Community Involvement

As lifelong residents of Northwest Indiana, our family has supported many organizations that strive to improve the quality of life for our community.

The Pangere Center for Inherited Retinal Diseases

Located at The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired under the direction of Dr. Gerald Fishman, a world-renowned ophthalmologist and researcher.
www.thechicagolighthouse.org

The Seeing Eye, Inc.

As the oldest existing guide dog school in the world, The Seeing Eye's mission has remained the same: to enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of people who are blind by providing them with and instructing them in the use of Seeing Eye dogs.
www.seeingeye.org

American Red Cross of Northwest Indiana

The American Red Cross is the nation's largest independent, nonprofit humanitarian organization helping people prevent, prepare for, and respond to all types of emergencies.
www.nwindiana-redcross.org

Legacy Foundation

The Legacy Foundation's mission is to encourage philanthropy, support good works, and inspire leadership in Lake County, Indiana.
www.legacyfoundationlakeco.org

Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana inspires and empowers all young people, especially those from disadvantaged circumstances, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring individuals.
www.bgcnwi.org

The National Federation of the Blind

The mission of the National Federation of the Blind is to achieve widespread emotional acceptance and intellectual understanding that the real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight, but the misconceptions and lack of information which exist. The National Federation of the Blind brings blind people together to share successes, to support each other in times of failure, and to create imaginative solutions.
www.nfb.org

Calumet Council of Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.
www.calumetcouncil.org

TradeWinds

TradeWinds is dedicated to providing support services and training designed to promote individual choice, growth, and self-sufficiency for people of all ages and abilities.
www.tradewindservices.org

Focus Point Sight

Focus Point Sight is a newly developed organization, providing resources to help the blind and visually impaired improve their quality of life by providing a network for individuals to share information, experiences, and knowledge.
www.facebook.com/focuspointsight

Food Bank of Northwest Indiana

The Food Bank of Northwest Indiana has grown into a facility that acquires, stores, and distributes 4.7 million pounds of food throughout Lake and Porter Counties. It is a USDA approved primary distributor of food to local pantries, shelters, day care centers, and soup kitchens. The Food Bank is an affiliate of Feeding America, the nation's largest food bank network. For more than three decades, the Food Bank has served as a link for food relief to families, the elderly, children, and other individuals.
www.foodbanknwi.org

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association's mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all they do. The need for their work is beyond question.
www.heart.org/HEARTORG

The Arc Northwest Indiana

The mission of The Arc Northwest Indiana is to improve the welfare of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. This mission includes the provision of support, training, and care through day services, residential programs, and social services that help people with all levels of intellectual and developmental disabilities develop skills and abilities that assist their movement toward more integration, independence, and happiness. 
www.thearcnwindiana.com

United Way

United Way Worldwide is the leadership and support organization for the network of nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in 45 countries and territories. United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives.
www.liveunited.org

American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the ACS has 12 chartered Divisions, more than 900 local offices nationwide, and a presence in more than 5,100 communities.
www.cancer.org

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Susan G. Komen fought breast cancer with her heart, body, and soul. Throughout her diagnosis, treatments, and endless days in the hospital, she spent her time thinking of ways to make life better for other women battling breast cancer instead of worrying about her own situation. That concern for others continued even as Susan neared the end of her fight. Moved by Susan's compassion for others and committed to making a difference, Nancy G. Brinker promised her sister that she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever.
www.komen.org

Down Syndrome Foundation

The Down Syndrome Foundation is a 501c3 corporation dedicated to helping individuals with Down Syndrome who are on their way to becoming independent and productive adults.
www.downsyndromefoundation.org

VNA Hospice of Northwest Indiana

The Visiting Nurse Association of Porter County provides a broad spectrum of health and social services that can be delivered to recovering, disabled, chronically ill or terminally ill persons in their home environment. These services include the traditional core of professional nursing and home health aide services, as well as hospice care, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, Meals on Wheels, Lifeline, companion homemaker, medical social services, and bereavement support.
www.vnaportercounty.org