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Charity Golf Marathon
Kids to Love is excited to be a beneficiary once again of a golf marathon put on by another local charity, The Coat Closet. This is the second year The Coat Closet will help us provide winter coats and gear to foster children across the Tennessee Valley.
Two golfers will participate in a day-long golf marathon on Kids to Love's behalf. Money they raise through pledges will help Kids to Love purchase coats so foster children can stay warm this winter. The golf marathon will be held Monday, September 26th at the Robert Trent Jones golf course in Hampton Cove.
If you would like to make a donation to help provide winter clothing to foster children, you can donate by clicking on the Paypal link below.
For more information about this effort, email kidstolovefoundation@yahoo.com |
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Kids to Love Announces New Media Partner
The Kids to Love Foundation is excited to welcome a new media partner to our organization. WHNT 19 is on board to help us meet the immediate needs of foster children. Our first team effort with WHNT is to collect school supplies for foster children. Kids to Love will provide school supplies to thousands of foster kids across the states of Alabama and Tennessee. Kids to Love looks forward to building our partnership with WHNT to make life better for foster children.
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Kids to Love Honored with Emmy Award
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences mid-south chapter has honored the Kids to Love Foundation
with a presitigious Emmy Award. Kids to Love was recognized in the Community Service category.
Lee Marshall, Kids to Love's president and founder, accepted the award during a ceremony in Nashville on January 24th.
Lee knows firsthand the value of finding permanent homes for foster children. She was placed with a Forever Family
when she was just 6-weeks-old. Kids to Love was recognized not only for finding permanent homes for nearly 200 foster children,
but also for outreach programs such as providing Christmas gifts, school supplies and college scholarships for foster children. |
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Kids to Love to Benefit from Combined Federal Campaign
The Kids to Love Foundation is thrilled to be one of many charities included in this year's Tennessee Valley Combined Federal Campaign.
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is an annual initiative by federal and military personnel to raise money for charities.
Last year, the CFC raised more than $2,000,000.
Organizers hope to exceed that amount in 2008.
The dates for this year's Combined Federal Campaign are October 6 - December 12.
Federal employees and military personnel who wish to contribute to the Kids to Love Foundation can do so by selecting CFC # 50664. |
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"Taste of Huntsville" Tickets on Sale Now
The 2008 Taste of Huntsville is guaranteed to satisfy your taste buds with a sampling of food from the best restaurants in Huntsville and Madison County.
"Tailgating with the Taste of Huntsville" will be held October 30th from 5:30p.m. to 8:30p.m. at the Von Braun Center South Hall 1.
The annual event will feature more than 50 restaurants as well as a silent auction.
Jack Daniel's Distillery will return for a second consecutive year as a Taste of Huntsville special guest. This year's demonstration will feature Lynchburg Lemonade, as well as Jack Daniel's famous sauces and marinades for your favorite tailgating recipes.
Tickets are now on sale and cost $25.00, including free parking at the Von Braun Center South Hall while available. Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
The Huntsville Times
The Huntsville/Madison County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Gibson's BBQ
www.kidstolove.org
www.ucphuntsville.org
Tickets will also be available for $30.00 at the door on the night of the event.
The 2008 Taste of Huntsville will benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Alabama and Tennessee Valley and the Kids to Love Foundation. |
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Kids to Love named Non-Profit of the Year Finalist |
The Kids to Love Foundation was named a finalist for the 2008 Non-Profit of the Year by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. The award is part of the chamber’s annual Small Business Awards.
This is the second year Kids to Love has been nominated for this honor. To read more about the Small Business Awards,
click here. |
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Heart & Sole Campaign Provides New Shoes for Foster Children |
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The Kids to Love Foundation in partnership with the Alabama Adoptive and Foster Parent Association help kick off a rally for National Foster Care Awareness month.
6,029 pairs of shoes were placed on the capital steps – each pair representing a child in Foster Care in Alabama.
The message of the rally was clear: Put Foster Children first. Kids to Love Founder Lee Marshall shared the starting statistic “Lawmakers in Alabama make $134.25 a day, it cost $35.98 to house a prisoner in Alabama a day. Foster children in our state receive between $8 to $14 a day. We know 75 to 80 percent of people in the juvenile justice and prison system today are former foster children. The choice is simple, either we invest in the lives of these children today, or we pay for them tomorrow.” |
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The shoes on the capital steps were collected through the Kids to Love Heart & Sole drive. More than 16,000 pair of shoes was collected through the drive.
Paul Wilson with Soles4Souls, a foster parent of 10, made a donation of 18,000 new shoes! Soles4Souls will take the used shoes, recycle those at the Roanoke, Alabama facility and keep many in the state, and send others to help children around the world, many that live in orphanages. Working with the non profit group Soles4Souls www.giveshoes.org Kids to Love and the AFAPA will be able to provide foster children across the state of Alabama 3 brand new pair of shoes, just in time for school to start in the fall!
First Lady Patsy Riley was in attendance. Secretary of State Beth Chapman & Representative Mike Ball spoke. Ball, a former foster child shared his personal story of spending time in Foster Care.
Miss Springville, Ashley Islee, a former foster child shared her story.
Kids to Love Foundation, making a difference in the life of a child, one child at a time! |
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