KidsPeace

The photos are here! Relive our inaugural KidsPeace Dodgeball Tournament with ASR Media, Benecon , BSI Corporate Benefits, Capital Blue Cross, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, Peoples Security Bank & Trust Company, Tuskes Homes and United Concordia Dental! Congratulations again to our Team Spirit Winner the Gym Class Heroes from Peoples Security Bank & Trust, and our tournament Champions, The Ultimate Warriors from Tuskes Homes! #KidsPeace #kidspeacedodgeball

Our Inaugural Dodgeball Tournament was fantastic!! Tuskes Homes ULTIMATE WARRIORS took home the championship trophy this year! We can't wait to see what 2025 will bring :) Thank you to all our teams, sponsors, volunteers and friends that made this event happen! https://lnkd.in/e_JUNK6k #GiveKidsPeace #ThankYou #duckdivedodge #KidsPeaceDodgeball

Who’s taking home this trophy tomorrow? Will it be ASR Media, BSI Corporate Benefits, Benecon , Capital Blue Cross, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, Peoples Security Bank & Trust Company, Tuskes Homes, or United Concordia Dental?? We shall see! #KidsPeaceDodgeball #GiveKidsPeace #KidsPeace

The latest Conversations with KidsPeace podcast offers a look at how advancements in virtual reality (VR) can help kids in our residential treatment programs understand and manage their emotions. The pilot project also shows how KidsPeace is seeking to harness innovative thinking to improve its therapeutic offerings in a responsible and sustainable way. The latest Conversations with KidsPeace podcast features a demonstration of the VR program and discusses the implications of the pilot project on KidsPeace’s goal of nurturing innovation.  https://lnkd.in/ewJK_uVu

In a guest column in the Morning Call newspaper, KidsPeace President and CEO Michael W. Slack argues against the conclusion of some researchers and commenters that we may be talking too much about mental health issues among youth – noting that viewpoint has echoes of past stigma that kept kids from getting the help they need. https://lnkd.in/e-RF6ZRx

Keystone Family Alliance, a network of churches throughout Pennsylvania, has been finding mentors for children in foster care for the past several years. Recently the group’s “127 Connections” effort has extended to help kids involved in the child welfare system who are clients at KidsPeace’s residential treatment programs at its Orchard Hills Campus.  https://lnkd.in/eSRWBniQ

We're so excited to partner with Lauren McChesney and Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre this Friday, June 21st for a Mo's Closet Supply Drive! Help us stock closets from Maine to Pennsylvania to Georgia and get a FREE SMALL POPCORN at the snack stand! Simply bring your item or receipt to our KidsPeace table that evening to get your voucher! Wish list is here: https://lnkd.in/e9VQVxpE #moscloset #kidspeace #givekidspeace #shankweilersdrivein

Our first Dodgball Tournament is Thursday, 6/27 and we're so excited to welcome Peoples Security Bank & Trust Company's team the GYM CLASS HEROES to the competition! Join us at our Orefield campus soccer fields at 1pm to watch all the fun! #psbt #thankyou #givekidspeace #kidspeacedodgeball

I think almost everyone alive in the 21st Century knows someone who’s struggled with mental health, or currently is struggling. https://lnkd.in/emddyJk4