Teenagers at Lighthouse Youth Center at Paint Creek have created a beautiful welcome to campus. Phillip Martin, a local artist, helped them paint a mural which contains our core values and components of Paint Creek's educational, treatment, and vocational programs.

Some Amazon “elves” from the Hebron Fulfillment Center delivered a sleigh filled with Christmas presents to children at Lighthouse Youth and Family Services in Cincinnati.

Amazon gave in a big way to families in Greater Cincinnati. The company donated $15,000 worth of toys and supplies to Lighthouse Youth & Family Services.

Christopher and Christina Sanders completed a two-year journey last spring by adopting six children into their family. Judge Ralph Winkler presided over the adoption and said he hopes the commitment by the Sanders will inspire other people to adopt children. We hope so too, Judge Winkler! Now Ellen DeGeneres has given the Sanders a surprise of a lifetime. No better way to recognize wonderful families during Adoption Month.

Couldn't be prouder to be among the recipients of a grant from Impact 100! The expansion of our seasonal urban agricultural program to a year-round operation will offer life-changing opportunities to the students we serve and allow a substantial increase in the production of fruits and vegetables available in Madisonville and surrounding communities.

"There is a growing chasm between the number of available foster families and the increasing number of children who enter the child welfare system because one or both of their parents are drug addicts," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. "Today I want to issue a call to Ohioans who may be interested in being a foster parent. I ask them to make that leap and open their home to a kid or kids who could use a stable, loving home."

"Sometimes it's not even being kicked out of the home but just when the parents have a negative reaction, it makes the living situation stressful for them," said volunteer Aubrey Sarna.