Children in foster care
Over 8,100 children navigate Kentucky’s foster care system right now, leaving hundreds in urgent need of placement.
Building the future for children and families
Help Us Build More Space for
Healing and Hope
Through Foundations of Hope, Maryhurst is raising $10 million to expand our Lambeth campus and increase access to specialized residential treatment for Kentucky youth with the highest levels of trauma and behavioral health needs.
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At 12 years old, she faced
4 Felony Charges13 Misdemeanors2 Assault Charges
and a public intoxication.
Today, Taylor Kays is a successful realtor, a mother, and a generational cycle-breaker. Her life took a new direction because our team stayed patient and refused to walk away. Trauma-informed healing requires physical spaces that are built for dignity. The $10-Million Foundations of Hope Campaign modernizes our campus environment to ensure the next generation has a safe place to heal, grow, and completely rewrite their stories.
Investing in Our Community
3MSite work + demolition
6MTwelve family cottages
9MClinical excellence center
12MOn-campus academy
Our President & CEO Paula Garner establishes a clear perspective for our campaign partners. The young people passing through our doors have the potential to solve our community's deepest concerns. Our responsibility is to build a physical environment that fully supports that potential. This new chapter allows our community to rally around our mission, showing these families that we care enough to build something better for them.
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Prior hospitalization
71% of youth entering residential care require psychiatric stabilization before arriving here.
Immediate capacity
Our $10M campaign adds vital space to safely treat more families facing acute trauma.
Modernizing Our Facilities
for Clinical Excellence
These campus adaptations focus entirely on client agency, giving residents ownership of their physical space. Updating our architectural finishes makes the campus an active partner in an individual’s inclusive healing journey.
The Project Details
- 01Deconstruction of an outdated 5,270-square-foot living unit.
- 02Ground-up construction of two new 11,000-square-foot specialized cottages.
- 03Complete safety and clinical modernization of three existing cottages, our office spaces, and the on-campus academy.
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Ripple Effect
Multi-Year Campaign Pledges
Align your charitable foundation or corporate giving plans with our construction phases over a multi-year pledge schedule designed around your tax cycles.
Request Campaign Packet →Brick Opportunity
Building Foundations of Hope one brick at a time. Leave your mark with your name engraved on an 11x11 brick for $2,500, a 9x9 brick for $1,000 or a 7x7 brick for $500.
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