“Helping Hand Grants” from Devaughn James Injury Lawyers will be announced every other Monday on KWCH 12 Eyewitness News at 10:00 p.m.!
Contact KWCH 12 at (316) 838-1212 or news@kwch.com to make a Helping Hand Grant nomination!
You already know about DeVaughn James Wins for Kansas, a program that gives a $500 grant per week to local charities doing excellent work. And, the Pay It Forward weekly award for those doing great things in the Wichita, KS community!
Now, DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers & KWCH 12 News are working together to give out “Helping Hand Grants” to those needing a little extra help!
KWCH 12 and DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers want to lend a Helping Hand to those in our community. Every other Monday, we will give out “Helping Hand Grants” to those needing a little extra help or to those making a difference to people around them. Join us during Eyewitness News at 10:00 p.m. every other Monday as KWCH 12 and DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers recognize people in our community!
Helping Hand Grant Award Recipients!
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Helping Hand Grant - Pat Thompson - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
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Helping Hand Grant - ICT SOS - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
When you think about ICT SOS, you're also thinking about Jennifer White. The organization is committed to fighting human trafficking.
She founded it a little more than seven years ago and has been running it ever since.
"Our mission is really just to fight the trafficking issue through prevention and providing resources and volunteers and partnering that with the professionals that are working with our victims and survivors," said White.
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Bridgets-Cradles-receives-1200-Helping-Hand-491800331.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Deputy Robert Kunze - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
Since the death of Sedgwick County Sheriff's Deputy Robert Kunze, there have been a lot of people that have reached out to his family and to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. Eyewitness News and DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers have partnered up for the past year to lend a Helping Hand.
Read the full story:
https://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Hundreds-donate-to-fallen-deputys-family-as-they-receive-a-Helping-Hand-494140321.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Kansas Honor Flight - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
You've likely heard of the Kansas Honor Flight, a non-profit group providing veterans an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC to see the war memorials.
What you may not have heard of is a man who's spent the past seven years gathering aluminum cans to pay for more than 100 trips for veterans.
Read the full story:
https://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Kansas-man-gets-1200-because-of-work-for-Kansas-Honor-Flight-492860201.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Bridget's Cradles - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
For those who have lost a child, you know it's hard. Unless you've gone through it, you just don't quite understand how hard.
The people behind Bridget's Cradles understand.
In the nearly four years since Ashley and Matt Opliger lost their little girl Bridget, they turned their grief into a full-on non-profit aimed at helping other families grieving from losing a child.
Last year alone they helped 34,000 families across the country with their cradles and prayer squares.
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Bridgets-Cradles-receives-1200-Helping-Hand-491800331.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Sound the Alarm - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
Dicie Nicklaus is a Disaster Program Manager for the Red Cross. She says an average of seven people die every day from a house fire. 60 percent of house fire deaths happen in homes that lack a working smoke alarm. That's one reason the American Red Cross has it's Sound the Alarm program.
Knowing what the Red Cross is doing is important, Eyewitness News and DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers surprised Nicklaus with a $1,200 Helping Hand to put toward the program.
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Red-Cross-receives-1200-Helping-Hand-to-put-smoke-alarms-in-homes-490719241.html
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Helping Hand Grant - JACOB Kit - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
A Mulvane man has ambition to go along with his very ambitious goal. He wants a Jacob Kit in every classroom and vehicle in their school district.
Getting a vision off the ground can be difficult. Mike Bayliff knows that first hand. He's the man behind Mulvane Jacob Kit.
Knowing his situation, Eyewitness News and DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers surprised him with a $1,200 Helping Hand to go towards his goal.
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Mulvane-Jacob-Kit-gets-1200-Helping-Hand-489508811.html
See other recipients:
https://www.devaughnjames.com/about-our-firm/helping-hand-grants/
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Helping Hand Grant - Medical Loan Closet - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
Inside the Medical Loan Closet's Wichita building, there is a lot of medical equipment. Just about anything anyone needs.
Founder and President Lloyd Hanna says their mission as a non-profit is simple. "We take donated medical equipment, and clean it up, refurbish it, etc, whatever has to be done, then loan it out to people who don't have."
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Wichita-Medical-Loan-Closet-receives-1200-Helping-Hand-488278081.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Wichita's Littlest Heroes - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
Wichita's Littlest Heroes is one Wichita organization trying to help families navigate that terrain. Those associated with the non-profit live by the mantra, 'No one fights alone!'
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Wichitas-Littlest-Heroes-receives-1200-to-help-sick-kids-485831611.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Mulvane man receives Helping Hand - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
The man who we surprised with a Helping Hand received it before he knew he won. It's a different approach than what we've done int he past.
That man is Chuck Lowry. We first met Chuck at the beginning of June.
The Great Plains United Methodist Disaster Response Team helped a lot of people who had their homes damaged in the 2016 Mulvane flood. Lowry was the last one to have his home repaired through them.
With Dustin DeVaughn and Richard James from DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers, we went to his home and surprised him.
Read the full story:
http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Mulvane-man-receives-Helping-Hand-without-even-knowing-it-487117001.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Million Dollar Lottery Ticket - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
On March 18th Andy Patel was working at the Pit Stop gas station in Salina when something pretty incredible happened. A long-time customer came in and handed Andy three folded up lottery tickets.
He checked two of them, but forgot to check the third until after the customer was already gone.
Turns out that the third ticket was a million winner!
Read the full story: http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Salina-men-who-find-million-dollar-lottery-ticket-receive-Helping-Hand-for-finding-the-owner-484472211.html
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Helping Hand Grant - Potwin Fire Chief - DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers
Firefighters and dalmatians go together like spring showers and may flowers. The relationship started hundreds of years ago.
Back when firefighters used horses to pull their equipment, dalmatians used their strong bonds with horses to run in front, clear a path and guide the horses to fires.
Potwin Fire Chief Heath Austin uses a dalmatian named Tory to lead the way in training.
See other recipients: https://www.devaughnjames.com/about-our-firm/helping-hand-grants/
Read the full story: http://www.kwch.com/content/misc/Potwin-Fire-Chief-dalmatian-receive-1200-to-continue-rehab-481961071.html
