K is for Kids Founder Receives Recognition for Children’s Literacy and Youth Leadership Programs

K is for Kids’ founder Karen D. Clawson is receiving recognition for her decade-long devotion to enriching children’s education and youth development.

Karen was recently honored as one of eleven Women of Initiative 2014 by the Community Foundation of Collier County, an award recognizing “women who through their leadership styles are an inspiration to all women seeking to make a difference through philanthropy and civic engagement”.

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Women of Initiative 2014

Read more by clicking here to go to the Community Foundation of Collier County online:  http://www.cfcollier.org/womens-initiative-network/women-of-initiative/

 

 

News-Press January 3, 2014. Photograph by Lane Wilkinson Photography. Article written by Cathy Chestnut.

News-Press January 3, 2014. Photograph by Lane Wilkinson Photography. Article written by Cathy Chestnut.

Click on pic above or on link here to read the News-Press online article.

 

Photo by Lane Wilkinson of Wilkinson Photography. Written by Cathy Chestnut. Grandeur Magazine, December 7, 2013 edition.

Photo by Lane Wilkinson of Wilkinson Photography. Written by Cathy Chestnut. Grandeur Magazine, December 7, 2013 edition.

Click here or on picture to link to feature online.

The stay-at-home mom who volunteers full-time guiding the young nonprofit was named one of fourteen inaugural MAKERS: Women Who Make Southwest Florida 2013.

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Photo courtesy of WGCU.

Presented by WGCU, the multi-platform project honoring exceptional women who have impacted Southwest Florida’s past, present and future by serving as the “first” in their field, affecting lasting change, building community, defying social norms, and leaving a legacy.

Link here to read the story here http://www.kisforkids.org/news/k-is-for-kids-founder-amongst-makers-women-who-make-southwest-florida/ or at WGCU online: http://news.wgcu.org/post/karen-clawson

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