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MORE THAN A GAME: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS A WAY OF LIFE IN CENTER GROVE

From the excitement of the dance and cheerleaders to the energy of the marching band and fierce football competition, Center Grove High School showcases a first-rate production for the thousands of fans who pack Ray Skillman Stadium for the Friday night football games.

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21 More Than a Game: Friday Night

Top Things to Do This Fall In Johnson County and Beyond

11 Aquariums Plus: Unique Pet Store

Celebrates Grand Opening In Greenwood

16 Backyard Trains: Retired Engineer

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20 Business Spotlight: Ripley

Orthodontics: Dr. Mark Vaughn

Football Is a Way of Life In Center Grove

29 The Boaz Project: Southside

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36 Youth Connections: Local

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Hunt for Fall Foliage A premier spot to look for fall foliage is at Brown County State Park, located in Nashville, Indiana. Whether you’re looking to take a hike or bask in the beauty of the season, crisp fall leaves can be seen for miles. The best time to visit and see its vibrant leaves are the second and third weeks in October. To learn more about its foliage, visit its Nature Center.

Knit Something Warm The temperatures can drop significantly during the winter months, which is why it’s helpful to have some warm blankets handy. Craft a new cozy creation with yarn from Starstruck Cat Yarn Studio. Located in Greenwood, the brick and mortar yarn shop has a selection of materials to choose from, such as wool and alpaca. It also offers classes in its open studio, where knitters

gather together for social crafting. Visit starstruckcatstudio.com for more information.

Explore a Corn Maze A festive and fun fall activity is visiting a corn maze. Every weekend in October, Kelsay Farms opens its barn doors to visitors. Along with a seven-acre corn maze, guests are welcome to visit its straw bale mountain and enjoy a hayride of the property. Visit kelsayfarms.com for more information.

Visit an Orchard No October is complete without a visit to an orchid — which is when apples are in their prime to be harvested. At Apple Works, you can buy a variety of delicious apples from the orchard, such as Golden Russet, Fuji, GoldRush, Splendour, and Pink Lady.

Every weekend, there will be live entertainment from musicians like David Miller, Hey Hey Indy, Bomar & Ritter, Scott Strange,

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Buy a Book As it gets colder outside, it’s the perfect time to cuddle up with a book and pumpkin spice latte. Red Dog Books has all the necessities, such as fiction novels, comics, and records. It has something for everyone at a discounted price. If you find yourself near Franklin, there is also Wild Geese Bookshop, where the walls are covered with delightful novels.

Soar in a Hot Air Ballon Take a ride in a hot air balloon with TJV Balloons and draw in a breath of fresh, crisp air. The ride gives guests an amazing view of Bloomington and the hills of Brown County. This activity will take

your fall bucket list to soaring heights. Visit tjvballoons.com for more information.

Get Spooked If you’re looking for a place to get some eerie haunts, Hanna Haunted Acres will be sure to leave you terrified. During the week of Halloween, take a hayride through the haunted forest, where creatures will peer from the gloom or descend into a dark cave while you work your way through a dark underground tunnel system. Visit hannahauntedacres.com for more information. For the younger crowd looking for some spooks, the Hotel of Spells at The Children’s Museum is filled with magic and mayhem. Visit childrensmuseum.org for more information.

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Take a Weekend Getaway Located on the edge of Brown County State Park, Story Inn is famous around Indiana as a fall hotspot. Starting at $169 a night, Story Inn’s accommodations offer a haven of carefree comfort. This is the perfect place for a weekend getaway nestled in the middle of fall loveliness. Visit storyinn.com for more information.

Tour A City Head a few miles south to Columbus, Indiana, where its downtown is filled with architecture you can’t find anywhere else. From now to December, Exhibit Columbus is having its annual exploration of architecture, art, design and community. One of their 2019 Exhibitions, Good Design and the Community, features 18 site-responsive installations by architects, designers, academics, artists and graphic designers. The exhibition is free, open to the public, and will transform downtown. Stop by the Columbus Area Visitors Center to pick up an exhibition guide and family activity guide. Visit exhibitcolumbus.org for more information.

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Aquariums Plus Founder and Owner Matt Waggoner, a Whiteland native, has certainly come full circle in his passion for animals.

“It’s fun to think I’ve come back to the pet retail world where I was a long time ago, and I feel like Greenwood needs a business like this for small animals, fish and all the supplies they need for the After working for 20 years as a veterinary care of those types of animals,” he says. technician, Waggoner opened the Greenwood-based retail establishment, Waggoner’s pet store job long ago which offers a range of fish, reptiles, prompted him to further his knowledge birds and small animals as well as tanks and expertise in the animal field, and a full line of supplies, to the public and after moving to Denver upon in August, and he says the endeavor graduating from Whiteland High School

he obtained an associates degree in veterinary technology from the BelRea Institute of Animal Technology.

For the next 20 years, Waggoner gained experience as a vet technician in a variety of areas including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) imaging for small animals.

In October, after 20 years in the vet tech field, Waggoner decided a new challenge was just what he needed, and while he wasn’t certain of the direction he wanted to go, one thing was certain - he would

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stay involved with animals.

Waggoner realized he could succeed in filling such a void.

“I fell back on my experiences as a younger person, being around animals in a pet store, and I started putting things in place and doing research,” Waggoner explains.

Being based on the southside and having observed the lack of retail stores devoted to small animals like fish, reptiles and smaller pets like hamsters and rabbits,

“There aren’t a lot of other pet stores in the area that do what we do and carry livestock like tropical fish and small animals,” he says. “I wanted to give people another choice to check things like that out.”

By November, he’d filed for a retail license, and in April of this year he

secured his current location on South Madison Avenue near U.S. 31. A fourweek construction and renovation process ensued, and a soft opening for Aquariums Plus was held on August 12.

Waggoner’s store offers a wide selection of freshwater, saltwater and coral fish, various reptiles including lizards, snakes and frogs, birds, as well as small furry creatures like rabbits, chinchillas, hamsters and gerbils.

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“It’s a full range of small animals and the supplies that go along with their care and housing,” he says. “We just don’t carry dogs or cats, or their supplies, currently.

It’s been a challenging process becoming a business owner and all the things that come with that, but I feel like I’ve done a good job using what I’ve learned all these years. I’m proud of it.”

Waggoner plans to hold a grand opening celebration for the public on October 12 with special sales and appearances by representatives from local pet adoption agencies.

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Backyard Trains Retired Engineer Creates Intricate Tracks of Garden Trains Writer / Julie Yates Photographer / Amy Counts

Retired industrial electrical engineer Don Davis has always had an interest in trains.

For years he owned a Lionel train set and his father worked for the railroad. However, for the last 14 years, he has taken his model train hobby to a level rarely realized. During the warmer months, the backyard of Davis and his wife Norma is transformed into a magical land through which his five tracks of garden trains travel.

“We wintered down in Tucson, Arizona for a couple of years,” Davis says. “My daughter lived there. We discovered outdoor garden trains set up in people’s backyards. I started with ours in 2005.”

Larger than regular model trains, garden trains are sometimes referred to as G gauge and usually have a one-to-32 scale to real trains. They are made of strong materials designed to stand up to outdoor weather and direct sunlight. Setting up a garden railroad is a labor love. It requires preparing the space for the tracks, setting up a sound system, developing geological features and putting in vegetation to enhance the scenery. For Davis, the sky is the limit.

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“Every year it changes,” he says. “I just keep adding to it. In the beginning, I set the track with four-by-eight timbers. I had to dig it out and make trenches. I used the removed dirt to make mountains with tunnels and waterfalls. Then I added a village with cars, shops and houses. It includes a service station and a fire department with trucks.”

As time went on, Davis developed many different scenes. The old western village includes a stagecoach parked outside a saloon where sounds of a piano playing and laughter are heard. Beyond the town, buffalo are grazing and wild animals such as grizzly bears and deer are seen in the mountains. Miners are loading their gold in wagons. Down below, the sounds of clucking chickens come from a large farm while the race track has a big horse barn and grandstands filled with spectators. To complete it all is a circus, complete with a big top tent, Ferris wheel, merry-go-round and clowns.

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“I run five trains at a time,” Davis adds. “My favorite is an old Shay steam engine. It’s used in the mountains to bring timber down. This year, I added a track with a depot at each end that has a trolley running back and forth between the two.”

Davis is affiliated with a few organizations that he enjoys sharing his garden trains with. He is a member of Indiana Large Scale Railroaders and takes his turn hosting club open houses. He and his wife enjoy riding a Honda Motorcycle Trike and have invited the Circle City Motor Cycle Honda Club to view his railroad. He has also shown it to a local Corvette club.

When asked what he is planning to add next year, Davis laughs, “I’m running out of space. I’m just thinking about how I have to take everything down when the weather turns cooler. I take up everything but the brass track which I just clean up in the spring. It takes a whole day if I don’t stop. It takes a whole lot longer to set it up.”

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For Center Grove graduate, Mark Vaughn, joining the team at Ripley Orthodontics is a homecoming. In July, Dr. Vaughn ended a lengthy journey of schooling and came back to his roots to bring his specialized dental knowledge to Center Grove and Greenwood families. Working alongside Dr. Kirk Ripley, fulfills a longtime goal.

“I always saw myself practicing in this area and I love when my patients come to the office sporting those Center Grove Trojans t-shirts”, Dr. Vaughn says. “My wife Amanda and I, along with our two daughters Kennedy and Caroline, live in Center Grove. I’ve had the privilege of joining the thriving practice of Ripley Orthodontics as an associate doctor.

This means that with two Orthodontists, we can offer more hours and increased flexibility for our patients. We strive to make visits to our office fun and efficient because we know how hard it can be for parents to get their kids out of school for appointments.”

Dr. Vaughn and his wife Amanda with their daughters Kennedy Rose (3) and Caroline Rose (1)

After graduating from Center Grove High School in 2007, Vaughn attended Indiana University in Bloomington where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Biology with minor focus in Chemistry and Psychology. He then earned a Masters in Biology from Purdue University before beginning his 4-year journey at the Indiana University School of Dentistry where he graduated with Highest Distinction.

His class rank afforded him the opportunity to enter into a 2-year specialty training program in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

“It’s so nice to be treating patients in the community where I grew up. I’ve received an incredible welcoming from our patients and Dr. Ripley’s fantastic team. Our goal is to make office visits the highlight of the patient’s day as we watch them grow into their best smile. I feel that our patients truly view us as friends, not just as their orthodontist that they visit every few weeks.”

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Friday Night Football Is a Way of Life In Center Grove Writer / Kevin Conrad Photographer / Adam Ramsey

Team and the CG Singers wowed the fans with their pregame performances.

From the excitement of the dance and cheerleaders to the energy of the marching band and fierce football competition, Center Grove High School showcases a first-rate production for the thousands of fans who pack Ray Skillman Stadium for the Friday night football games.

CGHS senior dance team captain Morgan McLain says performing at home football games is her favorite part about dance.

Center Grove’s 2019 home opening football game against New Palestine drew more than 6,000 fans, one of the largest crowds ever at Ray Skillman Stadium. Before the two football state powers kicked off the game, the CGHS Varsity Dance

“Being a part of something so big here at Center Grove, seeing everyone in the stands, just knowing you’re a part of Friday nights at Center Grove, it’s just a really fun experience,” she says.

“Friday night is really a production,” says CGHS dance coach Hannah Mueller. “It’s band, it’s cheerleaders, our football

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program. It’s about our community.”

The CG Singers were breathtaking with their rendition of the National Anthem.

“We really appreciate the opportunity to sing for our community,” says CGHS choral director Jennifer Dice.

“As the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, I understand the sacrifices that our servicemen and women make and, in particular, hope that they enjoyed our rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner. We love performing for an audience, but it means so much more when you are pleased with the product that you were able to put forth. There are not too many schools that extend Friday Nights to groups outside of the football team. Cross country, cheerleading, dance team, choir, middle school football and cheer, the band and the student body are all a part of our Friday Nights and that is what sets us apart from the rest. We are not just a football community, we are a community that rallies behind all aspects of our schools.”

The home opener on August 30 featured not one but three varsity athletic events. During halftime of the football game, the CGHS boys and girls cross country teams had a meet versus New Palestine. It began and ended on the

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track with thousands of fans cheering on the runners as the theme from Chariots of Fire blared throughout the stadium speakers.

“The guys always look forward to that because where else can you go and run in front of 7,000 of your friends and peers,” says CGHS boys cross country coach Howard Harrell. “At the state meet, there might be 5,000 people there, but your classmates are there at the halftime meet. They put it all on the line.”

Halftime also features the CGHS marching band, one of the elite bands in the state and nation.

“The crowd is so big that it really does give you a lot of energy and you can kind of feed off of it,” says senior band member Richie Arkanoff.

Senior band member Nathaniel Lindsay took great pleasure in the audience’s reaction.

“To hear people applauding the band’s show almost feels unreal,” he says. “It feels as if they’re congratulating us on all the hard work that has been put in.”

“Sometimes we take it for granted the quality of school we have with all the successful academic, athletic and artistic groups,” says CGHS band director Kevin Schuessler.

“Getting the opportunity to perform in a community that lifts up the students and their passions is a true blessing for us as a group and as a community.

Anything we can do to promote the positive side of what students, and programs, do to move them into being quality adults and community supporters, I am a huge fan.”

The CGHS cheer squad works tirelessly to fine-tune their routines and generate the best possible school spirit for the home football games.

“The environment we create out on the football field, a lot of people say it’s like going to a college game,” says CGHS cheer coach Nicole Delp. “I think we do a lot, the cheerleaders, the dancers, the band, the student section, everything. It’s pretty amazing what we do for home games.”

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are so blessed,” she says. “Everything seems like a big family within the football program, especially on Friday nights.”

Jason Mueller is in his 12th year as the CGHS football PA announcer. He does his very best to help fire up the home crowd.

“I try to bring as much energy as I can in my announcing, while still trying to maintain the integrity of education-based athletics,” he says. “Voice inflection during introductions and pregame is always something I try to focus on, as well as when the Trojans score a touchdown. You may also hear it on defense after a great play, or on 3rd and 4th down.”

CGHS senior Carson Wilhelm helps organize the student fan section.

“What makes the games so special for me is the overwhelming participation from the student section,” Wilhelm says. “It doesn’t matter what friend group you’re in or what your interests are, we encourage everyone to come out and support the team. The school spirit we receive from the student section is something I have never experienced before and I have lived in a different country and been to all different sporting events. Various football players have told me that the energy from the student section actually affects their play so that has given us some motivation to actually keep up the energy. Our love for Trojan Football has brought us together and I think that is the most special thing of all.”

CGHS senior Ethan Crowe anchors the offensive line as the center. The senior captain has a unique perspective on home football games.

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walk to the field, 5,000 people filling the stands cheering their team on. Watching the smoke fill the helmet as we are chanting before we explode onto the field, horn blowing, watching all the fans on their feet screaming and cheering for their team. What an honor it is being a Trojan.

“As a player, the events leading up to kick-off is what sets the tone. The national anthem with the fireworks at the end, listening to Jason as he announces our names as if we are part of the greatest game on earth. The cheering, dancing and band playing the music brings everyone to their feet. After this, we are fired up and ready to take on the night knowing win or lose, we are Trojans. I’m sure the opposing team gets a little rattled by these events, wondering if they may have stepped into a college game.”

I appreciate the homestand we had (vs. New Palestine),” says CGHS football coach Eric Moore. “What a wonderful crowd, unbelievable crowd. To be on the field and look up at that is simply amazing. There were some people who came to the game from out of state that talked to me, to say this is just unbelievable for high school football and a great atmosphere.”

Friday nights have become a community event,” adds CG Gridiron President Aaron Hohlt. “Best ticket in town ($6.00 per ticket). Every Friday night is electric and full of energy. Truly something a White River Township resident should be proud of from its local school system.”

At the conclusion of Center Grove’s home opener, New Palestine radio announcer Andrew Smith may have said it best.

“The hospitality, facilities, game atmosphere, everything was topnotch,” he says. “That was a tremendous night for high school football between two great schools, great programs and great communities. You (Center Grove HS) always do things the right way and make Friday nights an event.”

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Around the globe, more than 140 million orphans struggle to survive. A Greenwood non-profit offers a variety of ways to help them.

For two decades, The Boaz Project has been providing effective channels for donors, volunteers and prayer warriors to impact children without parents around the world.

Assisting Orphans “The Boaz Project is a little different from many orphan care organizations,” says April Jurgensen, the founder and executive director. “We don’t do individual child sponsorship. Instead,

our methods of assisting orphans are strategically designed to nurture their attachment to the long-term caregivers in their orphanages. We don’t want these children constantly looking to the next group of foreign visitors to meet their needs. We want them to feel secure, knowing their house parents are competent to care for them.”

Through house parents and volunteers who are native to the countries where The Boaz Project operates, the organization assists orphans with ongoing humanitarian aid, job training and tutoring, baby nurturing, Bible Discovery Classes, as well as birthday and Christmas gifts.

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“Our mission is to inspire and equip leaders around the globe to care for orphans in their own communities,” explains Jim Jurgensen, managing director.

To do this, The Boaz Project comes alongside those God has called to provide the daily, hands-on care for orphans in their countries and assists them through financial support, prayer, encouragement and training. Their trauma-informed care classes help those who care for vulnerable children deal with the behaviors and challenges that often come with abuse and neglect.

“The house parents and volunteers we’ve partnered with are just amazing, taking children from the streets and raising them as their own,” Jim adds. “But most don’t have any financial backing from their

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Staff from The Boaz Project are available to speak in schools, churches and civic organizations. They also partner with local businesses to host local events like an annual 5K and a variety of dine-to-donate events where the community can learn about and give toward the needs of the orphans in their care.

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“But there are so many more children still in need of help — infants in garbage dumps, children on the streets,” April says. “As long as that’s the case, we’ve got more work to do.”

Currently, the organization is raising money for the construction of a multi-story apartment building in Kenya which will house six foster families (48 children total). This home will be the first to care for orphaned girls in the village of Limuru and will allow orphaned siblings to stay together.

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Such is the case for Kelsey Kasting, who lived in Johnson County her entire life up until college. After graduating with a degree in sales and marketing from Purdue University, Kasting took a job with the National FFA Organization.

“I was heavily involved in the 4-H program in Johnson County so I’ve always had a passion for agriculture,” Kasting says.

After five and a half years, she was hired by Leadership Johnson County.

“It’s a great organization that connects people of all walks of life throughout Johnson County and I met all sorts of great people, including Jennifer Tennell, Executive Director of Johnson Memorial Hospital (JMH) Foundation,” Kasting says.

Earlier this year, Tennell mentioned that she would be vacating the position in the spring and so Kasting decided to throw her hat in the ring.

“I thought it was a great opportunity for me to take my passion for nonprofits and combine it with my love for Johnson County,” she says.

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She started in the role in May 2019.

The JMH Foundation Gala, the first of which was held in 2017, was created to improve access to behavioral health care in Johnson County as well as spread the word about mental health awareness. Thanks to funds generated from the Gala, the JMH Foundation has been able to launch several significant initiatives. For example, in 2018 they added a Behavioral Health Navigator to their family medicine practice. Housed in the physician office in the hospital, it’s a wonderful on-site resource for patients.

“It’s been proven that a lot of people have a hard time getting to a doctor so if, while seeing their doctor for an exam, a follow-up appointment is suggested, often patients fail to come,” Kasting says. “But if a physician or a patient has a concern while they are there, our

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Behavioral Health Navigator, Tricia Duncan, can meet with them right then. It helps provide wraparound services.”

Duncan assists patients in navigating through behavior health care and connecting them with the proper resources.

In addition, this year the Gala’s funds enabled the Foundation to embed a Masters Level Clinician, Kimberly Beck, to work two full days a week in their family practice.

“She can do on-site therapy as well as conduct full health assessments and develop treatment plans,” says Kasting, noting that Beck has an abundance of experience treating all ages, as well as lots of experience with PTSD. “By adding the therapist, we’re coming full circle in being able to help people immediately,” Kasting says.

As the Gala grows and proceeds increase, they hope to stretch that into a full-time position.

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depression, anxiety and grief.

“Mental health does not discriminate,” Kasting says. “Almost everyone has a family member or knows someone who has a family member who has been affected by some sort of mental health issue.”

She mentions that recently she read an article about the suicide rate in Johnson County, and it highlighted the youth and what the schools are doing to help with that. According to Kasting, Franklin Community Schools recently passed a referendum, and some of that money will go toward mental health.

Kasting enjoys the variety that her new role brings.

“I like that it’s not the same thing every day,” she says. “I get to work with donors and committees to award scholarships to students and adults to further their education in health care. I also get to prepare for our golf outing, which raises money for foundation programming.”

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She also mentions coordinating and sponsoring the annual Women’s Outdoor Wellness Trip in which a group of 54 women take a five-day trip that focuses on outdoor activities such as hiking, kayaking, white water rafting, biking and zip-lining. This year, the ladies traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

“They’re having the time of their lives as they build friendship and fellowship along the way,” says Kasting, noting that the youngest in the group this year is 38 and the oldest is 80.

And then, of course, each year Kasting gets to coordinate the fancy Gala, the next of which will take place on February 22, 2020, at the JW Marriott in downtown Indy.

“I think it’s so important as a county that we come together and provide services and resources to help people who suffer with their mental health,” Kasting says.

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Sarah, an 11-year-old youth, was more than a shy girl in school.

Exhibiting signs of selective mutism, she refused to talk to teachers or peers for fear of being judged. But then she started working with Youth Connections, Inc. and as the year progressed, she blossomed socially.

dynamic programs and services that promote family support and positive youth development. The nonprofit organization, which primarily works with children ages 7-17 has been around for more than four decades.

“After 43 years, we felt like we needed to shake things up a bit,” says Judy Olds, referencing the reorganization and need to adapt their programs to serve today’s youth and their families.

For the past four years, Olds has been the organization’s Executive Director, but she felt that it was important that Youth Connections keep up with the current trends in fundraising and program management so she opted to step down and invite Gilbert to move into the position.

Olds is now settling into her new role as Director of Community Relations, which enables her to network, go out into the community and explain all that Youth Connections has to offer while cultivating the interest for new donors.

“We hope with this change that we can increase our funding and get more folks involved with the agency by serving on the board or volunteering,” says Olds, noting that their mission can be a hard sell simply because it’s difficult to get donors to understand what, exactly, Youth Connections does.

“When we first saw her, she didn’t talk at all. By Christmastime, she started opening up and by the end of the school year, she was going to “We can’t bring in a puppy and say, ‘Isn’t it cute? It needs a home, please friends’ houses, singing in the hallway, and talking in class,” says Shana donate,’” Olds says. “There are so many services we provide and each Gilbert, the newly appointed Executive Director of Youth Connections. program requires funding to support it.”

This is the kind of success story that Youth Connections, Inc. is all about as it strives to be the premier agency in advocating for youth and their families in Johnson, Morgan and Brown Counties, providing

Youth Connections has 177 Safe Place sites in the three counties they serve. Though the national Safe Place is probably the most recognizable program, the organization also offers many other programs that are not

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as visible to the community due to confidentiality issues. For instance, they provide Child Custody Evaluations, Supervised Visitations, and the Families in Transition program, which requires couples with children who are divorcing to take this class. They also provide Youth & Family Mentoring. The programs are facilitated by Youth Connections staff of four.

“Providing case management and referral services is a new program for us,” Gilbert says. “Single people or couples with children can apply.”

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“It was wildly successful this year,” Gilbert says. “We’re hoping for an even bigger turnout in 2020.”

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“We do a lot of cyber safety training, not only for the students but for the parents as well so they know what to look for,” Gilbert adds.

This is key given that human trafficking is becoming prevalent in Johnson County.

“We are excited about our transformation and hope the community will be as well,” Olds says. It will only make Youth Connections stronger.”

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