Child Wellness Fund

Mission: Provide parents, educators and leaders paths to provide a better quality of life for their community. We do this by empowering others and mentoring them to have complete ownership of their efforts.

We offer a diverse array of projects all focused on creating a better quality of life for children and families. Please click on the links below to learn more about each program or initiative:

CWF Event Operations— Director: Jamey Ponte

Quarter a Chance—monthly fundraisers CincinnatiShow.com—mid-sized fine art shows TEDxCincinnati—locally organized TED events to share “ideas worth spreading” Vision Yourself for Others Conference—what do you want to create for yourself and the world? CWF Home—Cheviot (Cincinnati,OH) building Child Wellness Fund uses for offices & housing

Twisted Creek Farm—youth camps & retreat center Directors: Jamey Ponte & Michael Frank

Club Spectrum— summer camp for youth with behavioral needs Roots & Shoots Midwest—partnership with Jane Goodall Institute

Kids in Kenya Fund—initial Kenya effort Director: Jamey Ponte

Lion Missions—ministry efforts in Kenya Kibera House of Friends Hostel—Kenya volunteer hostel in Nairobi, Kibera slum settlement in Olympic 100 steps from Kibera bus stage Kenyan Youth Sustainability Center— Nairobi sustainability education Olkimitare Bush House—youth camps, retreat & volunteer center in Maasai Mara, Lemek, Narok Rift Valley region Lemek Conservancy Maasai Mara— partnership with Maasai Mara land owners on wildlife & environment conservation, tourism, education TEDxLemek—locally organized TED events to share “ideas worth spreading” Kenya Ni Kwetu—partnership with youth peace campaigns Roots & Shoots Kenya—partnership with Jane Goodall Institute

Second Home Foundation—durable medical equipment exchange Director: Lynda DeLuca

Hope for the Holidays—provides resources to people in need during the holidays If I Only Had…—provides resources to people and programs in need Hope Chest/Clothes for Kids—clothing and other items a family household can use Milk Factory—Carthage (Cincinnati,OH) building Child Wellness Fund, Second Home uses for operations

Beaded Hope—South Africa women’s project Director: Jennifer Davis

4C for Africa—collaboration of community and creativity to reinforce a culture of peace in regions affected by conflict, through community building and the arts Director: Ashley Beckett

ArtWord Bound Creatives—develop, nurture and promote artistic creation and exploration with visual art and words in the form of storytelling through painting, drawing, journaling, bookmaking and more. Director: Ursula Roma

Heart.Beats.Slavery—documentary film on those making a difference in the global sex trade Director: Emily Kimball

Vox Humana—online project to document the lives of everyday people across the world and foster cross-cultural understanding Directors: David & Qristina Cummings