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Students at Holmes Middle School make blankets for children served by NKCACAs part of the 21st Century Community Learning Center at Holmes Middle School (Covington), students recently made seven fleece blankets and donated them to the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) for use by the children at the center. This past quarter, a Fun with Fabric Class was taught by Sara Ashworth. The students learned how to make fleece blankets, and constructed seven of them over the past six weeks. The students decided to donate them to the abused children served by the Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center.
Clients of the Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky in Florence are knitting as fast as they can to try to help warm up some children thousands of miles away. They are participating in a project by Brant Hansen of 90.1 FM Air1 Radio in Cincinnati. Hansen's upcoming trip to CURE-Afghanistan will take knit hats for physically disabled children who have had surgery and are in a CURE hospital in Afghanistan. 41 hats have been knitted by the clients of the Center and are being shipped on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. We’re excited to be a part of this project and our clients are proud to do something for children in need.
On Wednesday, Feb. 22, Community Services of Northern Kentucky will host an open house from 3-6 pm at 31 Spiral Drive, Florence, Ky. The event will provide the opportunity for the Northern Kentucky community to see the newly renovated building and learn about our services – Adult Day Care of Northern Kentucky and Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky. The building renovations took several months and were made possible by a $150,000 grant from Community Foundation of Northern Kentucky. Thw new look includes everything from entirely newly updated interior, flooring and patient furniture to updated outdoor signage – with the same great staff and services to offer the community. The open house includes refreshments, door prizes and tours of the building. As part of the event, Speech and Hearing of Northern Kentucky will offer hearing screenings all day. The hearing screenings are free, but an appointment is required. To make an appointment, call 859-525-1128.
Saks Fifth Avenue Cincinnati has chosen the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) as one of five charities to benefit from charges made with a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card from Feb. 1-29, 2012. Saks will give 5 percent of all registered purchases made with a Saks Fifth Avenue credit card to the NKCAC or one of four other local charities. When they check out, customers may select which local charity from Saks Fifth Avenue’s roster they wish to allocate their 5 percent contribution.
Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center (NKCAC) extends thanks to the Advocates, Fidelity Investments and the Northern Kentucky community for providing gifts and holiday support for the children and families served by the NKCAC. NKCAC provides an opportunity during the Christmas holidays for the community to show support for children that are seen
at the Children’s Advocacy Center through a “Giving Tree.” Children and their siblings are identified throughout the year by staff as families in need. Volunteers select children from the list and shop for gifts. NKCAC organizes the gifts, and the gifts and wrapping paper are provided to the families. This year, 21 families were helped by the program.