Inner City Youth Opportunities

Inner City Youth
                                        Opportunities
                                        The Christmas Season & The New
                                        Year
                                        1/12/2021

                    Amy Heekin's Christmas
With sincere gratitude to ICYO
Facilitator and Volunteer, Amy
Heekin, who along with her family
and friends adopted twenty two ICYO
families for Christmas. Each family
received Christmas gifts including
crockpots and Kroger gift cards. Gift
delivery began on Monday Dec. 14 &
was completed on Monday Dec. 21 by
staff Phil & Jeanne Bell, Nick Lazaro
& Jamie Harahill.
Thank you all for bringing smiles and
Joy to the children & their families.

Strauss Troy's Christmas
This year Strauss Troy's " Make a
Difference Team" (spearheaded by
Marsha Weaver Butler and Elizabeth
Mason) sponsored nine (9) of our ICYO
families with gifts for all family
members and $200 Kroger gift cards
for each family.
They also donated board games,
sports balls, arts n crafts kits, thick
winter socks, dolls, Barbie dolls,
books, two crockpots and other items
for our kitchen at the Learning
Center. AND they donated a $200
Kroger gift card to be used for needed
kitchen items when our kids come
back to in-person learning at our
Center.
Our sincerest gratitude to the entire
Strauss Troy "Make a Difference
Team." Thank you for bringing smiles
and Joy to the children and their
families.

Wyoming Schools' Contribution
Every December for about the last 10 years,
the Wyoming City Schools Second Grade
teachers donate books & students make
board games to match the book they read.
Playing pieces, Die and heartfelt notes are
included with each book and game.
Thank you to the following teachers for
bringing smiles and joy to our ICYO children:
Mrs. Stewart
Mrs. Holiday

Mrs. Becker
Mrs. Shie
Mrs.Lang
Mrs.Sieber
A total of 131 books were donated.

                      Stocking's for the Kiddos
Every Christmas ICYO provides
Christmas stockings to all our
children. This year the stockings were
filled with Word Search/Coloring
books, Ad Lib books, UNO & UNO
DARE card games, Scholastic
Storyworks Magazines and Hershey
Chocolate Bars.

                 Turpin High School Treat Bags
Last month ICYO was contacted once
again by former coach Gail Maundrell

( presently Recognition Consultant for
Trophy Awards Mfg. Inc.) of Turpin
High School Girls Gymnastic Team to
donate bags of Sweets n Treats.
Before Covid-19, Gail and the team
would meet in Gail's home to bake &
create these treats. This year they
met in the Turpin gymnasium to
assemble their 20 gift bags with
sweets n treats.
Thank you Gail & the team for
bringing smiles and joy to our children
once again this Christmas.

               Madison Kahn's Balance Boxes
About a month ago, Madison Kahn, an Indian Hill High School senior, contacted
ICYO. Madison had created a 501 (c)3 non-profit chapter called Balance Boxes
"which provides students in low income communities with educational and
enjoyable activities." Balance Boxes donated 17 boxes to ICYO's younger
students. ICYO staff delivered them along with the Family Christmas gifts on
12/14 and 12/18.
Madison thank you for bringing smiles and joy to our children.

  A Message from Jeanne Bell, Executive Director
Dear Friends of ICYO,
Thank you for bringing SMILES and JOY
to the children and families who
received your Christmas gifts whether
it be wrapped gifts or donations! Your
generosity is such a beautiful example

of how the world can be full of LOVE
and KINDNESS. As you celebrate
Christmas and the Holidays with loved
ones, please know you made it
possible for so many others to have a
BLESSED and MERRY CHRISTMAS and
BLESSED 2021 ICYO Programs.
My Sincerest Gratitude,
Jeanne Bell

                Greatly Appreciated Grants

   The Charles H. Dater Foundation      The Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation
   Awarded ICYO a grant to support      awarded Inner City Youth
   the academic intervention plan       Opportunities a grant in the
   for the amount of $20,000 on         amount of $8,000 on November
   November 16, 2020                    11, 2020 in support of the
   This donation is greatly             Academic Intervention Program.
   appreciated and we're ecstatic       We could not be more grateful!
   for the resources we'll be able
   to obtain with it!

                   We'd Also Like to Thank

                          Connexus Cares

                   Quotient Technology Inc.

                     And All Friends of ICYO

  For your support and care during these times