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@SincerelyDenyse Can you help us out?
The Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation is a non-profit public foundation that supports deaf and hard-of-hearing students both at Kentucky School for the Deaf and throughout the state of Kentucky. Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), the oldest state-supported school for the Deaf in the US, has 115 students, 70% of whom live on campus from Sunday afternoon through Friday afternoon every week. In this time of state budget crunches and cuts, KSD must seek outside help with important activities that are conducted outside of school hours of 8-3:30, Monday-Friday.
I am writing to request the assistance of you for Kentucky School for the Deaf. We have two big projects for which we are seeking outside support. Because I am not sure what kind of activities your company supports, I will briefly describe them both.
1. Family Learning Vacation, June 9-10, 2012. Total budget is $23,000.
FLV is a fun weekend for family members throughout the state who have deaf or hard of hearing children. There are many different workshops, booths, and panels for the adults to learn more about raising a child with a hearing loss. While parents are in workshops, the children are involved in activities to network with and meet other children with hearing loss. In the evenings meals and other activities are scheduled for the entire family and staff. KSD has held a Family Learning Vacation for over twenty years.
Families from across the state are invited. The only criterion is that they have one child who is deaf or hard of hearing between the ages of birth to 21. The goal is to have 30 families participating in the FLV ’12 weekend.
The staff will include a core group from KSD’s Statewide Family Support Center, a lead Parent Facilitator, workshop/booth presenters, deaf and hard of hearing panelists, and interpreters. The Children’s Program Team Leaders and workers will come from a variety of programs and schools across the state, and include both hearing and deaf/hard of hearing adults. It is estimated that a total of 150-180 people (staff and families) will be involved with the FLV ’12 weekend.
2. Refurbishing the middle school/high school boys’ dormitory (residence for 45 boys, Sunday through Friday for 37 weeks of school)
Tempur-Pedic generously donated mattresses for student beds this year. We are now seeking donations for student study desks, area rugs, chairs and couches, televisions, paint, blinds, small stove for cooking projects, microwave, small refrigerator and other items that make this area, unchanged for more than 15 years, less institutional, more like a home.
As I stated above, I don’t know the kind of projects you or your company can support so I’m describing the two that are most important to us during the next two years.
Please let me know if any of this falls within your guidelines. I will be delighted to send you more information about our school. Our website is under repair. We anticipate a new launch in March. The KSD Charitable Foundation is registered with the GuideStar organization for non-profits. Here is a link to our foundation’s profile: http://goodgiving.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=1060494
We also need to repaint Elementary School (Walker Hall) It hasn’t been done for many years. This is for the school and the residence hall. They have the woman and man power to do it but not the paint.
Thank you for any assistance you can give us.
Sincerely,
Christopher Anderson
advocateforkentuckyschoolforthedeafstudents@live.com
The Kentucky School for the Deaf Charitable Foundation is a non-profit public foundation that supports deaf and hard-of-hearing students both at Kentucky School for the Deaf and throughout the state of Kentucky. Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD), the oldest state-supported school for the Deaf in the US, has 115 students, 70% of whom live on campus from Sunday afternoon through Friday afternoon every week. In this time of state budget crunches and cuts, KSD must seek outside help with important activities that are conducted outside of school hours of 8-3:30, Monday-Friday.
I am writing to request the assistance of you for Kentucky School for the Deaf. We have two big projects for which we are seeking outside support. Because I am not sure what kind of activities your company supports, I will briefly describe them both.
1. Family Learning Vacation, June 9-10, 2012. Total budget is $23,000.
FLV is a fun weekend for family members throughout the state who have deaf or hard of hearing children. There are many different workshops, booths, and panels for the adults to learn more about raising a child with a hearing loss. While parents are in workshops, the children are involved in activities to network with and meet other children with hearing loss. In the evenings meals and other activities are scheduled for the entire family and staff. KSD has held a Family Learning Vacation for over twenty years.
Families from across the state are invited. The only criterion is that they have one child who is deaf or hard of hearing between the ages of birth to 21. The goal is to have 30 families participating in the FLV ’12 weekend.
The staff will include a core group from KSD’s Statewide Family Support Center, a lead Parent Facilitator, workshop/booth presenters, deaf and hard of hearing panelists, and interpreters. The Children’s Program Team Leaders and workers will come from a variety of programs and schools across the state, and include both hearing and deaf/hard of hearing adults. It is estimated that a total of 150-180 people (staff and families) will be involved with the FLV ’12 weekend.
2. Refurbishing the middle school/high school boys’ dormitory (residence for 45 boys, Sunday through Friday for 37 weeks of school)
Tempur-Pedic generously donated mattresses for student beds this year. We are now seeking donations for student study desks, area rugs, chairs and couches, televisions, paint, blinds, small stove for cooking projects, microwave, small refrigerator and other items that make this area, unchanged for more than 15 years, less institutional, more like a home.
As I stated above, I don’t know the kind of projects you or your company can support so I’m describing the two that are most important to us during the next two years.
Please let me know if any of this falls within your guidelines. I will be delighted to send you more information about our school. Our website is under repair. We anticipate a new launch in March. The KSD Charitable Foundation is registered with the GuideStar organization for non-profits. Here is a link to our foundation’s profile: http://goodgiving.guidestar.org/NonprofitProfile.aspx?OrgId=1060494
We also need to repaint Elementary School (Walker Hall) It hasn’t been done for many years. This is for the school and the residence hall. They have the woman and man power to do it but not the paint.
Thank you for any assistance you can give us.
Sincerely,
Christopher Anderson
advocateforkentuckyschoolforthedeafstudents@live.com