Night Lights’ mission is to create safe and accepting environments by providing respite care for children who have special needs and their neuro-typical siblings.
Night Lights was started in March of 2011 at Waterstone Community Church by Kristin Steadman as a way to provide a few hours of temporary relief to primary care providers. Kristin found inspiration for Night Lights through her own journey of raising two children; one of which has significant special needs.
A family may participate in Night Lights if the child(ren) has/have one or more of the following:
- A diagnosis from a medical provider
- Medical documentation including but not limited to
- An IFSP, IEP, 504 from the county and/or school district
- Records from a physician
- Developmental, cognitive, emotional, and/or physical disabilities
- A sibling (ages 1 month to 13 years) of a child with special needs that participates in Night Lights
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MORE ABOUT NIGHT LIGHTS
- Night Lights is free to families and is held one Friday each month from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm
- The kids enjoy activities such as gross motor, sensory play, free play, arts and crafts, pet therapy, entertainment, movies and snacks.
- Each family does an interview with the Leadership Team prior to attending Night Lights to make sure their needs can be met.
- Night lights is a Christian-based organization. Families and Volunteers of all backgrounds are welcome to participate in Night Lights and are valued. At no time is discrimination of any kind allowed.
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NIGHT LIGHTS’ CORE VALUES
- Acceptance – Every person is created in the image of God and we value the opportunity for everyone to experience God’s love in an atmosphere of acceptance.
- Respect –We respect the uniqueness of all individuals and believe that each person has intrinsic worth.
- Compassion for others – We have a deep compassion to care for and support the families and volunteers who participate in Night Lights.
- Integrity – We value the integrity of Night Lights as an organization, and all its participants.
- Awareness – We are committed to raising awareness in the community about the need for respite care for families of children with special needs.
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