Kosair Charities Announces A New Gifts And Grants Celebration
Save The Date for the Crystal Ball: Saturday, September 19, 2015.
- Lousiville, KY-IN (1888PressRelease) September 11, 2015 - Kosair Charitiesฎ is proud to celebrate those that make a difference in the lives of Kentucky and Southern Indiana children with an exciting new celebration. The first Crystal Ball will be held, Saturday, September 19th beginning at 6 p.m. at the Kosair Shrine Center located at 4120 Bardstown Road.
The Crystal ball event replaces the Dreams Take Flight event and is designed to acknowledge and honor a select group of the area's most distinguished members of the medical community, as well as to spotlight and garner awareness for the amazing work of a number of exceptional Kentucky & Southern Indiana charities. You can see the list of recipients below.
"Each year it is an honor to spotlight all our partnering agencies, who work tirelessly to impact the lives of our Kosair Kids," said Kosair Charities Chairman Jerry Ward.
This year's event features glass blowing, speed painting, a diamond necklace drawing, a photo booth, a special Maker's Mark Bottle with caricature drawing and the annual Roger Fox Award & the Sam Swope Community Leadership Award ceremony and more.
The following prestigious awards will be given out at the event.
The Roger Fox Award
Mr. Fox was a dedicated member of Kosair Charities who passed away prematurely, however, he never lost hope that all children would someday be able to run and play. This award recognizes a physician's dedication to children.
The Sam Swope Community Leadership Award
This award recognizes an individual who has advanced children's goals for the future through vision, innovation, and self-sacrifice.
The winners for the above awards will be announced in early September.
2015-16 Gifts & Grants recipients are as follows:
Americana Community Center, Inc .
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kentuckiana
Boys & Girls Haven, Inc.
Camp Quality, Kentucky
CASA of the Heartland
CASA Program for Bullitt County, Inc.
CASA of the River Region
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Center for Women and Families
Central Louisville Community Ministries
Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand & Microsurgery
Council on Developmental Disabilities (The)
Custom Quality Services
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Dare to Care Program
Dorman Preschool Center
Down Syndrome of Louisville
Dream Foundation
Dreams with Wings, Inc.
Eastern Area Community Ministries
ECHO (Exploited Children's Help Organization)
Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana, Inc.
ETA Teen Center, Inc. (Exceptional Teens & Adults)
FEAT (Families for Effective Autism Treatment)
Family & Children's Place
Family Scholar House, Inc.
Fern Creek Highview United Ministries
Food Literacy Program at Oxmoor Farm (The)
Friends School
Fund for the Arts
Gilda's Club Louisville
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana
Green Hill Therapy
Healing Place (The)
Heuser Hearing Institute
Home of the Innocents
Hope Southern Indiana
HOSPARUS
House of Ruth, Inc.
Huntington's Disease Society of Kentucky
Jewish Family & Career Services of Louisville
Kentucky Center for the Arts Foundation, Inc.
Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation, Inc.
Kentucky Youth Advocates (Face Itฎ Movement Project Manager.)
KentuckyOne Health: Kosair Charities Children's Peace Center
KIDS Center for Pediatric Therapies (The)
KY Diabetes Camp for Children, Inc./dba Camp Hendon
Lake Cumberland Children's Advocacy Center
Learning Center of Louisville (The)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (The)
Lighthouse Promise, Inc.
Lindsey Wilson College (Nursing Program)
Louisville Central Community Centers
Louisville Metro Police Foundation
Louisville Pediatric Therapy Center
Maryhurst, Inc.
Meredith-Dunn School
Morton Center (The)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Kentucky/Southeast Indiana Chapter)
Parklands of Floyds Fork (The)
Pitt Academy
Plymouth Community Renewal Center
Project One, Inc.
Salvation Army (The)
Scottish Rite Club of Bullitt Co. Scholarship Program
Shively Area Ministries
Shriners Hospital for Children - Lexington
Shriners National
Silver Heights Camp and Retreat Center
South East Associated Ministries
South Louisville Community Ministries
Spalding University
SPAVA (Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence among Adolescents)
Special Olympics Kentucky
Speed Art Museum
Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky
St. George's Scholar Institute
St. Joseph Children's Home
St. Matthews Community Ministries
St. Vincent dePaul
Summit Academy of Greater Louisville
University of Louisville
University of Louisville's Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric Neurorecovery
Upside Therapeutic Riding, Inc.
Uspiritus
Village Learning Center of Louisville
VIPS (Visually Impaired PreSchool)
Volunteers of America, KY
WHAS Crusade for Children
YouthBuild Louisville
The total amount gifted will be announced the night of the Crystal Ball.
About Kosair Charities: Since 1923 Kosair Charities has had one primary mission - helping children in need. Kosair Charities knows that the quality of a child's tomorrow depends largely on the quality of health, medical treatment, and support a child receives today. For more information please visit http://kosair.org or call 502.637.7696. You can follow Kosair Charities on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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