Boone County Community Network
Boone County, Indiana

Important Announcements

• The Caring Center Holiday Dinner Baskets - Would you like to "help" warm someone's heart and home for the holidays? Each holiday The Caring Center provides a complete holiday dinner for families in need. You can help by providing a grocery bag filled with some or all of these food items.
• Boone County resident and Carmel Teacher, Chris Hedge was onboard USCGC Healy on her 7-week trip with the NOAA to map the Arctic Continental Shelf. Learn more about her trip.
• Early Readers Club - United Way of Boone County has launched the Early Readers Club to promote childhood literacy. By registering today, your preschool child or grandchild can receive 12 high-quality books a year for just $20. Scholarships are available. Please go to www.uwci.org/erc to start your child on a lifelong journey of learning.
• Zionsville Transition Committee - Eagle Township/Union Township/Zionsville Reorganization Committee information.
• GED Classes are held at ARC Rehab in Lebanon on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Registration/Intake is required to attend classes and is held on the first Thursday of each month at 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. For additional information visit the Boone County Learning Network website and look under GED Information.
• Shalom Free Lunch - Every Saturday for everyone from 11am-1pm at Shalom House (304 W. Green Street, Lebanon). Everyone welcome!
• Boone County Not-for-Profit Wish List - shopping around for a way to spend your charitable dollars, but not sure what to fund? Wondering what nonprofit organizations in the Boone County area need? Browse the following the following the wish lists. When you find what you want to fund, please contact the organization directly.

Upcoming Events (as of 22 November 2009)

Send a message to Terry McCain at BCCN to add your community event to the BCCN calendar! Also, check out the calendars for the libraries in Lebanon, Thorntown, and Zionsville (Youth | Teen & Adult)!

* Through Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - Our Heroes' Tree at Lebanon Public Library (104 E. Washington St. Lebanon, IN 46052). In conjunction with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, the library is proud to present Our Heroes' Tree. Through this program, MFRI and Lebanon Public Library are working to honor past and present service members and create an awareness of military families currently affected by deployment. To participate in Our Heroes' Tree, simply create a handmade ornament honoring the service member from past and present wars, conflicts or peacetime operations. Bring the ornament to the Lebanon Public Library's Ralph Stark Heritage Center through November 24 where it will be placed on the tree with other commemorative ornaments. Stories about individual service members can also be submitted and displayed in a binder near the tree. In November, two of the ornaments from each library will be a part of the Indiana State Heroes' Tree that will be unveiled at the Indiana State Library and the Indiana State Virtual Heroes' Tree will launch for viewing on the web at www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/VirtualTree.

* Through Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - Our Heroes' Tree at Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library (250 N. Fifth St., Zionsville). In conjunction with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, the library is proud to present Our Heroes' Tree. Area families are invited to join in this national initiative to recognize and honor the sacrifices of current service members, veterans, and deceased service members. The library will display a Heroes Tree in Youth Services where individuals of all ages may hang handmade ornaments designed to honor a service member of their choice. Participants may pick up ornament ideas and templates at the library’s reference desks. The tree will remain on display throughout the holiday season. In November, two of the ornaments from each library will be a part of the Indiana State Heroes' Tree that will be unveiled at the Indiana State Library and the Indiana State Virtual Heroes' Tree will launch for viewing on the web at www.cfs.purdue.edu/mfri/VirtualTree.

* Saturday, December 5 through Sunday, December 13, 2009 - Eagle Creek Park annual Celebration of Nature Art Exhibit and Sale during regular Earth Discovery Center hours (Monday to Saturday, 9 am to 5 pm; Sunday, 1 pm to 5pm). The show is free with regular park admission ($5 per car). Guests will enjoy original artwork in various art forms. The Celebration of Nature exhibit will feature everything from paintings and photographic prints, to sculptures, woodcarvings to fabrics and other three-dimensional artwork. Each piece will depict wildlife, landscapes and nature in its purest form. Both amateur and professional artists will be featured in this exhibit, as well as many artists who have participated in various art exhibits at Eagle Creek Park during 2009, including Woodcarvers and Woodturners Exhibition, Renditions of Nature and Images of Nature. Most of the artwork within the exhibit will be offered for sale - just in time for the holidays - with 15 percent of the proceeds benefiting the Eagle Creek Park Foundations Arts at the Creek series. For additional information about Celebration of Nature call 317.327.7148. For information about the Eagle Creek Park Foundation, call 317.327.7116 or log on at www.eaglecreekpark.org.

* Saturday, December 5, 2009 - Yule Be Swingin'! from 7-11 pm at the National Guard Armory ( 801 N. East St. Lebanon, IN 46052). Specifically designed for the movers and shakers in Boone County, the Sugar Creek Big Band will be bringing hot jazz and swingin' beats so you can show off your swing style dance. Refreshments, Silent Auctions, and Raffles will round out this monumental evening for all to enjoy. Spread the word and help us pack the house! Proceeds will help the Lebanon Community Arts Council fund events scheduled for 2010. For more information, please contact by email or phone at 765.335.0242.

* Sunday, December 6, 2009 - Congregation Sharrey Tefilla 4th Annual Holiday Bazaar from 11am to 3pm at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla (3085 West 116th St., Carmel, IN 46032). This fun-filled event is open to the public and admission is free! Don't miss the local talents of 30+ area crafters and your favorite vendors! Come and see the variety of items such as Jewelry, gift, soaps and unique crafts. Events for the day include: 11 am - Mad Science science spectacular; 11:30 am - JCC Dance class performance; 12 pm - Indyhooper's hoop dancing; 12:30 pm - Rulon Strength family strength show; 1 pm - Master Mike demonstration of the Korean Martial Art, Tae Kwon Do; 1:30 pm - Simply Yoga LLC; 2:30 pm - Juggle Fun Stick juggling demonstrations and lessons; All day - JCC sponsored free face painting. Sweet treats by The Sugar Pixie Bakery and get your photo taken with Event Photos Inc. Printing while you wait. Donations are being accepted to Ovar'coming Together, Indiana's ovarian cancer education and support resource agency.

* Sunday, December 6, 2009 - Advent Lessons & Carols from 6-7 pm at St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church (1525 Mulberry Street, Zionsville, IN 46077). For about an hour, come inside: retire from the outside hustle and bustle of the pre-Christmas world. Sit quietly. Meditate. Go back in time to experience the sacred story in which Christmas had its beginning. Engage in the ancient chronicle through scriptural readings, hymns, anthems, and instrumental reflection. Bring hope back into your world. Feel the expectation of the joy to come. Feel the peace of Christ's living story centering you through Christmas and the years ahead. The choirs and instrumentalists of St. Francis offer their gifts of music and scripture to you, that your Advent season and beyond may be filled with blessing and joy. The service is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Lee Barlow at 317-873-4377.

* Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - Boone County Community Network board meeting at noon in the Community Room of the Boone REMC. Everyone welcome! Bring a brown bag lunch and join us.

* Monday, December 14, 2009 - Community Corrections Advisory Board Meeting at noon at the Boone County Community Corrections office at 127 W. Main St., Suite 200 in Lebanon. For more information, please contact at 765-482-6505.

* Thursday, February 11, 2010 - Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC) of Boone County fund-raising dinner and silent auction at Zionsville Fellowship (more info to follow).

* Saturday, February 20, 2010 - Zionsville Fire Department Firefighter's Ball & Awards Banquet at the Palomino Ballroom. Cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres at 6 pm; dinner at 7 pm; awards at 8 pm and dancing to follow. Limited to 300 tickets this year! Tickets are $40 each/$80 per couple. Semi-formal attire. Purchase tickets at the Zionsville Fire Department Headquarters office located at Town Hall 1100 W. Oak Street, Zionsville from 8-4 Mon-Fri.

* Saturday, February 27, 2010 - The Youth Enhancement and Training Initiative, Inc. (YETI) Seventh Annual Silent Auction and Dinner (more info to follow).

Featured Links

Boone County Resource Manual (6th Edition 2009) - Information on Child Care, Family Support Services, and More!

INSPIRE - Indiana's Virtual Library

Enjoy Indiana - Festival information, places to visit in Indiana and more!

Learn More Resource Center - Indiana’s Pre-K to College Connection, supports and encourages lifelong learning for all Indiana citizens. Up-to-date materials, helpful checklists and other valuable resources and tools provide parents, students, school counselors and others with information about every aspect of education from early learning to K-12 to college to career.