by April Allman | Mar 24, 2019 | Community
Marlene Aldrich first volunteered for the Mayor’s Give a Day/Week of Service years ago when she worked for the University of Phoenix. She and a team of co-workers painted and cleaned a local Boys and Girls Club. They enjoyed it so much that several of them returned on...
by April Allman | Mar 22, 2019 | Community
Mom Ashley McClain and Vinny’s nurse Ashley Bates Kourageous Kids is a not-for-profit 501c3 run by Hosparus Health geared toward helping any child with a serious or life-limiting illness. Kourageous Kids provides these children and their families with a team of...
by April Allman | Mar 22, 2019 | Community
Louisville Youth Group (LYG), a 501c3, was created for LGBTQIA+ young adults (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual or allied). The primary target age was 13-20, but the nonprofit has found people searching for support for...
by April Allman | Mar 22, 2019 | Community
Grace Kids is a church for children who live in a depressed, high-crime area of Louisville. Many of the children have little supervision, come from challenging situations, and have no support systems. These “Adverse Childhood Experience” (ACE) children are...
by April Allman | Mar 22, 2019 | Community
The Newcomer Academy is part of the Jefferson County Public Schools. The transitional school was created in 2010 to meet the varying linguistic needs of new English language learners. The academy began this school year with 345 students and now has over 500. After the...
by April Allman | Mar 22, 2019 | Community
Many children in our communities have no bed in which to sleep, and the Build-a-Bed initiative aims to provide a quality sleeping space for every child. In Southern Indiana, Build-a-Bed is coordinated by Metro United Way, and in Jefferson County the JCPS Office of...
