The 2024 Silver Cup Celebration was a huge success! We were back the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center this year and celebrated with nearly 300 guests.

Special thanks to this year’s Silver Cup Celebration Planning Committee:

Denise Irons – Chair, Sheri Alexander, Kathy Ballard, Shelia Bowers, Amanda Boyd, Maddie Bulkley, Linda Carroll, Denise Cook, Amy Flint, Ken Haupt, Lucinda Peterson, Jenny Pfeil, Allison Wharry, Kelsie Winters, and Amy Wood.

Our program focused on the importance of community partnerships in helping individuals with disabilities live their most independent lives. We featured a story about Levy, the food service provider of the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, who hired an individual who worked on the food truck last year. Check out the New Hope/Indianapolis Children’s Museum video here! We also heard about the partnership between the Indianapolis Public Library and our Achieving Inclusion and Meaning (AIM) program, and you can see that video here!  We concluded with a panel discussion about our Vocational Services program. The panel included Patrick Mitchell, who leads New Hope’s Vocational Services program, Aiden, who participated in our Vocational Services program and Susan Sutton and Kathy Mulder from the Indiana Historical Society (IHS). Susan and Kathy hired Aiden at IHS and shared their positive experience with the program and encouraged other organizations to participate as well.

The Silver Cup is our largest fundraising event of the year. We are pleased to report that nearly $150,000 was raised! Thank you to everyone who helped plan the event, donated, bought items in the silent auction and attended. We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at next year’s event!

Special thanks to this year’s sponsors:

Table sponsors:

Sheri Alexander, Anthem, Bowers Family, Cannon Property Group, Steve Cook, Delta Dental, Dyken Family, Empire Refractory, Engage Mentoring, Hess Hess & Donnelson, Indiana Business Advisors, Denise Irons, Lilly Endowment, Inc., Napleton Automotive, Steve Vedra