Stand for Children

Owensboro, Kentucky


	The Owensboro Stand For Children initiative owes its founding and existence to the tremendous vision, support, effort of Hager Foundation President Larry Hager. The Hager Foundation funded a bus trip for forty-three local child advocates and service providers to participate along with 250,000 others in the extraordinary June 1st Stand for Children at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Special thanks also must go to Sally Fager who presented, so convincingly, the initial appeal that Owensboro had to be represented at such a significant child advocacy gathering as the Stand For Children.

Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. served as the fiscal agent for the pilgrimage and Ronald Logsdon, its executive director, handled the on-tour finance duties. The Stand for Children event was organized under the auspices of the...

Children's Defense Fund

The participants on the Owensboro Stand For Children Pilgrimage were:

				Emily Bennett Marian Bennett Karen Blincoe Patricia Brown Richard Brown Lonadeen Bullock, Tour Guide Laura Burks Patricia Cecil Olevia Clark Marcia Clouse Tish Correa-Osborne	Sally Dame Sue DeHart Amy Frederickson-Wilkey Sally Fager Renee Ferguson Melissa Gagliardi, Reporter Audrey Henderson George Henderson Teresa Henry Roy Hicks Carol Jones	Lisa Kemper Johnson Christy Kramer Virginia "Ginger" Lang Meredythe Lee Ronald Logsdon Sara Logsdon Sherry Logsdon Carole McQuarrie Donna McHenry Michelle Meece Mary Susan Morrison	William O'Bryan Joe Overby Jordan Overby Alma Randolph James Robinson Roxie Roby Adam Shourds Johnsie Tucker Arlene Walker Angela Woosley Ken Woosley

An Owensboro Stand For Children Committee, which is coordinated through the good office of United Way CEO Joe Overby, is at work translating the inspiring June 1st event into a concerted program of local action and advocacy for children.

Owensboro Stand for Children Community Events...

Interfaith Service in Observance of "Childrens' Sabbath"
Sunday, October 20, 1995 -- Daviess County High School Auditorium

Following are some photos from the Interfaith Service, "A Witness for Children:"

(Left to right) -- Candles are extinguished as a litany of threats to children are read; Paul Bugay reads--
and speaks in Hebrew--from the Old Testament; Dr. Anwarul Quarder reads from the Koran.

(Left to right) -- Rev. Edgar Goins of Louisville delivers the message; Rosemary Lawson lifts a prayer
of intercession as the Sutton Singers lead the audience in "Kum ba yah;" Rev Jay Brown Smith
leads the audience in pledges to nurture children as the candles are re-lighted

Three groups provided singing for the Interfaith Service. From left to right are: The Sutton Singers (Sutton Elementary School); the
"Shades of Light" singers of the Mary Kendall Home; and the Children's Choir of the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church.

(Messenger-Inquirer photo of the Zion choir)

The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reported the service in its October 21st issue, saying:
"The services's most memorable images were those of the children themselves." (Greg Kocher, reporter) From the time the Rev. Jerry Lang, president of the local ministerial association, called the 90-minute service to order, that was certainly true -- and appropriately so since this was a service about children and their well-being. Kocher reported the "prayer that acted as a charge to the congregation," when she said, "Oh, God, we pray for our children and for our neighbor's children. Help us to remember that all these people are our neighbors, and all of their children are our own."
The photo at the left from the Messenger-Inquirer pictures a Zion Children's Choir member especially enjoying her participation in the service.

The Stand For Children Action Center Web Site

www.stand.org

The Children's Defense Fund has established a Stand For Children Action Center to "help Ameicans keep standing for children every day." The Action Center's interactive Web site features a wide variety of resources for communities and individuals who wish to continue to stand for children.
To go to that Web site, Click here or on the Stand For Children logo to the left.
Please don't miss the Stand For Children page on the Children's Defense Fund's own Web site either. You may access it at www.tmn.com/cdf/stand.html. That site also includes the full text of Marian Wright Edelman's speech at the Stand for Children -- and many other speeches as well.

Healthy Child Care America Campaign...

The Healthy Child Care America Campaign promotes partnerships between families, child care providers, and health care providers to promote the healthy development of young children and linking them to needed health care services. The "Blueprint for Action" (this linked site) provides communities with steps they can take to link families to existing health care resources, expand existing family-linked health care resources, or create new ones.

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Ronald Lee Logsdon Executive Director

RonLogsdon@aol.com

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