Posts in Category: General

Thank you to everyone who bought art from the first ever online Creative Arts Fair! We were able to raise just over $2,700 to go back into the art program at the Lodge. We are so grateful for your support!        

Tell me how you first became involved with Cedar Lake. My brother Dan has severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our parents came up from Georgia to tour Cedar Lake Lodge as a possibility for Dan to live there. Prior to that, I knew Cedar Lake as a pickup service, but didn’t know the full extent … Continue reading “Board Member Spotlight- Vaughn Bell”

Why Cedar Lake? How many requests do you receive from charities every month?  If you are like me, you have a number of letters from worthy organizations stacked up waiting for your time and attention, and the spring appeal from Cedar Lake may be in that pile! This might seem like a funny way for … Continue reading “May 2021 Updates”

Have you ever struggled to express exactly what you’re feeling? Have you been at a loss for words because you’re so filled with joy, or sadness? Have you looked out over the mountains, or across a Kentucky meadow in the spring and wished you had a way to capture that moment? Now, take that experience … Continue reading “Spring 2021 Mail Appeal”

Cedar Lake Foundation had the opportunity to be a client for an upper-division Bellarmine Advertising class this semester. We worked with three teams throughout the semester and tasked them with working on overall Cedar Lake branding and a logo and signage for our Annual Cedar Lake Gala in November. The teams presented their ideas to … Continue reading “Go Knights!”

The month of April was Mayor Greg Fischer’s annual Mayor’s Give A Day. The St. Matthews Police Department came to support Cedar Lake by landscaping three of our properties. We are so thankful for all the hard work they put in to make our homes look fresh for the spring for our individuals to enjoy.

It’s back, the Annual Cedar Lake Golf Ball Drop! Cedar Lake will drop up to 1,000 golf balls from a helicopter onto the driving range on June  21, 2021, at Hurstbourne Country Club to support adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Buy 1 Ball for $25.00 Buy your ball today to support our mission and … Continue reading “Annual Golf Ball Drop”

Here at Cedar Lake, kindness is a huge part of who we are and what we show to the individuals we support and the communities where we reside and work. Kindness can be shown in more ways than one, looking different with each person and circumstance. In Oldham County, this is shown through the creative … Continue reading “The Be Kind Sisters”

The Kenney family is full of love. This was easy to see when brothers Marty, Joe and Frank and their wives sat down with Rachel McMahan, Director of Community Engagement & Events and Kelsey Hamilton, Development Associate at Cedar Lake Foundation to share the story of their beloved sister, Margie and how the family came … Continue reading “The Kenney Brothers- Margie’s Legacy”

The love and grace you share in your lifetime lives on long after your death. Your impact on the lives of the people we care for at Cedar Lake can live on as well through a gift in your will or estate. Often, we think to ourselves that we don’t make enough money to leave … Continue reading “April 2021 Updates”

Springing into the Covid-19 Vaccine  Please take a minute to watch a brief update from Cedar Lake’s Chief Operations Officer, Jason Squires regarding the COVID-19 vaccination rollout to our community. Our Leadership Team has been working diligently to make the vaccine accessible to the Cedar Lake community. We began Christmas week with the first round of vaccines … Continue reading “Covid-19 Vaccine Updates”

Mark Kennedy, who I’ve known for several years, sent out an email in 2010 asking for help in organizing Cedar Lake’s 1st Golf Tournament. My son, Austin, has special needs so it connected to me on a personal level. I wanted to give back and help in any way that I could, so I mentioned … Continue reading “Bill Wagner Spotlight”