Bowtie Kids

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

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

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.

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.