Charis advances to 'Engaged 8,' needs community support to win $10K

March 23, 2017

Jessica McClintock

Foundation News

Charis Health Center is one step closer to winning $10,000 in the Brackets For Good fundraising tournament, and it needs to score some serious donations this week to defeat Cottage Cove Urban Ministries, which has scored more than 7,000 points so far in the tournament.

“To have a company like Buckingham ask us, 'What can we do to help?' is music to our ears. During Buckingham’s service day they made over 200 breakfast burritos, filtered over 1000 items of clothing and organized our house top to bottom!”

Mike Elliott
Director of Involvement, Outreach Inc.

"At Gleaners, we love working with enthusiastic and excited volunteers like Buckingham! In just a few short hours, Buckingham employees processed enough food to provide over 4,800 meals to hungry Hoosiers."

Christina Basey
Gleaners Food Bank

"Buckingham’s commitment to Indy is apparent throughout our city. We are proud to be a recipient of their generous support through volunteers at Indy Urban Acres, and a contribution to making the Downtown Canal Playspace become a reality!"

Jenny Burrough
Indy Parks Foundation

"Buckingham Foundation didn’t just support our conference, they became some of our most enthusiastic participants! They helped us inspire attendees and build great connections in the Indy community and beyond."

Jamie Smith
National Executive Director
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN)

“As experts in affordable housing, Buckingham Foundation clearly understands the challenges and complexity of working with our community’s most vulnerable: homeless families.”

Bill Bickel
Associate Director, Catholic Charities