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Greater Cincinnati Foundation Summertime Kids Grant AwardThe Greater Cincinnati Foundation and the Summertime Kids Volunteer Committee awarded the Community Services of Northern Kentucky Summer Speech Therapy Camp $1,000. This grant will pay for various activies and supplies for the children during their summer therapy camp experience. The Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky and Community Services of Northern Kentucky are very grateful for the ongoing support from the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and the Summertime Kids Committee.
Steven L. Beshear, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, has reappointed Vickie Henderson, Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC), to the Kentucky Multidisciplinary Commission on Child Sexual Abuse for a four-year term. Henderson has been a member of the Commission since 2000. The Commission brings together front-line responders such as law enforcement, prosecutors, children's advocacy centers and social workers to develop and approve protocols for investigating and prosecuting child sexual abuse for local multidisciplinary teams in Kentucky.
Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky, which provides operational support to Community Services of Northern Kentucky, has been awarded a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the Charles H. Dater Foundation. The grant is designated for the Summer Speech Therapy Camp at Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky, an outpatient speech language program provided at Community Services of Northern Kentucky in Florence.
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month. In recognition of the observance, Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) planted 1,987 pinwheels – 1 for each child abused or neglected in Northern Kentucky during the past year at Florence Freedom and at the NKCAC. Pinwheels are the national symbol for child abuse prevention. They represent hope, health and safety. In addition, NKCAC hung 18 t-shirts in remembrance of 18 children killed in Kentucky in 2011 as a result of child abuse.
In 2011, 18 children died in Kentucky as a result of child abuse. For the second year, Nancy Pugliano’s art students from The Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center in Covington painted t-shirts in memory of those children. Each shirt was sized to the age of the child who was killed.
Student painters included Catie Hulett(Erlanger); Zoe Moellering (Villa Hills); Amy Pugliano (Villa Hills); Lillian Reynolds (Ft. Thomas); Maddy Schwarz (Ft. Mitchell); Kaden Smith (Ft. Mitchell); Hope Thelen (Ft. Wright); and Emily Wyatt (Ft. Mitchell).
Jennifer Moore lost her mother, Diana Walpole Moore, at age 18. “My mom was always helping other people,” says Jennifer. “That is one of my favorite memories of her.” Her friends helped her to create a charity in her mother's name, and named it DoMoore. This year for DoMoore’s second project, Jennifer wanted to do something for Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center, where she works as an administrative assistant. She, her friends and family donated a room full of supplies for the abused children served by the center.
Hilda Roland, a client of Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky, celebrates her 101st birthday on March 16, and Adult Day Care is throwing a party to celebrate. she tells us that her secret to long life is, “Doing what you’re supposed to do, and not drinking!” She adds, “I raised my two boys and they are doing wonderful too. My mom raised me right, too. She had 11 children and I have two brothers alive and well.” Her son Bob Roland says, “My mom has been a WONDERFUL mom to me for the 80 years that I have been around.”
It started with a text message. “Most of us were missed by the storms, but were close to those who were not as lucky,” says Lisa West, executive director of Community Services of Northern Kentucky. She sent a text message to the staff on Saturday and asked if they’d be willing to donate supplies for tornado victims, and it snowballed from there. “We have more than I would have imagined,” she says. “Family members were dropping off items all day Tuesday. Items were left outside our door Monday night, and families from therapy brought items in as well. It was truly heartwarming.” On Tuesday evening, they took a truckload of supplies to Flour Creek Christian Church in Pendleton County. Supplies collected included clothing, shoes, coats, blankets, tarps, paper plates/cups/utensils, paper towels, cleaning supplies, personal care items, non-perishable food, water and even a shovel.
Community Services of Northern Kentucky hosted an open house in late February, providing the opportunity for the Northern Kentucky community to see its newly renovated building. Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky and Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky were previously called Cardinal Hill of Northern Kentucky and now are part of the Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky and Community Services of Northern Kentucky. The building renovations took several months and were made possible by a $150,000 grant from Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky.
The Barnes & Noble at Newport on the Levee helped to donate 1,114 books to the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) this holiday season. This holiday book drive was a national project of Barnes & Noble that allowed customers to donate books to local nonprofit organizations. The Children’s Advocacy Center was one of two nonprofits to benefit from this project.
As part of the 21st Century Community Learning Center at Holmes Middle School (Covington), students recently made seven fleece blankets and donated them to the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) for use by the children at the center. This past quarter, a Fun with Fabric Class was taught by Sara Ashworth. The students learned how to make fleece blankets, and constructed seven of them over the past six weeks. The students decided to donate them to the abused children served by the Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center.
Clients of the Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky in Florence are knitting as fast as they can to try to help warm up some children thousands of miles away. They are participating in a project by Brant Hansen of 90.1 FM Air1 Radio in Cincinnati. Hansen's upcoming trip to CURE-Afghanistan will take knit hats for physically disabled children who have had surgery and are in a CURE hospital in Afghanistan. 41 hats have been knitted by the clients of the Center and are being shipped on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. We’re excited to be a part of this project and our clients are proud to do something for children in need.
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Community Services of Northern Kentucky will host an open house from 3-6 pm at 31 Spiral Drive, Florence, Ky. The event will provide the opportunity for the Northern Kentucky community to see the newly renovated building and learn about our services – Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky and Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky. The building renovations took several months and were made possible by a $150,000 grant from Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky. Thw new look includes everything from entirely newly updated interior, flooring and patient furniture to updated outdoor signage – with the same great staff and services to offer the community. The open house includes refreshments, door prizes and tours of the building. As part of the event, Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky will offer hearing screenings all day. The hearing screenings are free, but an appointment is required. To make an appointment, call 859-525-1128.
Saks Fifth Avenue Cincinnati has chosen the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) as one of five charities to benefit from charges made with a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card from Feb. 1-29, 2012. Saks will give 5 percent of all registered purchases made with a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card to the NKCAC or one of four other local charities. When they check out, customers may select which local charity from Saks Fifth Avenue’s roster they wish to allocate their 5 percent contribution.
Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) extends thanks to the Advocates, Fidelity Investments and the Northern Kentucky community for providing gifts and holiday support for the children and families served by the NKCAC. NKCAC provides an opportunity during the Christmas holidays for the community to show support for children that are seen
at the Children’s Advocacy Center through a “Giving Tree.” Children and their siblings are identified throughout the year by staff as families in need. Volunteers select children from the list and shop for gifts. NKCAC organizes the gifts, and the gifts and wrapping paper are provided to the families. This year, 21 families were helped by the program.