40 stories for 40 years . . .
Submitted
“When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I’m gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I’m meant to be, this is me”
– “This is Me” by Keala Settles, The Greatest Showman
(Front row, from left) Moira Dubrovodsky, Sam McNew, Annie Ketchum and Amanda Simpson. (Back row from left) Abbie McIntyre, Allison Howell, Kelsey Royal, Seth Johnson, Austin Phillips, Cameron Cannaley and Chris Holleman. (Photo provided by Krista Lawson, American Structurepoint)
As these words, passionately sung by the Janus Change of Tune Choir, filled the huge ballroom at the 502 East Event Center in Carmel, there was not a dry eye in the house. The words were displayed on large video screens and the 530 guests attending the event sang along with the choir.
The hour-long annual Create, Connect and Commit fundraising event celebrated the achievements of the Janus clients by highlighting some heartwarming individual stories told by the participants and their families.
Annie Ketchum, one of the choir members, was featured in this year’s program.
“Annie gets to sing with the choir. She gets to perform for people,” said Janus President and CEO Chris Sorenson. “You can just see her smile, how she just shines. This is what Janus wants to do for everyone that we provide services to.”
This year’s fundraising event was the largest in Janus’ 40-year history. Many thanks to all the community members who participated to make this event such a huge success. For more information on how you can help Janus, please contact Debbie Laird, Senior VP of Development, at (317) 773-8781 or dlaird@janus-inc.org.