Welcome to the twelfth 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 KFK. 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!
The 12th Annual RGI River Run, presented by Duke Energy and benefiting Kicks For Kids (KFK), will take place on Newport’s Purple People Bridge at 9:15 AM on the Saturday (5/24/08) of Memorial Day Weekend.
For the second year in a row, all RGI River Run participants, their families and friends, and event volunteers can enjoy a post-race party at Arnie’s On The Levee! Thank you Arnie’s for your continued support. Click on Arnie’s logo (to the right) to learn more about the restaurant.
Click here to register in advance and save off the ‘day of’ price for entry and a Performance t-shirt »»
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On Friday, March 14, General Mills presented Kicks For Kids with a $10,000 check in support of KFK’s A.S.A.P. (Athletic Strength And Power) program, which the charity is currently providing to local youth. General Mills awarded the grant through its ‘Champions for Healthy Kids’ initiative, which encourages healthy eating choices and active lifestyles in kids and teenagers across the country.
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Kicks For Kids once again invited local children to exercise their artistic talents to help with the 13th Annual Christmas Celebration. For the third year in a row, we held a coloring contest, asking kids to draw their favorite Christmas scene. Among dozens of entries, three winners were chosen and their drawings were featured on the invitations and Christmas cards for the event.
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Since 2001, Comair, a subsidiary of Delta Airlines, has played an integral role in a variety of Kicks For Kids fundraisers and events. Not only has Comair handled the flight arrangements for out-of-town celebrities playing in the Celebrity Golf Classic each year, the company also provides flight certificates for the top producer in the RGI River Run’s pledge program and an auction item at the Celebrity Golf Classic’s dinner, while also continuing to recruit outstanding Comair employees to volunteer with KFK.
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For the past decade, Ken and Sam Fraser have devoted countless hours to helping Kicks For Kids enhance the lives of local children. They share a love for volunteering that is deeply rooted; having moved several times, Ken and Sam have always gotten involved in their community and helped wherever they could.
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Covington Partners in Prevention honored Kicks For Kids’ Executive Director, Ted Kluemper, with its ‘Above and Beyond Award’ for his years of dedication to providing dynamic programs for local youth. Ted was recognized at the organization’s Annual Meeting on March 11th, held this year at Drees Pavilion in Devou Park.
Director of Covington Partners in Prevention, Stacie Strotman, highlighted Covington’s partnership with Kicks For Kids over the past four years, and how Ted’s efforts have provided its children with one-of-a kind experiences. “We understand with these lifetime memories, there are extreme costs,” Stacie noted, “Which makes it even more impressive that Ted not only manages the execution of programs but the fundraising that supports it.” He accepted his award, thanking Covington Partners in Prevention for the honor, as well as its steadfast partnership with KFK. Ted also noted what a blessing it has been to be in a position of giving back to the community where his parents were born and raised.
This is the fourth year Covington Partners in Prevention has given out the ‘Above and Beyond Award’ to deserving partners committed to helping local children.
