🌱 Veteran Art Exhibit + IndyGo Fare-Free Holiday Service + Colts

Up and at 'em, Indianapolis! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Low clouds and breezy. High: 40 Low: 34.

Here are the top stories today in Indianapolis:

1. The Indianapolis Art Center will be hosting their annual veteran art exhibit on Saturday, to showcase art from veterans in every military branch. Participating veterans make up part of the center’s Art Troop, a program to empower veterans and active military by creating art that has therapeutic value. The Art Troop is a free, bi-monthly program that runs from Feb. to Nov. (WISHTV.com)
2. The Indianapolis Colts are teaming up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana in a $150K partnership to boost the organization’s youth mentorship work. The chapter plans to make a big push on volunteer recruitment, stating that more than 1,000 boys and girls ages 8-14 are waiting to get matched with mentors. The funds will also go toward equity and trauma-informed care training for staff and volunteers, establishment of a youth leadership council to give mentees more say in programming, and awareness and fundraising campaigns. (Indianapolis Business Journal)
3. IndyGo will be offering fare-free service on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. (WTTV CBS4Indy)
4. Bicyclist Alice Avidor is back on her feet after getting hit by a truck at the Massachusetts Avenue and Alabama Street intersection on Wednesday. (WISHTV.com)
5. One person is dead and two others are injured following a violent crash near the intersection of 38th St. and Keystone Ave. on Wednesday night. (Fox 59)

Today in Indianapolis:

• ISCR Lecture Series: The Indigenous History of Indianapolis - Indianapolis Public Library System (2:00 PM)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Saturday. I'll see you around! If you're into these newsletters, consider bringing some more friends and neighbors along for the ride. You can send them this link to subscribe.

— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.