Welcome to the twenty-second edition of Opportunities, Kicks For Kids’ E-newsletter! With so many exciting events coming up, we want to regularly inform our friends of all that is going on with KFK. We thank you for your continued support and hope that you can take a moment to see what is new with the charity. Remember, you can always visit our website at www.kicksforkids.org for more information. We hope to see you soon at one of our events!

• 70 children attend KFK's Annual Great Outdoor Adventure!
• Kicks For Kids hosts its first College Visit Program at the University of Cincinnati
• KFK's Career Program gives children a 'behind-the-scenes' look at two businesses
• Insight Communications' golf outing raises record amount to benefit KFK!
• KFK's Field of Dreams program sends a very special child and his family to Disney World!

On October 17th, seventy children from across the Tri-state had the opportunity to participate in this year's Great Outdoor Adventure. The event was held at Potter's Ranch in Union, KY, and once again provided the perfect setting for a variety of outdoor activities. For many of the children who attended, it was their first chance to fish, ride a horse, and fly through the air on a zip line!
  

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On September 26th, Kicks For Kids hosted its first College Visit program at the University of Cincinnati. The program is designed to give teenage students (7th-12th) exposure to the collegiate experience, and to help them learn about the steps one must take to get into college. A group of 20 teenagers from Covington, Kentucky and Hamilton, OH took part in this event.


  

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Kicks For Kids' Career Program introduced dozens of local teenagers this fall to two different businesses: Outback Steakhouse and RGI, Inc. KFK Board members, Kent Little with Outback, and Rich McGraw of RGI, helped arrange several visits to their workplaces. Students had the opportunity to learn about a variety of jobs associated with each profession.
  

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This past September, Insight Communications raised more than $24,000 for Kicks For Kids at its annual charity golf outing! More than 100 people participated in the event at Hickory Sticks Golf Club on Thursday, September 17th. This is the sixth year Insight has chosen KFK as the beneficiary of the outing. In this short time, the company has raised more than $81,000 for our charity!

  

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Kicks For Kids' Field of Dreams program recently granted a very special wish for a 7-year-old boy who has endured a lot at such a young age. Gabriel suffers from Eosinophilic esophagitis, which is an allergic inflammatory disease that is newly recognized, and can greatly affect one's quality of life. Kicks For Kids worked with Bluewater Destinations travel agency to plan a dream vacation for Gabriel and his family to the one place he has always wanted to go - Disney World!
  

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As a 15-year-old boy living with an incurable muscular degenerative disease, Grant knows that he will probably never be able to drive a car. However, the closest thing for him is his 4-wheel mobility scooter that has enabled him to get around his neighborhood for the past five years, and has served as a great tool for independence. So, when KFK learned that his four wheel scooter had broken and could not be repaired, KFK stepped in and purchased a new scooter for him!
  

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Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been one of KFK's primary supporters since 1998. In the last ten years the firm has been the title sponsor of the Pairings Party Dinner, regularly participates in the Celebrity Golf Classic, and has sponsored the River Run and the Celebrity Shootout. The staff at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney also regularly volunteer for events such as the Annual Christmas Celebration. Thanks to several of these volunteers, Kicks For Kids once again received a generous grant from the Morgan Stanley Foundation this year.

KFK was the recipient of a $8,000 contribution from the Morgan Stanley Foundation's Volunteer Incentive Program. Through this community outreach program the company not only makes an impact in the communities where its employees live and work, but more importantly the company is supporting charities its employees are involved with. In order for a charity to be considered for this grant a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney employee must submit a request for funding on behalf of an organization that they have been an ongoing volunteer for at least one year.

KFK would like to thank all involved with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, including Thomas Carns, Diana Ashton, Allison Estep, Melissa Steinkamp, Tim Dippold, Mike Quin, Ron Bass, and Michael Stacy for their continued support.

For the past several years, Kicks For Kids has partnered with GoodSearch.com to raise money to help local kids in need. GoodSearch.com, powered by Yahoo!, is a search engine that donates 50% of all revenue that they generate to charity. GoodSearch.com is now making it easier than ever to help raise money for Kicks For Kids, just by searching or shopping online!

GoodSearch has developed a new toolbar which takes just a few seconds to download. More than 1,300 top stores including Apple, Best Buy, Gap, and PetSmart are pitching in and will donate a percentage of each sale to our organization. There is no extra cost to you and you may even SAVE money as the merchants are providing thousands of money-saving coupons!

The GoodSearch toolbar also includes a search box which is powered by Yahoo! Each time you search the web, about a penny is donated to us.

There's no easier way to help Kicks For Kids! Please spread the word! Here's a link to the toolbar for more information: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar