Archive for the ‘Kids In Need’ Category

Kids In Need Update

Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

From the counselor (last week before the snow storm): Now that it is finally getting colder, we have distributed more of the coats!  I just heard about a middle school student that needs new shoes. His PE teacher had noticed that the only shoes he has for school is a pair of ...

Kids In Need Update

Friday, November 21st, 2025

We have increased the inventory of food cards for the school counselors and teachers to hand out in the coming week. We want all the families in need to enjoy a Thanksgiving. We also delivered 20 coats of various sizes to be handed out as the cold ...

Kids In Need Update

Friday, November 7th, 2025

From one of the counselors: I have a single Mom who had to flee a domestic violence situation, I believe the ex was put in jail over it and she has been living paycheck to paycheck this year. I provided them grocery cards and target cards for clothes as the 2 ...

Kids In Need Update

Thursday, September 25th, 2025

Another Testimony: We had a meeting with a parent yesterday. One of the issues we discussed was that we have recently been having an issue keeping the his shoes on- a lot of this is due to shoes not fitting him properly because of medical braces (AFOs) that he has to ...

Another Kids In Need Update

Tuesday, September 9th, 2025

From the school counselor we work with: I wanted to share about my personal Village student. Our nurse identified last Fall that she needed an eye exam. I mentioned it to mom several times throughout the schoolyear but mom never followed through on making an appointment. This mom never responds to ...

Kids In Need Update

Friday, August 29th, 2025

From the counselor: I had a couple of stories that just came to me today that I wanted to share with you.  We have a family with 2 students that attend Bethany. Recently, the mom's sister was murdered and this mom has taken guardianship of her 5 nieces and nephews. We are ...

Kids In Need Update

Thursday, May 29th, 2025

Bob,  We are ending this year with a bang, and I had to share with you! Every quarter, elementary teachers submit a student from their class for an award called Sensational Citizen. This is a student that has demonstrated exemplary behavior and modeled the school's core values of Respect, Responsibility, and ...

Kids In Need Update

Sunday, May 11th, 2025

Three different local high school kids' apartments were totally burned down.  These were low-income apartments.  We saw the story on the local news channel.  We supplied Target and food gift cards for the families through their high school counselor.  Clearly, their needs are great. This is a further expansion of our ...

Another Kids In Need Update

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

From the local grade school principal: I wanted to share a little information on a recent experience where the Target and Crest gift cards have served a student/family in a wonderful way. Due to DHS being involved, I can't share specifics but I can tell you that we have a student who ...

Another Kids In Need Update

Monday, March 10th, 2025

I just received an email from one of the school counselors.  I knew that this would bless those who are able to give into Servias: I wanted to share a couple of stories that illustrate the impact we’ve been able to make in the lives of our students through your generous ...