As temperatures in 21Country are dipping into the teens, City of Fort Wayne leaders have announced details for warming shelters available to community members in need.
The search for the perfect 40-foot tree to place in Broadway Plaza was months-long. Here’s our conversation with Dan Mudrack from Mudrack Tree Service.
Wednesday at Sweetwater Sound, staff with the Salvation Army kicked off their annual Red Kettle fundraiser to help raise money this holiday season for families in need.
For the past 10 years, Kasey Carr has brought her story and the stories of other local veterans to the students at Irwin STEM Magnet School. Each year they hold a special program honoring those heroes.
Fostering Hope for Children is a Fort Wayne based nonprofit organization dedicated to setting children in need up with the basic necessities their families may not be able to afford. This holiday season, they’re asking the public to sponsor children for Christmas.
Auburn Main Street Association will host their annual Chocolate Trail through downtown Auburn Friday night. The trail features free sweet treats spanning across 25 Auburn local businesses.
Blessings in a Backpack is packing “Turkey Totes” for children within the Fort Wayne Community School District to ensure children have nutritious food to eat over Thanksgiving weekend.
Fort Wayne nonprofit Healthier Moms and Babies is raising money to support their programs in an effort to bring more babies in Allen County to their first birthday. Right now, 6 in every 1,000 babies born every year in Allen County don’t live to see their first birthday.
As families head out for a chilly evening of trick-or-treating Tuesday night, FWPD has a few reminders on how to stay safe as both a driver and a walker.
The Volunteer Center will kick off their 24th annual Coats for Kids collection drive on November 1st. To date, they’ve collected more than 80,000 coats for children in Allen County and the surrounding areas. 1 in 5 kids in Allen County are living in poverty. The Coats for Kids collection aims to provide warm winter coats, paired with hats, gloves and scarves to children.
October is commonly known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The YWCA of Northeast Indiana is dedicated to making sure the voices of survivors are heard.
Turnstone will host their annual Trunk or Treat event Thursday night. The event draws large crowds every year as it features devices that ensure everyone with all abilities can participate in Halloween.
The Garrett High School marching band is competing in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) for the first time in school history this weekend.
Monday marked day one of the annual U Can Crush Hunger food drive and competition between 8 local colleges. Between those schools, they have a common goal to collect 125,000 pounds of food for Community Harvest Food Bank.
The Indiana Canine Assistance Network works to pair service dogs with people in the community who may require additional assistance, whether it be emotional or physical needs. This fall, they’re raising money specifically to benefit their veteran service division.
Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control is fundraising to support their humane education programs with their annual Howl-O-Walkoween event at Promenade Park Saturday.
Ivy Tech will host a free, public Halloween festival at their Coliseum campus Friday, October 13th with both indoor and outdoor activities for all ages.
After a month of reflection and rest, seven Fort Wayne men and women are looking back on the nine-day journey that led them to the 19-thousand-foot summit on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
The holiday season is quickly approaching and with that comes a multitude of ways the Salvation Army is striving to ensure families in Allen County have Christmas gifts under the tree and meals to eat during the holidays.
Leaders with the Honor Flight Northeast Indiana (HFNEI) have organized a fundraiser Thursday evening to help fund future flights to honor area veterans.
The popular Lucky Duck Children’s Consignment Sale will host the second sale of the year this weekend. There are 80,000 items available at a discounted price.
The Vera Bradley Foundation and the Lutheran Health Network began hanging Ribbons for Research throughout 21Country to raise money for breast cancer research. Each pink ribbon represents a donation made to the foundation.
Humane Fort Wayne held a special reunion for the beagles rescued from the now closed animal testing facility in Virginia. Each beagle has since been adopted.
Indiana’s favorite farmers market will wrap up its summer season this weekend before heading to their winter location. The YLNI Farmers Market announced last week that they snagged the top spot for the second year in a row in Indiana.
