Children, Incorporated

Helping Children for 48 Years

jmenees — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:55:12 +0000

Since its founding in 1964, Children, Incorporated has assisted more than 250,000 children around the world!

Generosity Day

jmenees — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:34:39 +0000

This Valentine’s Day, give the gift of sponsorship and encourage your friends and family to give more than flowers and chocolate…

Nearly a year ago, Sasha Dichter (Acumen Fund’s Chief Innovation Officer) got together with Katya Andresen (COO of Network for Good), Scott Case (CEO of Maleria No More), and Elen McGirt of Fast Company to re-invent Valentine’s Day. Inspired by Sasha’s month-long “Generosity Experiment” they decided to launch “Generosity Day”.

The goal was to make Valentine’s Day about more than flowers, chocolates, and romantic dinners, to reconnect it generosity for all. They conceived of the idea on Friday, February 11th, and by Monday, February 14th, just 72 hours later, it had become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 50 articles and blog posts, thousands of tweets, and articles on TIME, HuffPo, and FastCompany.

At Children, Incorporated, we want to do our part and spread the word about “Generosity Day” in hopes of re-booting the idea of Valentine’s Day!

A Student Looks to the Future

jmenees — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:33:46 +0000

A survey response from one of our after school campers to a question regarding future plans:

“Career is important because the economy is so bad we couldn’t survive off of low pay, so I’m going to college and making something VERY GOOD out of myself so I don’t have to rely on my parents because they aren’t always going to be around.”

Helping After School in Kentucky

jmenees — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:31:38 +0000

The Carr Creek Elementary Family Resource Youth Services Center in a joint venture with Children, Incorporated is providing an after school enrichment/remediation program for children in grades 6^th thru 8^th grade at Carr Creek Elementary. Here is a report from our coordinator:

We have approximately 30 students enrolled in the program that attend regularly. The children love to come to the program. This was a shock to me, as I thought they would not stay after school. One students stated this is the best part of her day.“These ae mostly low achieving students. Their grades are starting to improve. They really take part in the after school program with much enthusiasm. Without funding from Children, Incorporated the program would not be possible. The staff and transportation have been the largest asset to the program. Good quality staff have made a successful program.

Teacher feedback has been very positive. Many tell us they can see a big difference in academics of children attending the program as compared to others who do not attend. Their classroom participation has also improved.

The career development has been a positive part of the after school. This is a big push in Kentucky and I can see why. These children had no idea of plans for the future, but we have worked on road maps to get us there

Parents love the program. They state it helps their children in areas they could not at home especially homework. Reading levels have improved. The career development has been a very positive part of the after school program. This is a big push in Kentucky and I can see why. These children had no idea of plans for the future, but we have worked on road maps to get them there.”

Just One More!

jmenees — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:22:08 +0000

The“Just One More” campaign is an effort to match exisisting sponsors with children on our waiting list. Our goal is to break the cycle of poverty for 75 additional children by providing them with critical, basic needs items such as food, clothing and access to education – and ultimately to change their lives for the better by giving them hope. Will you help us reach our goal?

Thank you for caring enough to help us change just one more life!

Philippines Building Project Update

jmenees — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:36:57 +0000

We have reached the halfway point of our 16 unit building project in the Philippines. Interior and exterior blocks have been installed and roofing completed on eight of the homes while the foundation and wall footings have been laid for the final eight units. We expect to have families move into their new homes by the end of February!

Winning Art!

jmenees — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:52:43 +0000

Have a look at Lomia’s winning art work from the 2011 Vision Clinic! She won the prize for “Most Unique.”

Children, Incorporated arranged for a local organization – Art On Wheels – to work with the children in attendance at the Vision Clinic to create individual eye charts. Fourty-four local schools brought a total of 654 students to have their eyesight tested, and 71% of those children (463) were prescribed and fitted with new eyeglasses.

Give a Gift of Action!

jmenees — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:19:24 +0000

This season, consider a gift that will benefit a child in need. Check out our Gift Catalog above and make a difference in the life of a child!

Helping Amy

jmenees — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:00:28 +0000

Amy is a 12-year-old girl who lives in a region of Appalachia that is beset
by drug abuse and its many associated horrors. Amy struggles in school.�
She has always been withdrawn and very quiet, but she is well behaved.
Sometimes such children slip through the cracks. But Amy is fortunate.
She was enrolled on the Children, Incorporated program, and after a long
wait, was finally matched with a sponsor. The three letters she has written
are her first ever. Thanks to her sponsor, she has received not only proper
school clothes and classroom supplies, but also the knowledge that some-
one believes she is special. That has made all the difference. Recently,
quiet Amy started talking, and she shared some troubling information with
a caring adult at school. She is getting help. Thanks to sponsorship funds,
our project coordinator is also getting Amy a pretty diary with a lock and
key, pens, markers, colored pencils and sketchpads so that she can privately
record her thoughts and express her feelings. (These items were recomm-
ended by her counselor.) Our coordinator said the situation would never
have come to light without the fact that being sponsored helped Amy to
blossom and to become brave enough to tell.

Thanksgiving Day Fundraiser

jmenees — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:35:54 +0000

Barry Chappell will launch his eighth annual fundraising campaign to benefit Children, Incorporated on Thanksgiving night. Chappell, host of the “Fine Art Showcase” on Art & Coin TV, will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from his annual Thanksgiving Benefit Auction to Children, Incorporated. The auction will air at 8:00 PM EST/5:00 PM PST on Thursday, November 24.

To learn more about the auction and Chappell’s support of our programs, Watch Art & Coin TV on DirecTV channel 223, or watch it live online at www.ArtAndCoinTV.com.

Happy Thanksgiving!