1st Annual “Ride For Children” Poker Run for Abused and Orphaned Children

Hope For Kids, a non-profit, specialized foster care and adoption agency had the privilege to be the recipient of Keller Williams Advantage Realty 1st Annual “Ride For Children” Poker Run fundraiser.

Hope For Kids is very thankful for this opportunity and would like to thank the following local businesses and individuals for their gifts and contributions to this event:  Keller Williams Advantage Realty for their sponsorship, 2-3-4 Motor Sports, Black Walnut Body Works, the Centre Hall American Legion Post 779, Clean Sweep, Confer Jewelers, DJ Houser, Edible Arrangements, Extreme Custom Cycles, Jim Claose, Maria’s Italian Restaurant & Pizza, Tait Farm Foods and the Winery at Wilcox.

This year’s proceeds will be used to help complete Hope For Kids Community Center, aka, “Hope 3:16 Community Center.”  Hope 3:16 Community Center will be used for all of Hope For Kids foster care and adoption programs and Kidz Rainbow Center Early Learning and Educational Programs. The Community Center will also be open to the community at large for special events and trainings.  Please visit for a tour anytime or visit our websites at www.hopeforkidsinc.org or kidzrainbowcenter.org

We are excited to partner with Keller Williams Advantage Realty next year for our 2nd Annual “Ride For Children” Poker Run and hope to see many of you there.

Thank you & God Bless,
Hope For Kids Staff

 

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October 28, 2011

Keller Williams Advantage Realty
740 South Atherton Street
State College, PA 16801

Dear Keller Williams Agents,

You may never meet the foster children and families served by Hope For Kids but you are making a difference in their lives.

Thank you for sponsoring the 1st Annual “Ride for Children” Poker Run for Hope For Kids.  When Agent Michelle Swope learned of Hope For Kids she wanted to help so she approached her colleagues and the Poker Run was on!  Your commitment to helping abused and orphaned children is not only treasured by us, but most importantly, by the children.
Did you know that?   

- In 2009, Pennsylvania had 25,839 reports referred for investigation.

- In 2009, 4,084 children were substantiated or indicated as abused or neglected in PA.  These children’s experience varied-sometimes multiple-forms of maltreatment: 3.9% were neglected, 3.4% were physically abused, and 64% were sexually abused.

- In 2009, 40 Pennsylvania children died as a result of abuse or neglect.

- In 2009, 16,878 children in Pennsylvania lived apart from their families in out-of-home care and 5,911 of were age 5 or younger and 4,791 were 16 or older.

We are blessed to be one of many organizations who provides care and services to these children and having individuals like you who also have the passion and desire to stand with us in this cause and bring Hope to our children.  This is not a task that can be done alone and as we rally together, great things will happen.

Hope For Kids has several programs and this year your donation of $1250 will be used to help purchase flooring of our Hope 3:16 Community Center.  We have been working hard for 7 years to establish this Community Center and by the Grace of God we will be opening the center on December 15, 2011.

We invite you to take a tour of our agency anytime you might be available.  Meanwhile, we will keep you updated on the children and our campaign through our quarterly newsletter. 

This year was so much fun and we made some beautiful friendships.  We can’t wait for next years Poker Run and we have already started a file with some great idea’s to share with you.  Thank you and God Bless.

Sincerely,

Brenda Goldman                                         Patti A. Menges
President/CEO                                           Executive Assistant