On the Road
Our Impact Report: August 2023
A letter from our volunteer coordinator at Crossroads Elementary School
Our sponsors might not realize just how far their donations go to help children in need, but our volunteer coordinators, who see our sponsored children throughout the year, get to see first-hand how powerful sponsorship really is for kids and their families. Today we hear from Melania at Crossroads Elementary School in Kentucky about how grateful she is for our program, and how it has affected so many people in her community. Hearing from Melania […]
Helping Displaced Families in Morgan County
A Note from our U.S. Programs Director, Renée Kube
Today, we hear from our U.S. Programs Director, Renée Kube, about how a Hope In Action Fund request from one of our volunteer coordinators is providing much-needed resources to one of the many impoverished families in Kentucky whose situation was worsened by devastating flooding to the region last year. Renée’s letter “Our amazing Volunteer Coordinator, Angie, at Morgan County Middle School, contacted me recently about a family who has been struggling, and she asked for […]
Our Donors to the Rescue
Donations for emergency relief in Eastern Kentucky has raised over $22,000
In late July of this year, we reported on the massive flooding that occurred in Eastern Kentucky, which devastated many of the communities in which we work. Storms followed by rising water damaged homes and schools, leaving families of our sponsored children without a place a live — and in dire need of emergency relief. In the first week after the flooding, our Director of U.S. Programs, Renée Kube, sent $1000 to each of the […]
Our Special Funds at Work in Eastern Kentucky
At Betsy Lane High School, multiple Children Incorporated funds are supporting children in need
As our Floyd County, Kentucky virtual visit series comes to a close, our Director of U.S. Programs, Renée Kube, tells us about our newest affiliated site in the area, Betsy Lane High School, and how valuable so many of our programs are to its Family Resource Center coordinator, Anita. “Betsy Lane High School officially began partnering with Children Incorporated in October 2020, with a few kids transferring in from other affiliated schools. Our Volunteer Coordinator, […]
Working Together to Help Kids in Kentucky
Our volunteer coordinator is proud of her community’s efforts
This week’s edition of Stories of Hope continues with our “virtual tour” of Floyd County, Kentucky. Our Director of U.S. Programs, Renée Kube, visits with our volunteer coordinator, Michelle, at James D. Adams Middle School, to tell us more about their school, community, and the power of working together to help children and their families. Renée’s visit “Adams Middle School is a rather small school located in Prestonsburg, Kentucky. It has the capacity to accommodate […]
Squeezed to The Breaking Point in Eastern Kentucky
Our sponsors and donors offered life-changing support for parents to students at John Stumbo Elementary School
As a part of our “Virtual Tour” of our Floyd County, Kentucky affiliated sites, our Director of U.S. Programs, Renée Kube, tells us about her “visit” to John Stumbo Elementary School. “This is a small school in the community of Grethel, which is in a very rural area about 20 miles south-southeast of the county seat, Prestonsburg. The community is on Kentucky Route 979, and besides the school, there is a small post office and […]