Lincoln Hills Center in New Albany hosted its annual fundraiser for the WHAS Crusade on September 24, 2011. Food was provided by the Joe Huber Family Farm and Restaurant.

For the second year in a row, residents, staff and management hosted the fundraiser. The total raised was more than $4,500! Thank you Lincoln Hills.

Tickets available

Tickets are $150 each and may be purchased by calling (502) 582-7706 or can be purchased securely online with PayPal.

Hats and gowns

Sam Meyers Formal Wear has donated two dresses to be auctioned while hat designer Gabriel Amar has donated 10 hats.

Sponsors are stepping up!

Clements Catering will be creating a wonderful dinner for the event while Allegra Print and Imaging is providing all printing needs.

Watch this cool video and see for yourself

Take a closer look

2011 Night at the Museum Video Highlights 1

2011 Night at the Museum Video Highlights 2

Net proceeds from the Louisville Triple Crown of RunningSM benefit the WHAS Crusade for Children. Team Crusade members go above and beyond by raising $250 for the WHAS Crusade for Children to benefit Kentuckiana’s special needs children. You can raise the funds by simply asking your company to sponsor you or by asking 10 family members or friends for $25 donations.

Join Team Crusade and help kids

Turn your donations & fundraising forms in by February 20, 2012, and you will receive FREE entry into the Triple Crown races thanks to the managers of the Anthem 5K Fitness Classic, Rodes City Run, and Papa John’s 10 Miler.

In addition, Team Crusade members will also receive:
Complimentary Team Crusade t-shirt
FREE MASSAGES after each race courtesy of the Louisville School of Massage!

Want to join Team Crusade?

Come to our information meeting to find out how you can join the team.
DATE: Wednesday, January 18th
TIME: 6:00pm
PLACE: WHAS Crusade for Children office
(Inside WHAS11, 520 W. Chestnut St. – at the corner of 6th St. & Chestnut St.)

Take me to your leader!

You will have a chance to meet our team captain, John Slider, and co-captain, Renee Murphy, as well as other Team Crusade members. You will also be provided with a training schedule to prepare for the Louisville Triple Crown of Running Races. In addition, we will provide you with fundraising forms, so that you can begin collecting donations for the WHAS Crusade for Children. You will also be able to fill out your Team Crusade registration form for the Triple Crown of Running races, which will allow you register for the races for FREE!

Everyone is welcome on Team Crusade – walkers & runners!

For more information, contact Crusade staffer Deandra by calling (502) 582-7706, sending an e-mail by clicking here or jumping on our Facebook group.

Anthem 5k Fitness Classic – March 3

Rodes City Run – March 17

Papa John’s 10 Miler – March 31

A big thank you and greetings from the WHAS Crusade for Children. In this time of holiday giving, we present some Crusade kids and agencies supported by your donations who say THANKS for your support.

Honor a loved one or memory with a commemorative brick

The WHAS Crusade for Children Walk of Fame in Louisville and the Joe Huber Crusade Endowment Memorial Garden Path in Starlight, Indiana await you. Purchase a brick and you’ll be ensuring the Crusade’s future.

Download order forms

> To download the order form for the Joe Huber Memorial Garden Path, click here.

> To download the order form for the WHAS Crusade for Children Walk of Fame, click here.

Make your mark on the Walk of Fame

To commemorate the 50th annual WHAS Crusade for Children, the sidewalk that surrounds the WHAS11 building at 6th and Chestnut Streets in downtown Louisville is now a place of tribute.

The WHAS Crusade for Children Walk of Fame is constructed of paving bricks available to engrave with your special message.

Your donation of $100 for a 5” X 8” or $500 for a 12” X 12” brick will pave the way for the WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment.

Each 5” X 8” brick can be engraved with three lines of text to honor:

Each 12” X 12” brick can include up to five lines of text or an engraved company or organization logo. Call (502) 582-7706 for details.

Order your brick

You can order your own personalized brick here online. Click on this image to download the order form:

Then follow these simple steps:

Mail the brick order form and payment to:

WHAS Crusade for Children
520 West Chestnut Street
Louisville, KY 40202

Questions? Call the WHAS Crusade for Children office at
(502) 582-7706.

Pave the way for children with special needs

Help make a difference FOREVER. The WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment fully funds the Crusade’s future.

It guarantees that 100% of the Crusade’s annual telethon collections continue to go directly to agencies that help children with special needs. It ensures that millions more children will be helped for decades to come.

Beyond your annual contribution, the Crusade needs your Endowment donation now. To change a child’s life forever, support the WHAS Crusade Endowment.

Certificate of ownership

For each brick purchased, a certificate of ownership is issued to you or to whomever you designate.

Huber family partners with the Crusade

Joe Huber Family Farm & Restaurant in Starlight, Indiana has created the Joe Huber Crusade Endowment Memorial Garden Path. Proceeds from the purchase of the three sizes of bricks benefit the WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment. That’s the Crusade’s long term fund that will help thousands of children for decades to come.

Memorial path takes shape

The bricks and pavers are being put in place. To get an idea of where your brick will be placed, watch this video to see more.

Three generations of the Huber family welcome you!

Your purchase of a brick on the Joe Huber Memorial Garden Path can be engraved with your special message.

• Honor a loved one
• Remember an anniversary
• Makes a great gift for holidays and birthdays
• Leave a legacy and help the Crusade

Download an order form

To download the order form for the Joe Huber Memorial Garden Path, click here.

Visit Joe Huber’s Family Farm & Restaurant

Joe Huber Family Farm & Restaurant
2421 Scottsville Rd
Starlight, IN 47106
(812) 923-5255

Best Routes to Joe Huber’s Family Farm & Restaurant

From the North:
I-65 South to Exit 9 “Starlight Attractions” Follow Signs for 14 miles to Joe Huber Family Restaurant.
From the South:
I-65 North to Exit 9 “Starlight Attractions” Follow Signs for 14 miles to Joe Huber Family Restaurant.
From the East:I-71 South to I-65 North to Exit 9 “Starlight Attractions” Follow Signs for 14 miles to Joe Huber Family Restaurant.
From the West:
I-64 East to Exit 119 Follow Signs for 11 miles to Joe Huber Family Restaurant.
From Southwest Louisville/Dixie Highway:I-264 West to I-64 West. Take Exit 119 Follow Signs For 11 Miles to Joe Huber Family Restaurant.

About the WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment

• 100% of each donation to the WHAS Crusade for Children helps children with special needs
• The Crusade Endowment Campaign fully funds our future.
• Beyond your annual contribution, we need your Crusade Endowment donation now.

Change a child’s life forever, support the WHAS Crusade Endowment.

How the Crusade works

The WHAS Crusade for Children, Inc. established in 1954 by WHAS-TV, raises money for agencies, schools and hospitals to better the lives of special needs children.

$143 million raised for special needs children
In its first 58 years, the Crusade has raised more than $138 million. Thanks to generous contributions of goods and services, the Crusade is able to return 100 percent of all donations to organizations that serve special needs children in all 120 Kentucky counties and more than 50 southern Indiana counties. Fire departments raise more than 50 percent of the money each year by staging road blocks and other events.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.

“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
“Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
“Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’
“Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

“VIRGINIA O’HANLON.
“115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.”

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

He died December 6, 2011 after a wonderful full life.

Thanks Scott for making life better for children with special needs.

Obituary of I. Scott Gibbons

I. Scott Gibbons
I Scott Gibbons, age 92, of Bonnieville, KY, passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Kensington Manor in Elizabethtown, KY. He was retired from American Standard, US World War II Navy veteran and served on USS Ericsson, was a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 32nd Degree Mason Scottish Rights, and was an avid supporter of the WHAS Crusade for Children. He was also a member of Pink Ridge Baptist Church. The Edmonton native was the son of the late Ambrose Gibbons and the late Maude McFarland Gibbons. He is survived by his wife: Mildred Gibbons; one daughter: Sue Clay (Dewey), Lexington. Memorial contributions can be made to WHAS Crusade for Children.

Kelly, the leader of the Archdiocese of Louisville from 1982 to 2007, was 80 years old.

“The local church of Louisville has lost a friend, humble servant and dedicated man of God,” said Archbishop Joseph Kurtz.

Known for his wit, intellect and planning skills, Kelly had served as a parish priest for the last three years in residence at Holy Trinity, a position which introduced the skilled homilist to a new audience and a new experience in a family oriented parish community.

Though Kelly had served in diplomatic and administrative roles when Pope John Paul II assigned him to Louisville, the Dominican priest embraced the pastoral role as shepherd of the flock of 200,000 Central Kentucky Roman Catholics.

“Those are moments of grace when you’re in contact with people you serve,” Kelly said in a 2002 interview, “That’s all pure gold. There’s nothing you can trade off against that.”

It is expected that Kelly’s body will lie in state at the Cathedral of the Assumption, with a Tuesday funeral. Kelly had expressed a desire that his body be interred alongside other Louisville bishops in the crypt beneath the Cathedral.

Kelly implemented strategic planning, sparked interfaith efforts and promoted lay leadership within the church.

“For me to become the servant of the faith here means to come home,” Kelly said at his 1982 installation.

“He would be more concerned that we don’t focus on church administration and leadership as a ‘maintaining,’ mode” recalled Archdiocese Chancellor Brian Reynolds, “but as a ‘deciding where we’re going, how we’re going to get there.’ And so very much a direction setter as a planner.”

Reynolds knew Kelly for more than three decades.

“I’m missing a friend today,” Reynolds said.

reynolds echoed Kelly’s sentiments that pointed to the Restoration of the Cathedral of the Assumption as his proudest acheivement.

“I watched that whole restoration take place,” Kelly said in 2006, “not just the bricks which I think is very beautiful indeed, we have a beautiful building, a place that is very attractive to worship, but also the spirit of parish has been very, very important to me.”

Kelly is also credited with reversing declining enrollments in Catholic schools, in part because of the creation of the Campaign for Excellence.

“We’re able to fund a lot of young people to assist them in their tuition costs,” Kelly said, “at the same time we’ve maintained the quality of education and I guess I am proudest of that.”

Kelly said he was proud of his controversial decision to close or merge struggling parishes.

“People move. It all comes down to that. People move,” Kelly explained, “The people who don’t move don’t like that because it means change for them. And we’ve had to realign our parishes considerably.”

“Somebody said I’m a teflon bishop and I don’t like getting scratched, and that’s true,” Kelly said in 2002, “I also think that I’ve made the tough decisions when I should.”

Kelly was praised for his candor about his treatment for addiction after doctors confronted him concerned with his use of prescription painkillers and alcohol after lung surgery.

“It was probably the most humiliating moment of my life,” Kelly said, adding that he went public because he thought it would be helpful to other people.

“It did make things easier to name this problem and put it out there,” Kelly recalled, “Now, it was costly for me, personally to have fallen into this addiction but then to have to be so very public about it. Still, I didn’t think there was any other way to go about it.”

Yet, the the clergy abuse scandal which exploded with a succession of lawsuits in 2002 and 2003, cut even deeper.

“The far greater and more painful thing was the discovery of the scope of the problem in our presbyterate,” Kelly said, “I’ve always honored and respected our priests so much and loved them, each one no matter what the difficulties are. Then it was very hard for me to accept that this problem was as widespread as it was.

The number one thing is the damage done to victims,” Kelly continued, “But the shock of it all and the discovery of it was just something that blew me away.

Scrutiny of the crisis revealed that Kelly had reassigned priests suspected of abuse.

“We had over time sought professional counsel for the very few cases we knew about. But they didn’t know very much about what else to do,” Kelly said.

“Even law enforcement felt that it was a church question and needed to be dealt with by people like me,” Kelly continued.

Kelly rejected the suggestion that the church was being unfairly singled out.

“If there was one child among us that had been harmed, the emphasis was not exagerrated,” Kelly responded, “The fact is, there were many victims. they often use the word ‘cover-up’ about us. I never felt that I was guilty although certainly I was charged with that.”

“For me, it was stupidity. Insensitivity,” Kelly said, “The general ignorance that prevailed over this question was very prevalent in the church.”

Of Catholics disgusted by the crisis who decided to leave the church, Kelly had a simple message.

“Come home. Come home. We are a very serious church and we have had a very serious blow but we are overcoming the difficulties and we’re surviving. Come back home and help us.”

Reprinted from WHAS11.com

Clark Band Crusade fundraiser December 16

Concrete Lady sale benefits Crusade

Get a 20% discount and 20% goes to the WHAS Crusade for Children until Christmas on all sales at the Concrete Lady in Southern Indiana just off I-65.

The most rewarding part of the WHAS Crusade for Children is hearing the life-changing stories from children and families who are helped. None of this would be possible without you. These are actual children who YOU helped this past year:

These are just four of the amazing Crusade stories that have happened this year as a result of your contributions. Thank you!

This year, your generosity has allowed the Crusade to award grants to nearly 200 agencies that help children with special needs across the state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. We ask that as you prepare for the holidays, remember Jewel, Mia, Abigail, Liam and the thousands of other children in our community with special needs. Please make a year-end contribution to the Crusade. While many tremendous achievements have been made, the need is great.

There are many ways you can give:

• Send your check or charge information in an envelope to the Crusade Office
• Become a Crusade Angel through monthly automatic deductions
• Purchase a Walk of Fame brick for that hard-to-buy-for person on your list
• Donate appreciated stock, life insurance policies or other non-cash property
• Consider including the Crusade in your will or through a bequest

For more information:

Call: (502) 582-7706

WHAS Crusade for Children
520 W. Chestnut St.
Louisville, KY 40202

The children served by the Crusade are truly an inspiration and heroes to all of us. Thank you for being a champion for these children. As you enter into the holidays, may your life be full of blessings.

Gratefully,

Dawn Lee
President & CEO

The WHAS Crusade for Children, established in 1954 by WHAS-TV, raises money for agencies, schools and hospitals to make life better for children with special needs.

Since 1954, the Crusade has raised more than $143 million, giving critical assistance to millions of children in 120 Kentucky and 50 Southern Indiana counties.

The money donated in Kentucky stays in Kentucky and, likewise, money donated in Indiana stays in Indiana. No money is sent to any other national charity or organization.

The Crusade returns 100% of each donation to agencies that directly improve the lives of children with special needs.

The WHAS Crusade for Children Endowment fully funds the Crusade’s future.

It guarantees that 100% of the Crusade’s annual telethon collections continue to go directly to agencies that help children with special needs.

It ensures that millions more children will be helped for decades to come.

Beyond your annual contribution, the Crusade needs your Endowment donation now. To change a child’s life forever, support the WHAS Crusade Endowment.

• 100% of each donation goes directly to help children with special needs
• The Crusade has raised more than $143 million since 1954
• Millions of children have been helped by the Crusade
• The Crusade collects an average of $5 million annually; that allows the Crusade to fund just one-third of its annual grant requests
• The Crusade helps children in all 120 Kentucky counties and 50 Southern Indiana counties
• An independent panel of interdenominational clergy allocates Crusade donations
• Firefighters raise nearly 60% of the Crusade’s annual donations
• The Crusade is seen and heard on Kentucky’s statewide network of Internet, radio and television outlets during the Crusade telethon which takes place on the first full weekend in June

• The Endowment fully funds the Crusade’s future
• The Endowment guarantees that children with special needs will be helped for decades to come

You can donate NOW!

Click here to make a donation anytime to the WHAS Crusade for Children securely online.

Recently, Building 91 at the Jeffersonville Census Bureau became Santa’s workshop. Bureau employees kicked off an early holiday shopping spree with their annual auction for the WHAS Crusade for Children by dedicating this year’s effort to one of their own, Paul Dean.

For the 24th straight year, employees at the Census Bureau put together baskets, trees, even an outhouse for their annual auction. It gave bidders a chance to get an early jump on the season of giving with a night of caring and remembering Paul Dean.

Hazel Heim, a “Census Crusader” said, “As a tribute to Paul we’ve got an IU rocker ‘cause Paul was an avid Indiana University fan and a teddy bear along with 2 tickets to an IU ballgame.”

With the total from this year’s auction the Crusaders from the Census Bureau expect to bring their grand total to more than $180,000 and counting that includes over $300 for the outhouse.

Photos of the big night!