Kids' Chance continued

The purpose of Kids' Chance, Inc. is to provide financial scholarships for children of permanently or catastrophically injured or deceased workers to complete their education.

Now, 24 states, including Alabama and Pennsylvania, in addition to Kentucky, have Kids' Chance programs. (To learn more about Kids' Chance, visit www.kidschance.org.)

The Kentucky branch of Kids' Chance got started in 2001, and got an official charter in 2002. Since then, Kids' Chance has given 4 scholarships to date--three in 2003 and the first of 2004 just last week.

The scholarships are need-based up to $6,000 per year and are available for either college or trade school tuition. The goal of the Kentucky chapter has been to double scholarships each year--to do this, they are expanding their board beyond the insurance industry, and have worked to include big names like UPS, Toyota, and Ford.

They've had good luck, getting sizable pledges from Ford, UPS, and Toyota over the next 5 years. Kids' Chance was also the chairity that the Kentucky office of AMIC chose to donate to this past Christmas season.