Redwood

Redwood guides children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities to achieve independence and reach their highest potential throughout their lives. At Redwood, children and adults flourish, prosper, and are empowered to achieve the quality of life they deserve. For more information, visit our website.
May 19 '11

Your Help Is Needed

There are many ways that people support the success of the children and adults of Redwood.  Some volunteer or lend their expertise to committees.  Others attend events, donate items, or contribute financially to our mission.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your past support.  Through your kindness, over 700 people with disabilities are empowered to reach their highest potential and achieve the quality of life they deserve.  Their continued success is dependent on the ongoing support of our friends.  That is why Redwood reaches out to you and others on an annual basis. 

  Will you consider making a gift to benefit children and adults at Redwood?

Your support will help people like Jude, who has accessed many of the enriching educational, therapeutic, and vocational services offered by Redwood.   “Jude was born a healthy baby,” says Toni, his mom, “but at six months old, I noticed delays in his fine and gross motor skills.  Our good friend, Nancy White, a mutual friend of Al Wood, ordered us to Redwood.”

Redwood’s occupational and physical therapists got Jude moving, crawling, and sitting up.  As he grew older, more challenges emerged such as speech and hearing impairments.  New doctors and geneticists were consulted.

Redwood’s occupational and physical therapists got Jude moving, crawling, and sitting up.  As he grew older, more challenges emerged such as speech and hearing impairments.  New doctors and geneticists were consulted.

“No one could identify his disability,” says Toni, “but testing proved he was developmentally delayed.”  Jude underwent several ear surgeries, followed by reconstructive surgery on his throat muscles to repair velopharyngeal insufficiency.  At age 6, Jude chased a ball into the street and was hit by a car.  This trauma caused additional setbacks.  Throughout all this, Redwood remained a constant in Jude’s life.

“Therapy and Therapeutic Childcare helped get Jude going and helped us to help him,” says Toni.  These services also empowered Jude to explore personal interests such as drumming and playing the trumpet in the sixth grade band, as well as fishing, softball, basketball, bowling, football, and, his favorite, golf.  “Jude placed first in the Kentucky Special Olympics golf tournament, which qualified him for the National Games in Iowa.  Jude brought home a bronze medal for those efforts!” exclaims Toni.

Jude also benefited from Driver’s Permit Training and Summer Computer Camp.  “Having a driver’s license and owning his own computer have helped him gain much needed independence.  We can now plan for Jude’s future, where he is more independent and less reliant on us.  Redwood has made this possible” says Toni.

To further his capacity for independence, Jude enrolled in the Computer Learning Center and Employment Services, where he received vocational training and improved his interviewing skills.  Ultimately, Redwood hired Jude to work in Dietary Services.

“Jude is an outstanding, punctual employee who takes pride in his job,” says Diane, his supervisor.  “He has developed wonderful relationships with his workers and the people we serve.”

Now 22, Jude is experiencing the independence everyone deserves by earning his own paycheck and using it to improve his quality of life.  “We are grateful for the years of assistance and support Redwood has provided.  Redwood has a special place in our heart because of the differences it has made in so many lives.”

Please consider making a contribution now so that other children and adults, just like Jude, can benefit from the many programs and services offered by Redwood.  Your generosity can accomplish many things throughout an individual’s life:

  • A $5,000 gift allows an adult with multiple disabilities to enroll in 11 months of workplace skill-building offered through the Computer Learning Center.
  • A $2,500 gift allows seven adults with autism to benefit from Driver’s Permit Training.
  • A $1,500 gift allows fifteen school-age children with Down syndrome to benefit from computer-based science, technology, and math instruction during six weeks of Summer Computer Camp.
  • A $1,000 gift allows a toddler with epilepsy to participate in nine weeks of enriching educational activities provided through Therapeutic Childcare.
  • A $500 gift allows a youth with cerebral palsy to receive twenty hours of speech, physical, or occupational therapy.
  • A $100 gift allows an infant with spina bifida to receive four days of nursing services.

To make a secure donation, please visit Redwood’s website at www.redwoodnky.org and click on the red Donate Now button, or click here.  In addition, you can make donations over the phone by calling (859) 331-0880, ext. 297, or mailing checks to:

Redwood

71 Orphanage Road

Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017

On behalf of the children and adults who will benefit from your continued support, thank you!  We are fortunate to have you as a partner in our mission.

Sincerely,

Barbara Howard

Executive Director & CEO

PS- I apologize if you responded to previous letters before this email.  If you have not responded, please consider how your gift will benefit individuals like Jude.  Please give today!