Monday, July 10, 2000
Youth programs get $18,300 boost
By Kevin Aldridge
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The Warren County United Way has given a boost to four programs geared to helping Warren County youths this summer and fall.
The Venture Grants program has awarded gifts totaling $18,300 to provide continued day care for Head Start children in Lebanon, therapeutic horseback riding for disabled children, a back-to-school fair in Morrow and an expanded after-school program in Lebanon.
“These grants are helping to address family issues, which were identified as the No. 1 concern in the recent Warren County Needs As sessment,” said Jerri Langworthy, director of the Venture Grants program.
The Lebanon Head Start program was awarded $6,300 for its day care program for preschool children. The summer day care is expected to include at least 15 children.
“If there had been no funding from the United Way, there would have been no Head Start day care program this summer,” said Mr. Langworthy. “It's very likely that the parents would not have been able to continue working if they had lost day care for the summer.”
About 20 children with disabilities will benefit from the $4,000 given for thera peutic horseback rides. The disabled children will ride on horseback for more than two hours weekly with peers. A licensed speech therapist will also be contracted to assist.
United Way officials say a Little Miami family resource center, focusing on Morrow Elementary School, could be created as a result of another $4,000 grant. As a step in creating the resource center, a back-to-school fair will be planned and held in late August before classes begin.
“Teachers and staff from the school library will participate,” said Mr. Langworthy. “The whole community will be involved.”
Camp Fire Council also gained a $4,000 grant to expand its after-school program in Lebanon. The council's “Flying With the Future” program targets 30 children, ages 7 to 17, who live in the apartments of Warren Metropolitan Housing in Lebanon. An empty two-story apartment will be converted to a family center equipped with computers books and a meeting room.
Homework completion and tutoring services will be provided three afternoons a week during the school year in cooperation with student volunteers from St. Frances de Sales School. A Camp Fire leadership program will be initiated for older children.
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