OUR MISSION:

Carney’s Kids Foundation, through public events and media exposure, will provide financial support and create positive publicity for not-for-profit organizations whose primary goal is to improve the lives of children. We support organizations seeking to enhance the quality of children’s lives by improving their health, both physical and emotional, providing educational assistance, improving the environments of children living outside a family home or supporting families in need and provide disadvantaged children with pathways to their own potential.

OUR VISION:

To raise enough money to give financial help to several children’s charities. Money raised goes directly to the charities. We have no paid staff, we all volunteer our time.

MEET THE CHARITIES WE SUPPORT:

LITZSINGER SCHOOL
School for Children with Special Needs Litzsinger School educates students ages 3 to 14 years with a range of disabilities. The school also fills a countywide role in serving students with autism. Students at Litzsinger receive services in classrooms specialized to meet their overall needs. The curriculum used is a framework for instruction but is adapted to reflect the varying needs of the school’s students.

The curriculum is supplemented with training in functional skills, social skills, learning strategies, character education and other skills needed for success in school and in life. These services include physical therapy, occupational therapy and a variety of speech and language services.

Click Here to view a video of a Litzinger student performing at the 2006 Litzsinger Holiday Program (File size: 14.7MB).

HALF THE SKY FOUNDATION
Enriches the lives and enhances the prospects for the babies and children in China who wait to be adopted, and for those who will spend their childhoods in orphanages.

Developed by Chinese and Western educators working together, programs grew from research that transcends the cultural divide. The simple premise that guides our work is neither Western nor Eastern, but universal and human: In order to develop normally children from birth through seven years, need consistent individual attention, affection and nurture.

THE SAINT LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY
Committed to the prevention of child abuse and neglect and provides emergency intervention, respite care and support to families in crisis through:

• Short-term care for young children in a safe and nurturing environment
• Helping families resolve crisis
• Follow-up, ongoing support and education to families
• Community outreach and awareness
• Advocacy for children and families

DELTA GAMMA CENTER
The Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments is committed to helping infants and young children who are blind or visually impaired, reach their full potential by providing individualized education, therapy and support services to them and their families. Our goal is that children and their families will be given the support and training they need so that children will develop to their potential and enjoy healthy relationships with family members and fully participate in their communities. Educational services are the core of what we offer in a comprehensive array of early intervention services for children ages birth to 36 months.

In addition to early intervention services, the Center provides a wide array of family support services in a direct response to expressed needs from the time of a family’s initial referral with their infant, and whenever needed, until their child graduates from high school.

SPECIAL NEEDS ADVOCATE FOR PARENTS
Provide information, education, advocacy and referrals to families with children with special needs of all ages and disabilities through

• Information and education through a comprehensive Website and a quarterly newsletter
• A national speakers bureau
• Advocacy and resolution of medical insurance problems
• Referrals to educational advocates, support groups and related organizations and professionals
• Special needs estate planning, via seminars and private consultations