Kicks For Kids was founded in 1995 by Doug Pelfrey, a former Cincinnati Bengals’ kicker. The mission of the organization is to provide local, at-risk children with opportunities to pursue their dreams.
Recently, KFK purchased 16 acres of land in Fairfield, Ohio that will serve as its own youth complex, and KFK has invested nearly $1.25 million in the initiative. The property will enable KFK to increase its interactive programs by offering facilities that are accessible to children who have handicaps, as well as by providing first-class fields/courts that allow for the hosting of free, quality camps — beginning this summer with instructional sports camps. The goal for these new programs will be to improve children’s chances for success in athletics and in life.
This year’s 12th annual RGI River Run had nearly 1,000 participants and raised more than $30,000 for Cincinnati-area children’s charities. HP4K members Jimmy Kilpatrick, Doug Krantz and Scott Reynolds volunteered in the activities tent the day of the race, and even turned the ECHL’s Kelly Cup into a giant bubble solution holder.
