Close to 300 individuals served by KenCrest made their way to the Upper Moreland High School gymnasium on Saturday, May 30, to attend the agency’s annual prom. The event was made possible through a partnership with the high school and the Post-Prom Party Committee, who leave the themed decorations intact from the high school’s actual Prom the night before for people supported by KenCrest to enjoy as their own.

KenCrest has received a $7,500 grant from the Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation to support the agency’s REACH (Resources and Education for Achieving Complete Health) project. REACH will serve approximately 360 people with developmental disabilities and their families at KenCrest’s Robinson Street location in Pottstown.

Despite rain showers and cloudy skies, over 125 neon green shirts stood out in Pottstown’s Riverfront Trail Park on Saturday, May 2 as families, staff, and adults who are served by KenCrest volunteered as a part of KenCrestCares at their second volunteer event. KenCrestCares raises awareness of providing quality services to people with disabilities through community service projects. The group picked Pottstown for their second event because of the large amount of people served by KenCrest in the area, including 16 group homes, and EmployNet. KenCrestCares cleaned up alongside other local groups from the area, including volunteers from Pottstown Parks and Recreation staff, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and students from Ursinus College.

On Wednesday, March 25, students from the Pottstown, Phoenixville, and Upper Merion School Districts spent the day at three local area business host sites, learning what would be required of them if they were “on the job” as part of KenCrest’s annual Job Shadowing Day. The sites include Phoenixville Hospital, Ikea of Conshohocken, and Frederick Mennonite Home.

KenCrest has received a $10,000 grant from CVS Caremark Charitable Trust for an Outdoor Classroom at its North Philadelphia Early Childhood Center. KenCrest serves 100 children from age three to five years at this center, where 50% of the children have disabilities and 95% are economically disadvantaged.

Robert Welton found out about KenCrest through a friend who saw the position online. “I got a call from a friend who knew I wanted to be a part of something that could really grow.” Welton was recently announced the director of the two residential homes being formed in greater Bridgeport and Stratford areas of Connecticut.

KenCrest has received a $2,033 grant from the George W. Rentschler Foundation for accessible playground equipment for children with disabilities living in its Children’s Residential Program.

On Tuesday, May 19, several Citizens Bank executives worked alongside several KenCrest employees to create corsages for the KenCrest Youth & Adult Services Prom. This is the seventh year that KenCrest has organized the prom, this year at Upper Moreland High School in Willow Grove.