{"id":47992,"date":"2025-05-30T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=47992"},"modified":"2025-05-27T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T20:08:53","slug":"childrens-lantern-receives-grant-to-support-kinship-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/childrens-lantern-receives-grant-to-support-kinship-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Lantern Receives Grant to Support Kinship Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured at Children\u2019s Lantern are (L to R): Jessica Myers \u2013 Communications and Marketing Director, Dan Michel \u2013 DAF Board Vice President and Grants Committee Chair, and Steve Heilshorn \u2013 Executive Director.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF), through the Hanna Family Memorial Fund, has awarded a $2,500 grant to Children\u2019s Lantern as part of its 2025 spring grant cycle. The funding will support a new initiative titled Kinship Lantern of Hope, designed to assist kinship families in Defiance County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kinship families are those where grandparents or relatives step in to raise children due to challenging circumstances. So far, the program has already served 71 children, with the goal of reaching 75 families through direct support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children\u2019s Lantern leaders expressed gratitude for the support, noting the growing need in the community. DAF echoed that sentiment, stating they are proud to play a role in uplifting families who step in when it matters most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Defiance Area Foundation (DAF), through the Hanna Family Memorial Fund, has awarded a $2,500 grant to Children\u2019s Lantern as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2230,6,13406],"tags":[11564,20649,20691,16666,17060,22747,25312,25826,21785],"class_list":["post-47992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-community","category-community","category-not-for-profit","tag-childrens-lantern","tag-daf","tag-dan-michel","tag-defiance-area-foundation","tag-defiance-county-ohio","tag-hanna-family-memorial-fund","tag-jessica-myers","tag-kinship-families","tag-steve-heilshorn"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t