2016 Year in Review
Key People
Rachel Milkie
Founder/Year-round Staff
Starting in 2016 Rachel started working at Like a Lion as one of the first two full time staff members. Her daughter spent most days with her in the office making work a little harder and a lot sweeter!
Maddy Pascascio
Founder/Year-round Staff
Maddy also became one of the first two full time staff members in 2016. This was also the year that she graduated from IUPUI. And in August of 2016 Maddy got engaged to her now husband Kenn!
Sara Rogers
Founder/Summer Staff
Sara graduated from Cedarville University in 2016 and returned to Indy. As soon as she returned she jumped right back into Like a Lion. And even though she was working a full time job she volunteered at Like a Lion everyday!
Olivia Raugh
Summer Staff
Olivia came is as Like a Lion’s first ever intern! She was a student at Ball State, studying communication. Her heart for the community was clear from the minute she walked in. She stayed committed to the kids even once her internship was over. She came back to visit many times during the school year.
Sydney Rogers
Year - Round Volunteer
Sydney, who came in to watch Diana’s daughter, turned into one of the most dedicated volunteers. She committed to volunteering daily in the summer and multiple times a week during the after school program. She sought out ways to dive deeper and did a wonderful job outreaching to other to get them involved with Like a Lion.
Heritage Christian Crew
After School Volunteer
MJ, Meredith and Jordan were all students at Heritage Christian High School. They began volunteering at the beginning of 2016 and dedicated many days a week to serving the Like a Lion students. They were consistent, loving and so much fun for the Like a Lion students. They were able to relate to them on a new level and provided many positive influences.
Program Snapshot
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(Kids in Served)5
(Paid Positions)- Ran 4 days a week at Otterbein Untied Methodist Church
- Students received HW help, dinner, bible study, worship, STEM and social emotional learning opportunites.
- Students were dropped off and picked up from program by parents.
- 1 part time staff and 2 full time
- Ran 4 days a week at Otterbein United Methodist Church from 10-4:30
- Lunch, cafts, bible study, worship, STEM and free play were offered each day
- Class times were structured
- Field trips were taken every Thursday
- 2 full time staff, 2 part time staff
Milestones
Like a Lion finally began to operate 4 days a week.
Like a Lion received their largest donation to date, $15,000 from a family at the beginning of 2016. This set them up to be able to pay staff and increased their stability.
Like a Lion hired their first intern for the summer.
Like a Lion stopped providing transportation, increasing parent responsibility.
2 of the founders were hired on as full time staff.