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Memorial GiftsIn Loving Memory ofShirley TraxlerContributed byJames & Mary Lou Ballenger

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In Loving Memory ofGeorge ZimmermanContributed byArnold & Nancy Anderson

A Safe Place to Be a Child

P.O. Box 19501 Coyote Hill Rd.Harrisburg, MO 65256(573) 874-0179(573) 875-0510 fax

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In Loving Memory ofGerald McBrideContributed byJames & Mary Lou Ballenger

In Loving Memory ofAmanda McDanielContributed byMiles & Lisa McCoy Family

In Loving Memory ofDr. Lester NordykeContributed byDr. & Mrs. K.A. Parry

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In Honor ofSeth KnappContributed byDan & Julie McNerney

In Honor ofTanya SchoenbeckContributed byEdie Brennan

In Honor ofThe Marshman FamilyContributed byJoyce Anderson

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Providing a professional, yet traditional family home for abused & neglected children

in mid-Missouri since 1991.

Summertime and family vacations seem to go hand-in-hand. Thus, as a part of providing that “Safe Place to Be a Child,” we love to provide our youth and children with those traditional, summer-time memories. Memories that they will undoubtedly carry with them for a lifetime.

Recently, Tim and Kristi Hughes and their family in the Hubbell Home loaded up and headed out on vacation. When we say “loaded up” - we mean LOADED - with three adults and eleven children in one van! The long road trip to Michigan provided ample time for lots of stories to be told and countless songs to be sung. They stayed with Kristi’s sister and family while there, and after resting up a bit on day one of the trip, they were ready to take the Detroit area by storm on the following days.

The family enjoyed splash pads and sprayscapes, Mill Race Village (a village of homes built in the 1800’s) The Yankee Air Museum, Turtle Cove water park and a day at the Detroit Zoo. When asked what the very best part of their vacation was, each and

every child answered, “the zoo!” The kids loved seeing the kangaroos, elephants, tigers and monkeys. The Detroit Zoo is famous for their “Arctic Ring of Life.” Watching polar bears play with balls was a favorite with the smaller kids. There was also an underground, glass tunnel through the polar bear and seal exhibit where animals could be viewed from underneath! The polar bears tended to lay on top of the tunnel as viewers walked by. The kids were amazed at how close they were to the animals, while seeing them in their natural habitat.

Thank YOU for the part you play in helping provide these life-long, family memories for our children!

Honor Gifts

The All-American Soap Box Derby website states that their primary goal is to “advance family values by providing an environment in which parents or other adults work hands-on with racers to instill basic skills of workmanship, the spirit of competition, and the perseverance to complete a project from start to finish.” A very worth-while goal, wouldn’t you say? We thought so, and this summer, three of our young boys from the Zimmer Home were able to participate in the Mid Missouri 75th Annual Soap Box Derby.

Home Parent Mom, Jaimee Marshman, says that Dad Charlie spent over 10 hours helping the boys build their cars. It was a great way to spend quality time together with the kids, which is a high priority during summer break. Plus, what boy wouldn’t love the opportunity to use power tools and work on a car with his dad?!

Race day itself found the remaining eight members of the Zimmer Home right on the sidelines of the race in downtown Columbia, on Broadway Street. With three different divisions and two different heats in the race - it made for lots of opportunities for the family to cheer for the boys. They jumped to their feet and shouted as loud as they could every time one of the boys came up on the racing block, and at the end of the day the announcer proclaimed that our Coyote Hill boys were definitely the “crowd favorites.”

All that cheering must have helped, as our 8-year-old won 3rd place in the stock division, and our 13-year-old came in 5th place in the super stock division. All three of the boys, as well as a couple of the girls in the home, are anxious to participate in next year’s Soap Box Derby.

(Excerpts of this article were taken from Jessie Lueck’s June 10th post on Vox Magazine’s web-site.)

“We are always looking for ways to teach life-lessons to the kids,” says Charlie. “Things like this teach them about sportsmanship, keeping your cool in frustrating situations, and that winning isn’t everything. It was a blast!”

We have the most enthusiastic fans! His trophy is nearly as big as he is!

Fourth of July at The Hill is a highly anticipated holiday.

A day full of activities together is planned,

such as water games, an outdoor cookout, and all

of the homes pooling some recreation funds in order

to put on a large fireworks display for the kids.

Dad and crew chief, Charlie, issues some final instructions, “Don’t look at the other driver. Just get to the bottom of the hill. Stay low and stay straight. Focus.”

At its peak, this plant in Detroit rolled out one B-24 Bomber every 59 minutes.

Now it’s home to the Yankee Air Museum. Some fascinating history for our kids!

With a zero entry water level, two water slides and a 300 gallon

dumping sprayscape bucket - our kids couldn’t help but love Turtle Cove

Family Aquatic Center!