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Dear Friends,
April is
National Child Abuse Prevention month. While every month should
focus on preventing child abuse, April is the national month where
agencies collaborate to address this critical issue.
This year TLC is
partnering with metro-wide agencies in a bi-state consortium called
Light of Hope. We hope our efforts will raise awareness of child
abuse and neglect with the intent to eliminate it.
This event will
feature Pulitzer Prize nominated author Dave Pelzer who will tell
his story and sign books on April 18th at 7:30 p.m. at the Ararat
Shrine Temple in Kansas City, Missouri. Dave has written six books
including A Child called IT and The Lost Boy.
These books share details of the horrific abuse he suffered as
a child.
Individual
tickets are available for $40 each. Corporate sponsorships are also
available. Tickets can be purchased from TLC or online at http://www.lightofhope.info/.
Please click here
to view a brochure that provides additional information. If you
are interested in a corporate sponsorship please feel free to
contact me.
Child abuse is a
very serious issue in our community and around the nation. With your
help we can reduce child abuse and neglect in our community!
Warmest
personal regards,
Bob Drummond,
Ed.D
President and
CEO
Changing Lives...
TLC kicks off Annual Fund
Campaign
TLC For the Children
volunteers, staff, board members and dignitaries all gathered
together on Friday March 9th at Carrabba's Italian Grill.
Attendees came together to celebrate the start of the 2007
For the Children annual fund campaign.
With the arrival of spring, TLC supporters are prepared to begin
another successful year that they hope will mirror the success of
2006.
Gary Church, TLC board Chair,
introduced dignitaries in attendance; Senator Karin Brownlee,
Prairie Village Mayor Ron Shaffer, Olathe Mayor Mike Copeland,
Olathe Council member Kathleen Huttmann, Olathe Police Chief Janet
Thiessen, Johnson County Commission Chair Annabeth Surbaugh and
Johnson County Commissioner Doug Wood.
Mayor Copeland, Johnson County Chair Surbaugh and Chief
Thiessen spoke of the issues in Johnson County and the need to raise
money to fund the crucial services TLC provides through its seven
programs.
Much of these funds come from the help of the
For the Children annual fund committee,
led by co-chairs Harlan Parker and Dan Stalp as well as seven other
team captains and nearly 60 team members. Parker and Stalp shared
with the crowd the importance of the campaign and their plans to
raise $135,000 for TLC this year. Many of the teams plan to
hold events to raise thier team goal while others will fundaraise in
the community.
Standing Left to Right: Team Captains Naomi Muha,
Kathleen Huttmann and Co-Chairs Dan Stalp and Harlan
Parker
It is
the hope of all those involved in the campaign to go above and
beyond to support the next generation of children that come to TLC
seeking help!
2007 "For the
Children" Events
- May
4th: Dan Stalp is looking forward to holding his second
annual Cinco de Mayo Friend-raiser in Downtown Kansas
City during First Fridays.
- June 7-10: Captain Stacy Warren and her
team are set to spend a weekend at the Wakarusa Music Festival
in Lawrence Kansas selling beverages to support TLC.
- July 7: Captains Kathleen Huttmann and
Naomi Muha have combined their teams to put on a Rock ‘N' Ride
benefit featuring a motorcycle ride and a special concert
with the Rumble Jets.
- July 21: Captain Debbie Swinney has teamed
with TLC to help with the wine and food portion of Tastes and
Tees for TLC a new TLC staff-run event.
- Captains Jim Smith, Ron Ryckman and Rob Boyer will
fundraise in the community to meet their team goals.
*Please contact TLC at
913-764-2887 for more
information about
the campaign.
The TLC Legacy Society is for
you...
The
TLC
Legacy Society is a special recognition program
formed to honor individuals who develop an estate plan or other
deferred gift arrangement that will ultimately benefit TLC for
Children and Families and the kids we serve.
TLC Legacy
Society members continue a longtime tradition of serving the most
vulnerable in our society--our children. Members utilize a variety
of gift planning methods to fit their personal and financial
situation including remembering TLC through:
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Bequests in
wills or living trusts
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Life insurance
policy donations
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Beneficiary
designations of financial accounts, retirement plans, or life
insurance policies
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Life income
gifts through gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts
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Remainder
interest in a personal residence or farm
To learn more
about the benefits of the TLC Legacy Society and how you can become
a Charter Member, click
here or contact Tim Keeton at (913) 764-2887.
SHINING STARS...
Recognizing Special
Volunteers
Wednesday, March 14th turned out to be a rather warm and
sunny day for early spring…perfect weather for moving! Eight
volunteers from the UPS in Lenexa came to TLC with a pick up truck
and dressed to do some heavy lifting! As construction and renovation
is well underway on TLC's campus, we were faced with the task of
moving an entire office full of files, supplies and other office
items. UPS generously offered to assist us with this task. Thanks to
their time and hard work, our offices are empty and ready for new
carpet and paint!
Volunteers hard at work!
THANK
YOU UPS!!
Lowe's makes a special donation to
TLC
Lowe's Home Improvement Store on 135th and Blackbob in Olathe
were kind enough to recently donate and deliver a wooden play set to
one of TLC's Resource (Foster) Families. Store manager David
Steveson said he thought of TLC when given the opportunity to donate
the play set.
TLC Resource parents, Clint and Debbie Dominick
said that the donation was incredible. They were so thankful
to the men from Lowe's who delivered and set up the play set in
thier backyard. They felt that it was such a blessing for
their family to receive the donation!
Lowe's employees after setting up the
swingset
Things like beds
and dressers are often needed by resource families so that they may
accept more children in their home. Other donations include work out
equipment, bicycles or tickets to Royals' games or musical
events.
Please contact
Teresa Johnston at 913-764-2887 if you would
like to make a
donation for a resource family!
Goddard Galaxy Fun Festival and Open
House
The
Goddard School of Olathe will be holding a carnival that is open to
the public on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
As part of being a NAEYC Accredited school, they participate in
Week of the Young Child which focuses on helping families
and communities raise children together. The playground will be
turned into an outdoor carnival with games, a moonwalk, treats and
other fun items. Tickets will be sold for each activity and all
money raised will be donated to TLC for Children and Families, Inc.
Bring
the family out for an afternoon of face painting and fun games!
Goddard School
of Olathe
15040 W. 138 th
St .
Olathe , KS
66062
(135th and
Blackbob)
Phone:
913-764-1331 | 
