Ohio County hosts 30th annual ‘Celebrate the Child’

BEAVER DAM, Ky. (WBKO) – The Ohio County community gathered at Ohio County High School for ‘Celebrate the Child’.

It was their 30th annual ‘Celebrate the Child’ event at the school, which focuses on empowering the youth in their community.

“Because they are our future,” said Chairman of Celebrate the Child Melissa Palermino. “I have a daughter, and I give her self-esteem, and I want her to know that there are people in our community that will help her if she needs it.”

‘Celebrate the Child’ focuses on preparing children for their future by focusing on their 40 development assets.

“We have an asset that is religious communities,” said Palermino. “We have many different religious denominations in our community, and they do a lot of outreaches for our youth. We also have self-esteem which is really big in our community and school because there are a lot of students that need that.”

Today’s event brought local sponsors in to give children an inside look at those supporting that community and to see what opportunities may lie ahead.

One sponsor in attendance was the Ohio County Mounted Search and Rescue team. They were accompanied by their mascot, Favor, a horse that assists in the search and rescue efforts of missing persons in their area.

Another big sponsor of celebrate the child was Perdue, who donated 3,000 meals for the event.

“We’re local. We want kids to stay local,” said Perdue Administrative Assistant Erin Groves. “We’ve got jobs, of course, that these kids may be our future. These kids may be our future workers at the plant, they may be our future leaders and QA or just a bunch of different places that we have.”

To stay up to date with events from Celebrate the Child, you can visit their Facebook.

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