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September 2004 |
Brightwood Community Center in Indy announces endowment fund for stability of its ministries
INDIANAPOLIS - United Methodist-related Brightwood Community Center on Indianapolis' east side recently announced the establishment of an endowment to further the work of the center in one of the city's most economically depressed neighborhoods.
The announcement and celebration of the newly established Stanfield-Donaldson Memorial Endowment for the Brightwood Community Center was made July 26 at Barnes United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. The initial contribution to the endowment was $50,000.
Brightwood Community Center, at 2410 N. Station St., shares a building with St. Paul-Brightwood United Methodist Church and is a vital member of the Martindale-Brightwood and Forest Manor communities, according to the Rev. Debra J. Stanfield Grady, the center's executive director, pastor of St. Paul-Brightwood Church and niece of the one memorialized.
"We provide programs and services for children, youth and adults. Connections are expanding our outreach into the Perry Township School District as leadership will be provided to enhance relations and the learning environment in the light of racial diversity," said Grady.
"We also are involved in the reestablishment of Indianapolis Public School 51, which was closed due to the desegregation order of the 1970s that is now transitioning to an end."
The new endowment was established through the South Indiana Foundation of The United Methodist Church by the Stanfield Grady and her brother, Anthony Stanfield, to help provide financial stability for Brightwood. The fund was named in honor of Grady and Stanfield's aunt, Mary Alice Stanfield Donaldson, a 1936 graduate of Crispus Attucks High School who continued her education at the Herron Art Institute. She retired in 1977 as a social worker in the New York City welfare system and died Sept. 13, 2002.
As it grows, the Endowment will offer a steady stream of funding, according to Grady. She also said that such philanthropy is uncommon in the black community.
For more information or to give to this new endowment fund, contact 317-546-8200 or by e-mail at brightwood2410@aol.com.
Last updated on 08/20/2004