The Board of Directors of The Nest Center for Women, Children & Families invites you to Equestrian Nights, a Night for the Nest Saturday August 28 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Normandy Farm		Tickets include three drinks, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar. Also, you’ll enjoy a silent auction, vacation raffle and entertainment from the Johnson Brothers Band all at beautiful Normandy Farm, 4701 Paris Pike, Lexington, Kentucky. Cocktail attire please. RSVP August 20. Event Tickets: $75 per person      Buy Event Tickets Table Tickets: $500 seats eight     Buy Table Tickets Vacation raffle tickets: $25 each  Buy Raffle Tickets To purchase your tickets, please call Jeffrey White at 859-259-1974, ext. 34 or e-mail jwhite@thenestlexington.org. Dream Vacation Raffle Package includes: Seven nights in a two bedroom condo of your choice anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. Condo will sleep eight. Plus two airline tickets valued at $2,000 maximum ($1,000 each).
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The Nest depends on the generosity of its donors to sustain and build its programming. Funding comes from a variety of sources, including government sources, private foundation funding, contributions from individuals and businesses. We also accept substantial in-kind contributions of clothing and other items used in the Crisis Case Management Program, such as:

Thanks to the follow supporters:

• Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
• Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky
• Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Kentucky, Inc.
• Victims of Crime Act federal
• United Way of the Bluegrass

Former client turns donor

Emily's son Noah (to the left of Mr. L), a friend and his family accompanied The Nest staff to the organization's community night at the ballpark.

When Emily Crockett walked into The Nest to donate pack-n-play cribs, she understood the circumstances that mothers who would use the donation might be facing. More than 10 years ago, Crockett was in a similar situation herself.

"I was going to school full-time, working part-time and had an internship in a law office that I had to complete for graduation, but I had no means for child care," she recalls.

Emily was fortunate that someone told her about The Nest Child Care Center, a Lexington, Kentucky non-profit. She contacted the center and found a place for her son to stay while she completed her internships.

"At the time, child care was as critical as anything else that happens in someone's life. It takes away a huge burden when you find someone you can trust to care for your child," Crockett says.

Thanks to that assistance, Emily was able to graduate and move on with her career in health care. Noah is now 11-years-old and has a two-year-old brother. Crockett is returning to the school and planning to further her nursing education in the Navy.

"I would suggest contacting The Nest to any struggling mother out there. It's possible to change your circumstances. There are people who care and are willing to help."