Boys & Girls Haven News
Check out what’s been going on at BGH!
Check out what’s been going on at BGH!
May 28, 2024 – Closet Factory is dedicated to more than enhancing your closet, they also are dedicated to enhancing their community. Their new Closet Factory Cares Program is partnering with Boys and Girls Haven to give back to children in need.
May 19, 2024 – “Our mission is really to help these children and families,” says Amanda Masterson, the organization’s CEO. “In [the Goldsmith Lane facility], we serve boys ages 11 to 17 who need residential treatment and who are in the state’s foster care system.”
May 8, 2024 – Thieneman Construction donated $75,000 to the foster care organization to replace the gym’s collapsing ceiling, lighting, and 60-plus-year-old windows. The donation also went toward updating the campus’ landscaping.
May 7, 2024 – During the month of May, observed as National Foster Care Awareness Month, Boys & Girls Haven is inviting individuals in the Archdiocese of Louisville and the wider community to engage with and support its work.
Feb 14, 2024 – The event’s mission is to raise funds for a local foster care agency, Boys and Girls Haven.
Feb 10, 2023 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) announced Father Maloney’s Boys & Girls Haven in Louisville has received a $240,000 AmeriCorps grant through the American Rescue Plan (ARP).
Feb 7, 2023 – LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There are kids in Kentucky with nowhere to go. It’s a problem folks who work with foster youth daily warn will persist unless more people step up to become foster parents.
Jul 28, 2022 – Archbishop Shelton Fabre met with leaders of the Boys and Girls Haven, including CEO Amanda Masterson and board member Steve Diebold, early last week to discuss new ways for the archdiocese to work alongside the foster care agency.
Dec 7, 2021 – LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Jackson Snelling, a singer and songwriter who was a contestant on the most recent season of American Idol, performed for foster children at Boys and Girls Haven. Snelling spoke to the children about his experience living with autism, adoption and coping with the death of his father.
Jan 23, 2020 – ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — About 10,000 young people in foster care in Kentucky will age out of the system when they turn 18. Some say that’s too young to take on the world alone. A handful of charities, like the Boys and Girls Haven in Louisville, will offer help transitioning to independent living;
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