Behind the Scenes with MLK Center – 25 Days of Learning and Loving.
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- We have ONE old HVAC system from 1962. Help us replace it in 2021. Learn more about our building improvement project at MLKCenterIndy.org/Building.
- TWO e-learning pods support students from School #43. One pod costs $2200 per month.
- We have THREE raised garden beds. $300 sows the garden in the Spring.
- We have FOUR new wheelchair accessible mini-vans in the Midtown-Get-Around Program from our partnership with IndyGo. Ride vouchers are $2 each or ten for $18.
- We provide breakfast, lunch and dinner FIVE days per week thanks to our food partners like Patachou Foundation and Second Helpings. Breakfast costs us $54 per week.
- We believe in and practice Dr. King’s SIX Principles of Nonviolence. $4000 per month supports our Community Building work.
- Apprentices learn SEVEN different job roles in our video production business, earning $3200.
- Summer camp lasts EIGHT weeks and costs $120 per week.
- NINE students receive one-on-one tutoring from our partners at The Indy Learning Team. Tutoring increases reading levels and costs $100 per student, per week.
- Replacement headphones for TEN students in the learning pod = $100.
- Each family success plan has ELEVEN goal categories for parents and costs $1100.
- In the summer months, we are open TWELVE hours daily from 7am to 7pm – our electric bill is $73 per day.
- THIRTEEN computers in the Tech Center need rechargeable batteries for mice and keyboards. $130.
- Our Board of Directors has FOURTEEN Contact our Executive Director today to learn more about joining one of our governance committees: Allison@MLKCenterIndy.org.
- FIFTEEN teenagers work on each crew in the Tarkington Teen Work Crew. Trash Grabbers and supplies for the work crew cost $1500.
- In 2021 we will launch our SIXTEEN hour Nonviolence Training program in partnership with the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab at Butler University. Sponsor a training for $2000
- SEVENTEEN Dollars per month equals $200 per year. Every little bit counts.
- A 20,000 sq foot building like ours needs EIGHTEEN heating a cooling zones to be energy efficient. We have six. Learn more about our 2021 building improvement project at MLKCenterIndy.org/Building.
- Midtown-Get-Around vans can get NINETEEN miles per gallon when transporting families to work, school, the doctor or grocery store. Donate gas cards of any amount.
- We have TWENTY team members. Technology for them to work safely at a distance costs $1000 per month.
- Teens in the Tarkington Teen Work Crew participate in TWENTY-ONE hours of professional development every summer. One teen earns $700.
- In the year Twenty TWENTY-TWO, we will turn 50 years old. Join our Legacy Fund by committing $1000 per year for 5 years.
- We bought our current building TWENTY-THREE years ago in 1997. Learn more about our much needed repairs and dreams of expansion at MLKCenterIndy.org/Building.
- With social distancing, we can serve TWENTY-FOUR students in our basement classrooms. Professional cleaning and sanitizing costs $2400 per month.
- Happy Holidays no matter your spiritual, religious, or cultural traditions. We love you.