KLICWOW Receives 2024 Digital Education Grant from Charter Communications*

Charter Communications, Inc., which operates the Spectrum brand of connectivity and entertainment services, recently award $1.3 million in grants to 66 nonprofit organizations through its 2024 Spectrum Digital Education program.

“Connectivity is the foundation for meaningful learning, professional growth and human connection. and helps to build strong, thriving communities,” said Rahman Khan, Group Vice President, Community Impact for Charter Communications. “Spectrum Digital Education supports programs that empower community members to enhance their lives with connectivity, from providing digital literacy training to seniors to connecting students with important resources and tools for their education.”

This year, 27 nonprofits were awarded a Spectrum Digital Education grant for the first time. One of those was KLICWOW preparing for its tenth year as a project operating under the framework of the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

KLICWOW received a grant of $4000 to help it continue its mission to provide free tablets and Wow Pouch learning aids and information to Clermont County preschool kids, ages 3-5. Since its first distribution in December 2016, KLICWOW has helped over 1600 Clermont kids be better prepared for success in kindergarten.

“Access to digital reources and early education tools is eseential for preparing our youngest learners for success in school and beyond,” said Joy Lytle, President of the Clermont Chamber of Commerce. “We are incredibly proud of KLICWOW’s impact on our community and grateful for Charter Communications for supporting this important initiative that empowers Clermont County families and strengthens our commitment to lifelong learning.”

KLICWOW Mission: Create positive early learning experiences, cultivate curiosity and enthusiasm about learning, and support individual cognitive growth and development for Clermont County preschool kids.

*Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator with services available to more than 57 million homes and businesses in 41 states through its Spectrum brand.

Transitions BH Endorses Partnership With KLICWOW In 2024

“Transitions Behavioral Health would like to thank KlicWow (sic) for including us in this awesome partnership. Many of the children we serve have behavioral, developmental and neurological disorders. Most have significant communication issues. The tablets provided are very useful in helping our little ones find other ways to c0mmunicate. Thank you KlicWow!”

LEARN More about Transitions Behavioral Health @ https://transitions-bh.com

Ohio Children’s Foundation and Park National Bank join Duke Energy and East Side Rotary with funding for KLICWOW in 2022

KLICWOW Receives Duke Energy Grant

Chad Shaffer and the other great folks at Duke Energy helped KLICWOW kick off the 2022 distribution campaign with a bang with the presentation of a Local Impact Grant of $2500.  Thanks, Duke Energy, for helping us help the preschool kiddos of Clermont County!

(Pictured: John Melvin, Katie Bock, Chad Shaffer and Phil Dodge.)

We recently learned that the Ohio Children’s Foundation was providing a grant to KLICWOW. Earlier in the year, we were honored to receive supporting funds from the East Side Rotary and from Park National Bank as well as benefitting from fundraisers at Rhinegeist Brewery and Little Miami Brewing Company.

We offer our very sincere gratitude for all of this support and to our many private donors to our mission to help Clermont preschool kids.

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New Richmond Preschools Partner with the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce Foundation KLICWOW Program

The Clermont County Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s KLICWOW program has entered into a partnership with the New Richmond Schools Preschool classes by sponsoring Amazon Fires for use in preschool classes.  KLICWOW has donated 16 Amazon Fires in Preschool classrooms.  The District used other preschool grant funds to equip all the preschool classes.

The partnership will evaluate the benefit of devices in preschool classes to help students develop literacy skills.

The KLICWOW program is a program that is part of the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce’s Agenda for the Future project.  The Clermont County Chamber of Commerce shares a strong commitment to providing the best educational opportunities for all the children in our Clermont County community.  The KLICWOW program is a 3-legged project that combines early learning strategies with the use of technology and engagement on the part of parents and the community as a whole.  The Chamber program provides a free tablet to each three and four-year old whose parent is committed to participate.  The Chamber has been able to provide tablets to more than 500 families since the program started. 

The New Richmond School Preschool Partnership Project is being evaluated to determine whether this is a way by which 3-5 year old children can be positively affected with literacy applications through devices and the KLICWOW program can best meet the needs of children in Clermont County and keep pace with the growing number of early childhood students.  More to come.