, we host a Kids Construction Zone, where children can make spinning tops, and&nbsp;Shepherd&nbsp;employees assisted us in managing this activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keivel noted that each year the Woodworkers make 10,000 toys for children who may not otherwise receive gifts at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCentral Indiana Woodworkers and Shepherd have a strong partnership dedicated to supporting our community,\u201d Keivel said. \u201cThe plaque was presented to show our sincere appreciation for&nbsp;Shepherd&nbsp;Community\u2019s support throughout 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnerships are a major part of how Shepherd Community Center meets neighbors\u2019 needs on the near Eastside of Indianapolis. The benefits of partnerships flow in both directions, as one of those partners, the Central Indiana Woodworkers, recently noted while presenting a plaque to Shepherd as a show of appreciation for supporting the organization\u2019s activities. \u201cLast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/upliftindy.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}