Jun 30, 2021 / 08:47 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) The Indianapolis City-County Council has handed out its first round of 2021 grants designed to help stop violence in the city.
A total of $403,000 is going to 25 groups in Indianapolis.
The grants range in size from $4,375 to $32,500. Most of the grant money is going to youth programs for educational and career training. But also, the Indianapolis Soap Box Derby Association Inc. is getting $10,000 for the storage and maintenance of soap box derby cars.
Inside of a building on the near-northwest side is where the
Indianapolis Soap Box Derby Association stores a couple dozen cars. According to Peg Huffman, the association’s secretary-treasurer, the cars are more than a vessel for many of the kids in the racing program, but a vehicle to a clear path in life.