Community Caring
You know about our terrific birthday parties, group events, mother’s day outs, open plays and classes. But you may not know about some of the other things we do for our community. In fact, one of the reasons we started KaZoing! was to be able to do more in our community to support kids and the things kids need to flourish. Our goal is to make KaZoing! big enough so that we can do even more big things that have a major impact in kids’ lives. One of the coolest things we do every year is hosting a Christmas party for the kids at the Kentucky School for the Blind. The North Oldham Lions Club runs the party and by holding it at KaZoing!, the Lions are now able to invite all of the kids from the school instead of just a small handful.
In the previous years we have been able to help more than 100 schools, scouts, libraries, churches and other groups in the Louisville area with an average of $40,000 per year in donations of parties, passes, supplies and staffing. We have also sponsored YMCA sports teams, the India Community Foundation’s youth chess league and the summer reading programs in Oldham, Shelby and Bullitt counties. We also used KaZoing! for fundraisers for Kenwood Elementary, the Jefferson County Foster Care/Adoption Association and the March of Dimes. See below for list of all those who received support from KaZoing!
In December we hold our annual birthday bash and last year our proceeds went to the Jefferson County Foster Care/Adoption Association. They are the folks that look after kids who are in foster care and can’t be with their biological parents. We raised more than $500 in cash to the help the group buy Christmas gifts for foster boys and girls. As you can see in the photo, more than 4 grocery carts overflowing with toys were donated, as well. KaZoing! owner Karri Gerdemann (left) with Chela Miller, president of the JCFCAA and the KaZoing! birthday bear.
Our 2010 recipients: 123rd Airlift Wing KY Air National Guard, Adath Jeshurun Preschool, All Star Pediatrics (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society). Alzheimer’s Association, Anderson County Fire Department, Assumption Highschool, Audubon Traditional Elementary School, Brandeis Elementary, Bullitt County Library, Chance School, Chenoweth Elementary, Children’s Hospital Foundation, Church of Harvest Ministry, Community Montessori, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Department of Social Services, ECHO, Eminence Education Foundation, Farmdale Baptist Church, FEAT of Louisville, Fern Creek Elementary, Friends School, Girl Scouts, Goldsmith Elementary, Goshen Elementary, Greater Life Apostolic Church, Greathouse/Shryock Traditional Elementary School, Harmony Elementary, Holy Angels Academy, Holy Spirit School, Home of the Innocents, Humana Military Healthcare Services, James E. Farmer, Junior League of Louisville, Keneseth Israel Preschool, Kennedy Montessori Elementary School, Kenwood Elementary, Kosair Children’s Hospital, Kentucky Country Day School, Kentucky Hemophilia Foundation, LaGrange Elementary, Libery Elementary, Louisville East Macaroni Kid, Louisville Mommies, Louisville MOMS, Louisville Mothers of Twins Club, March of Dimes, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Maryhurst, Mercy Academy, Montessori School of Louisville, New Castle Elementary, Norton Cancer Institute, Norton Elementary School, Notre Dame Academy, Oldham County Library, Oldham County YMCA. Pitt Academy, Punjabi Cultural Society, Rally’s Spooktakular, Saint Albans Child Care Center, Saint Bernadette Catholic Church, Saint Edward Parish, Saint Mary Academy, Saint Michael, Sanctuary, Simpsonville AR Program, St Aloysius Catholic Church, St Francis Preschool, St Francis School, St George Community Center, St Gregory, St Leonard Catholic Community, St Margaret Mary, St Martha Catholic School, St Matthew’s Episcopal Church Preschool, St Raphael School, St Stephen Martyr School, Stopher Elementary School, Tabitha Topping Memorial Benefit, Taste of Derby, The Laurel Foundation, The School for the Blind, The Wizdom Foundation, Triple Crown Academy, Walden School, Wright Elementary School, YMCA Northeast, YMCA Spirit Program, YMCA Stopher Program.
Our 2009 recipients: Blue Apple Players, Mercy Academy, Hite Elementary, St. Gabriel, Stopher Elementary, St. Athanasius, Saint Michael, Walden School, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wilder Elementary, D.E.B.R.A., Buckner Elementary, Young Survivors Silent Auction, St. Leonard Parish School, Kentucky Humane Society, Girls Scouts of Kentuckiana, Autism Awareness Festival, Oldham County Business & Professional Women, Farmdale Baptist Church, Crestwood Elementary School, India Community Foundation, The Younger Women’s Club, Oldham County Library, Bullitt County Library, Shelby County Library, Green Tree Mall Kids Day, Shop for a Cure, Youth for Christ, YMCA, Ursuline Campus Schools, Louisville Science Center, Thomas Jefferson Preschool, Pleasant Grove Elementary, Cornerstone Child Development, Church of the Harvest Ministry, Pewee Valley Woman’s Club, The Younger Women’s Club, La Petite, Kenwood Station Elementary, St. Alloysius, YUM! World Hunger Relief, Lowe Elementary, Evergreen Preschool, Our Lady of Lourdes, St. Mathews Elementary, Goshen Elementary, Shively Baptist Church, Mercy Academy, Keneseth Israel Preschool, Trager Early Childhood Education, Junior League of Louisville, Friends School, Jewish Hospital, Louisville Collegiate School, Epiphany Church, Kosair Children’s Hospital, Jefferson County Foster Care/Adoption Association and the Kentucky School for the Blind.
North Oldham Lion’s Club Christmas of Love party for the kids of the Kentucky School for the Blind
