Meet our 2024 Annual Award Winners…

Citizens of the Year: Trenton Brunner & Corey Morgan For Outstanding Achievements in the Down Syndrome Community A few things shared about them: “Corey is a true kindness warrior. He works two jobs at Home Depot and Walgreens where he gets praises from his bosses. Corey participates in many sports through specials Olympics. He created […]

Local Gymnastics Facility Partners with DSL Academy

  We are so excited to be partnering with Power and Grace Gymnastics in Prospect! Our Adult Academy members are visiting this trampoline and gymnastics facility once a week and having a wonderful time! P&G are generously offering their space and staff to our Academy members each Wednesday morning for free. Thank you so so […]

DSL Family Adopts Those in Need

A huge thank you to the Robinson crew that provided three bags of groceries for our families in need. With the help of the Robinsons, 20 families were provided groceries for those in need as part of our adopt-a-family program this holiday season! Thank you again to all of those who helped take care of […]

DSL Indiana Volunteer Shops for Members

Thank you so much to all of the friends of DSL that make for a happy holiday season for our members! Indiana volunteer Kirk did some holiday shopping for some of the Down Syndrome of Louisville Indiana members. Kirk owns Kleaners, LLC and each month a portion of their profits are donated to DSL- we […]

Meet our 2023 Annual Award Winners…

Joseph O. Thomas Volunteer Award goes to Pam Taylor – For extraordinary volunteer service to Down Syndrome of Louisville. “Pam has been dedicating her time and talents to DSL for many years She unselfishly gives of her time. Her hours devoted behind the scenes would be impossible to add up!” “Pam is always willing to help […]

Thank You, Samtec!

Down Syndrome of Louisville is so grateful for our friends at Samtec and the Samtec Cares Grant Program for awarding us with a $20,000 grant to support Children’s Programming. As part of our mission to support, educate, and advocate for people who have Down syndrome, we offer comprehensive educational and therapeutic services starting during early […]

Board Spotlight – Meet Julie

May Super Supporter – Susan Hovekamp

  We want to say a BIG thank you to Susan Hovekamp for sharing her time and talents with us by teaching yoga at almost all of member programming! Susan regularly teaches yoga to our School-Age members at Saturday School and has served our ADA community and Teen Club by teaching virtually and in-person on […]

DSL Dad Wins NASCAR’s Humanitarian Award

Thank you to everyone who stayed the course and voted for Jeff each day during this exciting season! We are so excited to announce that our votes paid off and Jeff won NASCAR’s Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award! This is a huge win for Jeff and DSL! The $100,000 will allow us to continue to support, […]

Local Driver Drives Dollars for Local Charity

Down Syndrome of Louisville Recognized as a Finalist for $100,000 National Grant Through the NASCAR Foundation’s Betty Jane France Humanitarian Award Online Voting Begins 10/14/2021 at 6 p.m. and Runs through November 12th at Noon (LOUISVILLE, KY) October 14, 2021 – Down Syndrome of Louisville has announced today that it is in the running for […]

August Tutoring Spotlight – Meet Addie

We LOVE our amazing tutors and want you to meet this month’s tutoring spotlight, Addie Williams! Addie has been tutoring Scotty for 6 years and says, “I actually didn’t set out to be a tutor. I made a last-minute decision to volunteer for the Night to Shine prom, and that’s how Scotty and I met. […]

Super Supporter – Miss Charnette

Charnette Batey is joy and sunshine and has shared her creativity, energy, and love of movement with our members during her guest teaching segments on Boogie Down Crew. Throughout the pandemic, Miss Charnette brightened the lives of our members with her yoga and dance classes, always ensuring her classes were all ability-friendly, high energy, and […]