Episode 56: Carrie Rickenberg – Wheeler Mission

Carrie Rickenburg is the Director of Donor Relations at Wheeler Mission Ministries in Indianapolis, IN. Wheeler Mission is the largest homeless shelter in the state of Indiana – they provide Addiction Recovery, Residential Program, Emergency Shelter services to the Indianapolis community. In this episode we talk about how the onset of COVID affected Wheeler Mission and how they operate, how they adapted and going forward, in light of our new normal. We also get to hear about how the Indianapolis community and restaurant community stepped up to help Wheeler during these trying times. Coming soon is the 2020 Drumstick Dash which is Wheeler’s largest fundraiser of the year. They have a modified in person event planned but also have big things going on with the virtual option as well. Make sure you register because 100% of the proceeds go directly to Wheeler Mission. Show Notes: Register for the Drumstick Dash Wheeler Mission Follow The Illuminate Podcast Illuminate on Instagram Illuminate on Twitter Illuminate on Facebook Follow Sandyboy Productions Sandyboy Productions on Twitter Sandyboy Productions on Instagram Businesses in Indianapolis who have helped out Wheeler Mission during this time! Donated food/meals without a business sponsor: Foundry Provisions Tinker Street Capital Grill Piazza Produce Jack’s Donuts Sushi Boss Here are the restaurants who prepared meals with help from sponsors: Chicago’s Pizza Arlington Illinois Street Food Emporium Jugs Nameless Catering Chicago’s Pizza Greenwood Johnson’s BBQ ShackLLC 2 Bazbeaux Pizza Movable Feast Johnson’s BBQ Shack LLC The District Tap Roosters Kitchen Love Handle Old Major Market Green St Pub (Brownsburg) Shapiros Here are the sponsors who provided funding so the restaurants could get a boost: Chicago’s Pizza Jabaal Sheard (Mike Nattis) KSMC – Mary Catharine Grau Shepherd Insurance Starbucks Tom Calhoun Weas Engineering Nick and Tracy Papas Summers Plumbing Heating and Cooling Weas Engineering Chorus Evans Family KSMC #2 Pacers Foundation Schneider Roche Corteva High Alpha Edward Jones (Ted Burgoon) Schoolhouse Insurance & Financial Services, LLC.