MONTICELLO — The guest speaker at the August Monticello Kiwanis Meeting was Deborah Worden, Executive Director at ATI (Action Toward Independence).  Ms. Worden enlightened us on what services ATI provides to our residents and especially to the youth in our County.  She advised us that the organization provides assistance to children  in foster care and in transitional services to children aging out of the Foster Care System.  They also provide assistance in life and social skills to elementary, middle and high school aged children.  These services comply with the mission of Kiwanis to improve the world one child and one community at a time and also to the mission of our Sweet Dreams Project, which is to assist the children being removed from their homes and transitioning  into the foster care system.

Kiwanis President Marvin Rappaport thanked Ms Worden for a very informative presentation and the club donated $250.00 to ATI from the Sweet Dreams Funds to be used in assisting ATI with their services to the youth in our community.