• A group of volunteers from UPS decorated Apartment 4 with painting and quotes on the walls, new curtains in all the bedrooms and new bathroom curtains, rugs, etc. They also donated wonderful dress-up clothes for the girls!
• Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC donated tickets to a recent UL basketball game for our children and staff to accompany them, along with use of the SKO suite at the game. The kids had a great time and enjoyed the VIP treatment.
• KV Flooring recently donated carpeting for our Residential apartments and Insuramax paid for the installation. This was a badly needed improvement and much appreciated.
• Hard Rock Cafe is once again hosting Thanksgiving brunch for our Residential children. The kids always enjoy this special holiday treat.

Penny Jar Update

The Penny Jar project that was started by Kanee, one of the children in our Residential program, has been a great success. Kanee started the project when he heard about the capital campaign to build new cottages for our Residential children. He wanted to help raise money for the project, so he made a jar to put at the front desk to collect pennies to donate for the cottages. In June we featured Kanee's penny jar on our website and in an email newsletter and included a link to make online donations to the jar. To date, over $400 has been raised with the jars!

Last month, Kanee was placed with a foster family, which will hopefully lead to the happy, secure, loving home that he deserves. In the days before he left, he often talked with our Development staff about continuing the penny jar project and even suggested a few of the current Residential children who could take over the project after he left. The jars will remain in place to collect donations for the cottages, and the online donation link will remain active to continue Kanee's project to raise funds for the cottages. Updates will be published from time-to-time and we will, of course let Kanee know how it's going when he calls to check-in from his new home. Click here to add "pennies" to Kanee's jar.