Dear Friends and Members of Kids’ Chance of Indiana:

As the new President of Kids’ Chance of Indiana, Inc., I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and our vision for the organization. First and foremost, however, I would like to thank all of our volunteers and contributors: thanks to your hard work and dedication, we are able to enrich the lives of many families and the futures of many children. Without your help and support, our organization would not survive.

Kids’ Chance of Indiana is committed to improving the lives and futures of the children of seriously injured or deceased Indiana workers by providing need-based, educational scholarships. To date, our organization has awarded numerous scholarships to students who have attended various institutions throughout the State of Indiana. Also very exciting is the fact that 2010 marks the eve of the 100-year anniversary of worker’s compensation laws in the United States. In 1911, Wisconsin passed the first comprehensive worker’s compensation law, with many more states to soon follow suit. Indiana passed its first version of the Worker’s Compensation Act in 1915, and by 1948, all of the states had at least some form of worker’s compensation in effect.

With the cost of education always on the rise, our mission and our purpose is more important than ever. While we always strive to encourage eligible students to apply for our scholarships, my first initiative as President will be to increase awareness about our organization and its purpose so that more and more students learn about the scholarship opportunities we provide.

My next goal will be to enhance our fundraising efforts. We will be hosting our annual Golf Outing again this year. The outing will be held on August 27, 2010, at Plum Creek Golf Club. This continues to be our biggest fundraiser each year, and allows us to provide yearly scholarships for deserving applicants. I encourage you to visit the 2010 Golf Outing information section of our website, which can be found under the Fundraisers link, to discover how you can participate in this fun event for such a worthy cause. In addition to our annual Golf Outing, we will be exploring additional fundraising opportunities, and my goal will be to consider another event that might also become an annual event. Increasing our fundraising efforts will in turn increase awareness of our organization to other potential scholarship recipients, as well as allow us to provide more scholarship money.

Thank you for allowing me to serve as your President of the Board of Officers. I look forward to working with all of you, and doing my part to carry on our tradition.

Sally A. Voland, Esquire
Kids’ Chance of Indiana, President of the Board of Officers