Bowtie Kids
Inspiring Courage and Confidence For Kids With Chronic Pain.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
For every classroom of 20 children, 4 suffer from chronic pain. That means that 4 families feel and experience the ripple effect of chronic pain. As the child suffering from chronic pain, they feel scared, hopeless, alone, and guilty. These psychological side effects compound the physical pain, which compromises their ability to be positive and hopeful about life affecting their mental well-being. The ripple effect may begin with the child impacted by chronic pain, but it moves outward from there, eventually reaching the greater society. The ripple impacts health insurance rates, employment rates, employee morale, employee mental well-being, and productivity, influencing and impacting the economy. Early intervention addresses these concerns by providing children and families with tools today that can reduce the impact of the ripple effect in the future.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
K.E.E.S Club (Kids Experiencing, Empowered Support) Peer To Peer Support Group
K.E.E.S. Club: K.E.E.S. Club (Kids Experiencing Empowered Support) is our curated
program promoting social engagement, community building, and advocacy.
⮚ Activities:
▪ Outings to educate, develop and cultivate healthy, sustainable
relationships that are needed to build a vibrant, supportive community.
▪ Activities designed to practice setting healthy, safe boundaries.
▪ Events they participate in or attend to positively engage in the
community, empowering them and encouraging active social
participation.
Bowtie Garden
Bowtie Gardens is our therapeutic STEM-based, aeroponic
gardening program that creates connection and community. Using gardening as a
mirroring tool to teach the similarities between plants and people, they learn how
caring for and maintaining their plants represents how they care for themselves and
others.
⮚ Activities:
▪ Gardening education and instruction.
▪ Workshops that cultivate leadership and communication skills.
▪ Events where they can put into practice their learned skills and
knowledge.
Ways of Being
Ways of BEing provides resources to overcome barriers that hinder
day-to-day life and provides access to services to address their physical health and
mental well-being needs.
⮚ Activities
▪ Provide access to financial resources to acquire basic needs like
housing, gas, transportation, food, etc
▪ To support holistic healing, we provide access to services through
partnerships with non-traditional, alternative treatment service
providers.
Where we work
Awards
SeaHawk Ambassador Award 2022
keiseruniversity.edu
Affiliations & memberships
Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce 2016
Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce 2022
Boca Chamber of Commerce 2022
Radical Partners 2021
Spirit of Giving 2019
211 Broward 2022
Nonprofit First 2022
Nonprofit Executive Alliance of Broward 2019
Greater Fort Lauderdale LGBT Chamber of Commerce 2019
Wilton Manors Business Association 2019
Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale 2021
The Jim Moran Institute 2021
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our solution is to help them take ownership of their physical health by changing their mindsets to change
their bodies. At Bowtie Kids, we define chronic pain as an unbearable, constant physical pain that limits and
interferes with the childhood experience. We know that the physical affects the mental, and the mental affects
the physical, and by understanding these connections, we are present to adapt and meet the needs of the
children and families we serve. By providing wrap-around services, children impacted by chronic pain and
their families can access service providers offering holistic treatments such as acupuncture, meditation,
breathwork, chiropractic care, and therapy. In addition, we provide support to enhance their quality of life by
meeting their day-to-day needs (including but not limited to) academic supplies, tutoring, gas, food, and
Karen Prescod Bowtie Kids
We do all of this to help them manage the physical, emotional, and mental impact of chronic
pain and reduce their anxiety, depression, isolation, poor self-concept, poor self-expression, and rates of
suicide. By showing them that they are more than their illness, diagnosis, or condition, we empower them to
live a fully expressed life and lift them from isolation into a community of support they can trust.
We seek to achieve our goals through the pursuit our empowerment principles:
•Self-Discovery
•Self-Awareness
•Self-Worth
•Creative Expression
•Social Engagement & Advocacy
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies are to:
-Establish a strong network of support with the school systems, hospitals, medical centers and other entities providing complimentary services to the same population.
-Launch a series of fundraising activities that will successfully fund the provision of services and expansion of the program.
-Collaborate with other non-profits, organizations, individuals to administer our programs and services.
-Establish an effective training program for facilitators, volunteers, and mentors that will increase their ability to be successful administrators and communicators
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Karen Prescod, visionary and founder of Bowtie Kids has been navigating the journey of chronic pain since February 2009. Her personal experience is the premise for our programming model. We will also utilize the strong network and community presence of our board of directors, to leverage their talents and influence to meet our goals.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have completely build 3 programs : K.E.E.S Kids Experiencing Empowered Support. Camp K.E.E.S and Bowtie Garden. We then executed K.E.E.S 1.2020. Now we are working on recovering from the impact of covid and move our K.E.E.S to virtual and working on connecting with partner organizations.
We have had 3 awareness events called 'Tie The Knots" and 3 online bowtie contest to bring awareness to our organization and kids that live with chronic pain.
We had to cancel our first Courage and Confidence Award event from May 2020 to may 2021. We are executing our first Web-A-Ton for September 25th 2020 a 12 hour event for pain awareness month.
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Operations
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Bowtie Kids
Board of directorsas of 07/28/2023
Karen Prescod
Bowtie Kids
Term: 2020 - 2023
Tracey Prescod
Collaborate Impact group
Graciela Valdes
Graciela Valdes Fine Art Photography
Ana Zamora
Ana Zamora Financial Strategies
Dr Salomon Alcocer Guajardo
Business & Strategy Consultant
Audrey Addison
Century 21
Maria Medina
Minteman Press Wilton Manor & The Coaching Networks
Andrew Santini
Morgan Stanley
Adam Nelson
The Little Blue Plane LLC.
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
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Equity strategies
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- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.