Our Story
In 2014, several members of Real Estate community – agents, attorney, banker, saw a need for help and support in the community for families impacted by a child’s medical condition. Such families often have needs for financial support such as rent, mortgage, car repair, prescriptions for the child, gasoline cards to transport the child back and forth for medical treatment and more. Often it is a single parent or a parent who had to give up employment to take care of a child that is under treatment. The needs come in different forms.
Child’s Spirit then expanded the program to cover not only medically fragile children and their families but also financially disadvantaged children. School supplies have been provided to an elementary school for their youngsters whose families are not able to provide such support. Recently,
Child’s Spirit began a Bedroom Makeover program by creating a comforting, soothing, nurturing and pleasant environment with a bedroom makeover. This is especially, important for a child who spends a lot of time in his/her bedroom while recovering from their condition.
The founding Directors were: Karen Bhatt, Santosh Bhatt, Harry Borders, Leesa Hill, Dennis Miller, Louise Miller, Grace Patterson.
Current directors are:
Karen Bhatt – KarenB@GLH-LLC.com
Santosh Bhatt – SantoshB@GLH-LLC.com
Eric Hay – Eric.Hay@haystackinspections.com
Terri Massey – Tmassey13@gmail.com
Grace Patterson – GracePatterson@twc.com
Amber Puharic – AmberPuharic@gmail.com
Our Mission
We want to help children and their families who face challenges due to an illness, mental, physical, or financial issues, and more. Often families become overwhelmed, or a child has a special request or need that may require help from outside. Such help and support will remove some burden/stress from the child and the family. Our mission is to lift the spirits of families of children with challenges – One family at a time.
Child’s Spirit has decided to keep the help and support at an individual level instead of the institutional level. Many charity organizations in our local area do a wonderful job. If we made a financial contribution to such an organization, we are sure it will be put to good use, but we would not know who was helped or how our help lifted a spirit or two. So, we work directly with the challenged child/family to see the impact quickly and more readily.
We’re Here to Help!
We count on folks like you to direct families with challenges to us or direct us to the families.
We are here to help children up to 18 years in the Kentuckiana area.
If you know someone in need of a helping hand, please inform us.