Penn House Community Block Party
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Penn House, a part of Ballard Community Services, is excited to announce that we are holding a community block party on Saturday, June 8th @ Hobbs Park from 5-9pm. Hobbs park is located at 11th and Deleware. We would like to celebrate the East Lawrence community as it deserves by inviting all of you to enjoy our fellow friends and neighbors. There will be live music, food, door prizes and simply put, good times. This is a great opportunity to engage your community and make some life-long friendships with people full of positive energy. Entrance is free and so is the company!
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We are proud to announce that we will be supporting the local art community at the silent auction this Saturday. We are honoring minimum bids set by artists, helping them support their craft while supporting our mission. So far, we have many native (indigenous) crafts and art pieces. We are so proud and honored to support our local native community. Also, we have pieces from local photographers and artists that span from charcoal mediums to abstract concepts. Finally, we will have many local businesses contributing door prizes and Chiefs/Royals gear. Please Join Us at Liberty Hall from 6-8pm on Saturday April 20th!
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Ballard Community Services proudly announces our Silent Auction in benefit of Penn House Renovations and Emergency Services. Every year, over 5,000 low-income individuals utilize Penn House services and we want to bolster our abilities to continually satisfy client needs; such as food, clothing and ultimately, hope.
If you wish to donate to the Silent Auction, contact Kyle Roggenkamp, Director of Human Services at 785-842-0440 or email kyle@ballardcenter.org.
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Annual End of the Year
Campaign Kickoff Begins!
Ballard CEO Dianne Ensminger once again shares her end of the year campaign appeal with a letter about Ballard services provided throughout 2012 and a chance to help Ballard double their end of the year funding appeal.
You can read Dianne's letter here!
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Just the Cutest Pillsbury Dough Boy ever!!!! This is just one of our Ballard Early Education children participating in our annual Halloween parade held at Ballard!
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NEWS
T.O.Y.S. (Take Our Youth Shopping) trip to take place on Friday!
Ballard Community Services will be partnering for the second year with the Douglas County Sheriff’s
Office, Lawrence Police Department, the Kansas State Highway Patrol and KU Office
of Public Safety to provide a brighter Christmas for 40 of the children
attending our Early Education programs.
On December 14, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. officers representing each of the law
enforcement agencies will meet the participating children at McDonalds located at
4911 W. 6th Street for breakfast.
Once finished, the children and officers will depart for the Wal-mart
store across the street where the children will go shopping with an assigned
officer.
This program was developed to pair the children with officers
in uniform so that the children will have an opportunity to interact with the
law enforcement officers in a positive setting.
Each child will be allotted $75 for holiday shopping with their
officers.
The shopping part of this project was funded by Hallmark
Cards and McDonalds has generously donated breakfast for all the children and officers, with the buses provided by First Student.
For
more information about the T.O.Y.S. program, please contact Dianne Ensminger,
Ballard CEO via e-mail at dianne@ballardcenter.org
or by phone (785) 842-0729 or Sgt. Steve Lewis, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, (785) 832-5204 or email slewis@dgso.org,
Matt Sarna, Lawrence Police Department, tmckinley@lkpd.org, Lt. Keith Hudson, khudson@khp.ks.gov,
Captain Schuyler Bailey, University of Kansas Public Safety, sbailey@ku.edu
Holiday Bureau Is Looking for Volunteers to Adopt Our Families!
We continue to have families who need help this holiday season. Between the Ballard Center and Penn House we still have 150 families seeking assistance and who are needing to be adopted.
If you would like to assist us during the holiday season we are in need of adopters to help with the families who apply for our program. You can contact Kyle by sending an email to kyle@ballardcenter.org or by calling (785) 842-0729. We need all of the help we can get, as we are working to ensure the 600 families needing assistance this year receive it.
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Education Slots Open!
The Ballad Center in North Lawrence has openings for
children ages three and up. To reserve a spot or schedule
a tour, please contact megan@ballardcenter.org.
Our Mt. Hope site has openings in both Toddler Rooms,
as well as in the preschool room. To reserve a spot or
schedule a tour of our facility, please contact the Education Site Director, Emily Baker at emilybaker@ballardcenter.org or call (785) 865-0022.
Now Hiring!
Ballard is looking for quality, caring teachers for each of our facilities.
Send your resume to barry@ballarcenter.org with any questions to apply.
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