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Solar Power for Pike Township Free Community Newspaper Our Pillars of Engagement Helping with Pike Township Build Our SOCIAL Community How we connect CULTURAL ECONOMIC Pike Pulse Where we are from How we make a living January 18, 2021 #13 AA TimeTime ForFor HealingHealing Marion County COVID Vaccine Site Map The vaccine is here! 3 4 Pike Township: The vaccination of Hoosiers against 1. Ascension St. Vincent Indianapolis: 1801 W 86th St, Indianapolis, IN 46260 COVID-19 has begun. 2. Marion County Local Health Dept.: Any Hoosier age 70 and older is now eligible to 1 3685 Commercial Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46222 8 Carmel: schedule a vaccination appointment. 3. IU Health North Hospital: 11700 N Meridian St, Schedule your vaccine shot at: https://vaccine. Carmel IN, 46032 Fishers: coronavirus.in.gov/ or by calling 2-1-1 if you do 4. Fishers City Local Health Department: not have access to a computer or need assis- 8937 Technology Dr., Fishers, IN 46038 Near Downtown: tance registering. 2 5. IU Health Methodist Hospital: Who is eligible to receive the vaccine? 362 W 15th St, Indianapolis, IN 46202 5 9 6. IU Health Riley Hospital: If you answer yes to any of these questions, 7 6 575 Riley Hospital Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202 you are eligible to receive the FREE COVID-19 7. Eskenazi Health: 720 Eskenazi Ave, Indianapolis, vaccine: IN 46202 Northeast Indianapolis: • Are you age 70 or older? 8. Community Hospital North: • Do you work or volunteer in healthcare and 7150 Clearvista Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46256 have physical or close contact or face-to-face East Indianapolis: interactions with patients? 9. Community Hospital East: 1500 N Ritter Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219 • Do you have exposure to COVID-19 infectious South Indianapolis: material? 10 10. Franciscan Health Indianapolis: • Are you a first responder who has contact 11 8111 S Emerson Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46237 with the public and could be called to the 11. Community Hospital South: scene of an emergency? ▲ 1402 E County Line Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46227 Becoming a Stronger America What do we tell our children? From Pike Township’s Facebook Page winner and a loser. The election experience was painful; it was Wednesday, Jan. 6, is over, and it’s time for us as traumatic, and it will take sig- was a dark day in a country to come together to nificant time to process. American history. unite and look ahead to hope It’s important to stress What we saw happen for a more prosperous America. this is about our country, not Annette Johnson is something we would We all must want America [our] political party affiliation Pike Township Dr. Flora Reichanadter - Pike MSD Superintendent Trustee only expect to happen to heal. Fortunately, the sun or ideological differences. As overseas or in movies. will rise again. What happened Pike Family, much as we may want to re- . This is not who we are as a must never happen again in We watched in horror on Wednes- ject it, we must acknowledge that country. We have elections, and America. Today liberty must day, Jan. 6, as . extremists what happened is just as much a with those elections, we have a ring, justice must be made, and stormed our Capitol in a direct part of the American story as our the healing must start now. ▲ affront to our democracy. The loftiest triumphs and aspirations. Continued on page 3 Inviting A New Togetherness Can you understand light without darkness? What’s triumph without struggle? What does it mean to be together if you haven’t ever been apart? 2020 was a profound year, and my hope is it provided enough perspective Our mission is to help build a stronger sense of for us, as people, to realize how much light has been absent, how much community by keeping our fingers on the pulse triumph wasn’t celebrated, and how important it is for us to find things of Pike Township and publishing positive, upbeat, around which we can come together to enjoy more fully. and relevant news. In my last Director of Development’s message, I alluded to the impor- tance of people, businesses, and organizations coming together to help Brandon Fishburn Pike Pulse is the only free newspaper in Pike strengthen the community of Pike Township. In order for this to become Township that is delivered by the US Postal a reality, you, our reader, must take action. I have a request that will build togetherness safely. Service twice a month to every residential and We are developing relationships with businesses and organizations in our Pike commu- business address. nity. They are signing on as advertisers and/or sponsors of community initiatives which Pike Pulse supports through its Pillars of Engagement. These businesses have made the decision SOCIAL to be a part of this effort in the midst of a global pandemic and a period of great uncertainty. Pike Pulse How we connect As we press forward into 2021, I challenge you, dear reader, to take action and do some- Pillars of thing you probably have never done. CULTURAL ECONOMIC Where we are from How we make a living 1. Call our advertisers and just thank them for being a part of our paper. You don’t have Engagement to buy anything. Just reach out to them. I. Cultural Pillar — where we are from 2. If you get the chance, ask how they are doing. You might tell them I asked you to call • Stories about Pike residents — they should know my name. Maybe find out more about their goals and ask about • Stories celebrating our diverse cultures ways you can help. I guarantee you’ll be surprised about what they say. • Stories highlighting opportunities 3. And I would love to hear what you find out. Our company line is 317-349-7200. II. Social Pillar — how we connect Leave a message, and I will get it. Or e-mail: [email protected]. • Spotlight groups and organizations And if there are other Pike-serving businesses and organizations you’d like to see • Communicate celebrations for Veterans become a part of our advertising/sponsorship base, let me know. I’ll contact them. • Information about our religious diversity We believe 2021 will be a great year for Pike Township. Our advertisers and sponsors are • Neighborhood Associations news our lifeblood, and they have invested in the life of Pike Township. Your readership of our paper • Health updates and your support of our advertisers/sponsors is crucial and greatly appreciated! • Art exhibits and performances Happy New Year! ▲ • Youth and adult athletic updates • Academic celebrations III. Economic Pillar — how we make a living Girl Scout Cookies Kick Off • Commercial development • Business-to-Business communications Girl Scouts across Pike Township have • If you know a Girl Scout, reach out to her to • Business-to-Consumer communications officially kicked off the 2021 Girl Scout find out how she’s selling cookies in ways • Pike job openings • Legislative and township development Cookie season, and they’re coming up with that meet local and state safety protocols. • Community development creative, socially distant, and contact-free Girl Scouts will receive cookies to begin • Pike Business Park news ways to keep themselves and their custom- deliveries to customers in February. ers safe. • Next month, visit www.girlscoutcookies.org This season, Girl Scouts of Central Indi- or use the official Girl Scout Cookie Finder Published 22 times a year by Pike Pulse LLC ana is partnering with the food ordering and app to find virtual, socially distant or con- (Twice a month except for November and December delivery company, Grubhub, so girls have an tact-free cookie booths in your area. when we publish one issue each month) additional way to safely deliver contact-free • Visit www.grubhub.com/food/girl_scouts to Pike Pulse Newspaper cookie orders. In Indianapolis, consumers order via contact-free 4732 Century Plaza Road can order Girl Scout Cookies for delivery on delivery from Grubhub. Indianapolis, IN 46254 Grubhub.com or the Grubhub app starting the 317-349-7200 end of January. Local Girl Scouts will track and Clint Fultz, publisher: [email protected] Girl Scouts is fulfill orders, manage inventory, and more. As open to all girls K- 12. Brocky Brown, editor-in-chief: [email protected] always, the proceeds benefit the troop and Adults over the age of Brandon Fishburn, director of development: council while providing another innovative way 18 may become vol- [email protected] to safely run the cookie program virtually. unteers. Financial as- Sean Kurker, account manager Girl Scout cookie season will go through sistance is available. Scott Bradach, senior graphic designer mid-March this year. You can get your Thin For more information Ross Wimmersberger, IT Mints, Tagalongs, Samoas, and more in the visit www.girlscoutsin- Dr. Mary E. Chalmers, advisor following ways: diana.org/join. ▲ Arnita M. Williams, staff reporter ADVERTISING SALES: BRANDON FISHBURN | 317-445-5189 | [email protected] January 2021 3 Dr. Flora’s statement continued from page 1 Familias de Pike, para que todos los estadounidenses . We cannot normalize what happened or go about our Ayer, vimos con horror cómo puedan disfrutar de todos los privile- business like it did not occur. Individually and collectively, it extremistas radicales irrumpieron en gios y beneficios tan orgullosamente nuestro Capitolio con un enfrenta- prometidos. is impossible to become who we want to be without taking miento directo a nuestra democracia. an honest look at who we are. These events didn’t happen in La experiencia fue dolorosa, traumática El MSD de Pike Township se com- isolation, nor are they disconnected from our history. This vile y llevará mucho tiempo procesarla.
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