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.
2008 was our best year yet and we were able to help more than 67 schools, scouts, libraries, churches and other groups in the Louisville area with more than $26,000 in donations of parties, passes, supplies and staffing. Last year, we 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!
We asked for your help in December for 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 had a fundraising event for the JCFCAA and 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.
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
