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Extreme
Makeover: The TLC addition!
A few weeks ago
the Jacobo family from Kansas City, Missouri moved into their new
five thousand square foot home constructed by the crew of
ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. All twelve
family members had been crowded into a nine hundred square foot
house. The word the family used to describe their new home was
AWESOME!
If you drive by
TLC's campus this spring, you will see some awesome changes taking
place there too! With the completion of our 10.7 million dollar
capital campaign, construction is well under way. Our expanded Mabee
Family Center will be completed by mid-June. Our new 24,000 square
foot residential treatment center will be finished in December, and
the new recreation, kitchen and dining building will conclude the
construction in late 2008.
Using the
Jacobo's description, our campus will be awesome!
More importantly, our youth will have access to needed
services in their own community. The expansion from 30 to 92 beds
for residential and transitional living will offer opportunities for
youth where none have been available before. Our expanded training
room will provide adequate space to train foster parents desperately
needed in our community.
Yes, this is
simply awesome! It is also awesome that our community understood the
great need and worked to make the dream a reality. Come by and see
us!
Warmest
personal regards,
Bob Drummond,
Ed.D
President and
CEO
Changing Lives...
Overland Park South Rotary's 17th annual Jazz in
the Woods Festival….
The Overland
Park South Rotary Club's 17th annual Jazz in the Woods
Festival will be held June 22nd and 23rd this year.
Under the leadership of President John Vandewalle and Jazz in
the Woods Chair Paul Welcome, a committee of hard working
Rotarians including Mac Humphries, Arell Wasson, Mike Kopplin, Jim
Schnefke, Brian Bock, Alan Philips, Daryl Robinson, Kay McCarhty,
Christine Schlomann, Mike Meyer, Bill Flohrs, Dick Mellinger, Dan
Johnson, Leo Scott and Theresa Jones, have planned an amazing event
to benefit local children in need!
Friday night's
line up of jazz entertainers includes Headliner Euge Groove, Special
Guest Steve Oliver and Opening Act Joseph Vincelli. Saturday night
continues with Headliner Arturo Sandoval, Special Guest Eldar and
Opening Act Nils.
New this
year…Sunday, June 24th will be the first annual Country
in the Woods concert featuring award winning country
artist Tracy Byrd! Known for hits like, Watermelon Crawl
and Keeper of the Stars, Tracy Byrd is sure to offer
an outstanding evening of country music and entertainment.
This
entire three-day event is family friendly and FREE to the public!
All proceeds benefit local charities serving children in need,
including Fox 4 Love Fund for Children, Marillac and TLC for
Children and Families. Please plan to attend this amazing event and
enjoy some great music while supporting these very important
charities at the same time.
For more information please visit http://www.jazzinthewoods.com/and
http://www.countryinthewoods.net/.
SHINING STARS...
Recognizing Special
Volunteers
This
month we would like to recognize a special volunteer who helped to
make the Easter holiday much brighter for TLC youth. Amanda
Schroeder generously offered to make Easter baskets for girls living
in TLC's residential shelters. She delivered baskets full of candy,
personal hygiene items, pens, paper and other fun items. The baskets
also included a personal note to each girl. What a special Easter
many TLC girls were able to have thanks to the kindness of Amanda!
Thank you!
Amanda
delivering Easter baskets to TLC
Special Event Spotlights...
Cinco de Mayo Friend-raiser
For the second year in a row Dan Stalp and his team of
volunteers will be holding a "Kids First on First Friday
Friendraiser" (say that five times fast!). This exciting event
will be held during First Friday in the Crossroads District of
Downtown Kansas City on Friday, May 4th. The festivities will
include delicious Mexican food, drink, a raffle drawing and special
presentation.
All the proceeds of the event will go to TLC's For the
Children Annual Fund campaign. Dan, who is one of two
co-chair's for the campaign, hopes his event will help TLC to reach
their goal of $135,000 for the 2007 campaign.
If you would like to join us at this event to benefit the
children we serve please call TLC for more information
(913-764-2887) or RSVP to Dan at 913-451-1760 ext. 101 or email dstalp@brooksassociates.us
by May 2.
Date: May
4th
Time: 6-10 pm;
presentation at 8:15 pm
Place: Interior Landscapes 2121 Central,
Ste. 144 in the Crossroads District
Cost: No fee to attend, Love offering will
be available
Family Celebration Expo to benefit TLC
T & C's Event
Planning, LLC will be holding a Family Celebration Expo and will
give 10% of the proceeds to TLC!
Date: May 18 3pm-8pm
May 19 10am-6pm
Place: Overland Park International Trade
Center
6800 West 115th
Street, Overland Park KS
Cost: $10 for
Adults/Children are Free
Details: Family fun for everyone with a kids
play area, parents can enjoy information on health, fitness,
nutrition & beauty, plus shop for craft items, jewelry, food and
more!
Kids can have a
great time making thier own commericals with the Theatre of
Imagination, get thier faces painted, or even do a craft project or
two with oogles-n-googles, and much more!
Hoops for Kids is coming up!
Hoops for Kids Basketball Exhibition and
youth tournament is coming up on June 9th! (Look for more
details in June's newsletter) This exciting community event is
free to attend and includes fun activities for the whole
family. For more information on the event click HERE.
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