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Every child deserves to be raised in a safe and loving environment and protected from individuals who might seek to harm them. Tragically, this is not always the case. Various forms of child abuse are all too common in today’s society.

In response to this critical issue, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent established a Child Protection Center in July of 2008. The purpose of this Center is to provide a wide range of services including medical evaluations, expert testimony and various forms of training and education with the overarching goal of he ----- Read More >

Amateur botanists, entomologists, zoologist, paleontologists, and anthropologists are shining up their magnifying glasses and delving into the hidden secrets of plants, animals, bugs, and fossils at the new nature center at Camp Crosser. The 220-square foot cabin is the new home to a variety of interesting collections.

Exhibits of leaf collections, animal track displays, and skulls are the tools for the new nature study programs developed to educate and inspire our members in a hands-on environment. This summer hundreds of youth will visit the center to ----- Read More >

Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent became the first provider in Indiana to offer a child-friendly blood draw, thanks to two Indianapolis families. St.Vincent Foundation officials, local donors, physicians and associates gathered to bless the new clinic on June 10. Providing this service involves a partnership of Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St.Vincent and Mid-America Clinical Laboratories to initiate the use of both pain-minimizing numbing creams and child life specialists who offer a variety of tec ----- Read More >

December 24, 2009 - By Betsy Reason
betsy.reason@indystar.com

Campaign helps offer youngsters opportunities

Camry Duncan said joining the Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville not only gave her something to do after school but also offers her opportunities she wouldn’t have otherwise.

Monday, the 12-year-old joined 10 other club members for a field trip to Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis to see the musical, “A Christmas Carol.”

“Normally, I don’t get to go to these things. It’s my first time to a fancy restaurant,” said the Noblesville Middle School seventh-grader.

“It’s not something everyone could afford,” said Abigail Hill, the club’s program dire ----- Read More >