Wheeler Mission

Just as COVID-19 has changed almost every aspect of daily life, it has also reshaped homelessness in Indianapolis.

“We’re not allowing any volunteers inside our facilities, so we could really use funding to pay the additional people we’re having to hire to cover the people who got sick.”

The ways to help from home are expanding as nonprofits shift their volunteer opportunities to virtual ones.

The blinds were drawn. A feeling of certainty fell peacefully over the room, and with it, relief. Karen leaned over the bed, over Bethany and Susan, and began to pray. All three of them so close together, waiting.

The annual event, put on by a Christ Church Cathedral women’s group, is more than an excuse to take your lunch break an hour earlier. It’s an exercise in Hoosier hospitality.