The official opening of the Lighthouse Green Learning Center powered by Groundwork in Madisonville is here! Thank you Impact 100 Cincinnati and Groundwork Ohio River Valley!
Tamie Sullivan, volunteer and board member at Lighthouse Youth & Family Services, says THANK YOU! to the Lighthouse team for their continuing care of children, youth and families in need during the coronavirus pandemic.
It's #volunteerappreciation week-a big THANK YOU to our amazing volunteers! We need you and we appreciate you!
When he was 13 years old, Lexavier bounced from relatives’ houses to friends’ couches. He had no structure or stability. When he began living at the Lighthouse Youth Development Center (YDC), everything changed. YDC is a residential treatment home for boys. “Life was crazy and awful,” he says. “I didn’t have a home until I came to Lighthouse. It took me a while to understand they were there to help me.”
The Leadership Council for Nonprofits is honoring Lighthouse with its first Inclusive Culture Award.
Lighthouse is pleased to announce four new members have joined its Board of Trustees. The new additions include Doug Bierer, Greg Hartmann, Kick Lee, and Kenneth Parker.
The University of Cincinnati honored Lighthouse Foster Care and Adoption during the UC football game on November 23. UC donated tickets for Lighthouse families and employees to that game as well as for the game on October 19. We are so grateful!
If you can, it’s best to have a room ready that is warm and inviting with a comforter and stuffed animal that are suitable to the child’s age. “You don’t want it to feel like an institution,” says Becky Story, Lighthouse Foster Care & Adoption Licensing Specialist, "but you also don’t want to be too specific in tastes so that the child perceives,“Wow, this is what they want me to be?”Give the child somewhere cozy to settle in, but then as you get to know one another ask,“What do you like?” Once settled in, let the child choose a few items—perhaps a new bedspread or some posters—to personalize their space.
Your help is needed! The holiday season can be particularly difficult for children and young people who can’t be with their families and for the families who are struggling each day to make ends meet. You can brighten their holidays by becoming a part of the Lighthouse Happy Holidays Gift Drive.