Since 1999, FamiliesFORWARD has been bringing holiday cheer to hundreds of students from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade annually in the schools that it serves.
Led by longtime volunteers Dorothea Goode Long and Dick Adams, the project has grown each year. About 850 students at Bond Hill Academy, Carson School and Hays-Porter School received filled stockings or gift bags Dec. 18-19, 2013. In 2012, we served 1,460 students. USI Insurance Services donated toys, clothing and groceries for 80 needy families, whom they sponsor throughout the year.
The Adopt-a-Child program was the brainchild of the FamiliesFORWARD board of trustees. Board member Karen O’Maley; Adams, a retired Procter & Gamble executive and also now a FamiliesFORWARD board member; and Long worked as leaders of Adopt-a-Child in the first 10 years, and the program just kept growing. Adams, also a member of the Evanston Academy Local School Decision Making Committee and the Cincinnatus Association civic group, volunteered to deliver the Adopt-a-Child gifts to the homes of children in the early days of the program.
Click here to see a 2013 Adopt-a-Child photo gallery.
Click on a school link for a 2012 Adopt-a-Child photo gallery: Bond Hill Academy, Carson School, Evanston Academy, Hays-Porter School
Businesses, corporations and schools:
Cincinnati Bell Volunteers
Cincinnati Country Day School
Donnellon-McCarthy Inc.
Elegant Wraps and Gifts
General Revenue Corp.
Kroger Store #942
Messer Construction
Ohio National Financial Services
One Stop Center
Project Linus
Sallie Mae Fund
Triversity Group
University of Cincinnati
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
USI Insurance Services
Zonta Club
Individuals:
Deborah Mariner Allsop
Jacob Allsop
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Baldrick
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Barrett
James D. Brady
Andrea Brierly
Matt Buddenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Carruthers IV
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Curry
Melissa Dallas
Kathleen C. Daly
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Day
James S. Eder
Robertha Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Flynn
Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Fox
Scott Grothaus
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hensley
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hewitt Jr.
Josephine Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Keckeis
Mike Kuhr
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Lampe
Mike Magnotta
Sean McShay
Brenda Messer
Marjorie W. Off
Margo Ross
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Rutz
The Rev. and Mrs. Allen B. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Shields
Robert J. Siverd Sr.
Sally Steagall
Elizabeth A. Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Strange
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard P. Suer
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Toft
Marcella G. Trice
Bruce Tumlin
Larry Westerfeld
Carmen Willis
The Gordon W. Wright Family
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Zimmerman
Volunteers:
Dick Adams
Jim Brady
Cynthia Campbell-Bell
Cincinnati Country Day School
Jacquetta Goode Greenlea
Yiyara Greenlea
Anita Lilly
Dorothea Goode Long
Jennifer Lonneman
Cindy Lyons
Cindy Mines
Alison Muth
Stephanie Nash
Bonnie Nesbitt
Karen O'Maley
Megan O'Maley
Pam Pratt
Nikki Sexton
Jennifer Singleton
Sonya Walton
Terry Willis
Lois Wilson
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