The Cunningham team gathered May 11, 2023 to celebrate four outstanding staff members--the 2022 Circle of Courage Award recipients.

The Cunningham team gathered April 21st to celebrate four outstanding staff members--the 2022 Circle of Courage Award winners.

The Circle of Courage Award recognizes the dedication and service of outstanding long-term employees, celebrates staff whose long-term pattern of performance goes above and beyond normal expectations, and offers special recognition for exceptional acts that reflect belonging, mastery, generosity, or independence.

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There are so many great reasons to celebrate Cunningham’s Annual Meeting/Board Appreciation this year. While we had hoped to be able to hold the luncheon in person as initially planned, it’s clear the pandemic is not sufficiently resolved to ensure the health and safety of meeting attendees, our staff and the public.

The Circle of Courage Award recognizes the dedication and service of outstanding long-term employees, celebrates staff whose long-term pattern of performance goes above and beyond normal expectations, and offers special recognition for exceptional acts that reflect belonging, mastery, generosity, or independence.

Due to COVID-19, we were unable to hold this special event in 2020, so this year, we honored two in each category.

On June 30, 2020, five-year-old Emery’s adoption was finalized and like all parents do, Julie and Shawn made sure to capture the event with the cutest of photos. The pure delight that shined through in Emery’s sweet smile said it all.

The article below was featured as part of the News-Gazette's: Sunday Special | Coronavirus and the community, Part V  (April 19, 2020)

The Children’s Home     

‘They’re actually getting a lot of work done’

April 14, 2020

Above Mrs. Overman’s desk in her classroom at CIRCLE Academy hangs a picture of dandelions painted by her mother.

"When my siblings and I were younger, we would always bring dandelions to my mother," she explained. "While dandelions are actually weeds, we saw them as flowers."

Cunningham Children’s Home honored four employees on March 28, 2019 for their significant contributions to the organization.

Cunningham Children’s Home has honored four employees for their significant contributions to the organization. The Circle of Courage Award recognizes the dedication and service of outstanding long-term employees, celebrates staff whose long-term pattern of performance goes above and beyond normal expectations, and offers special recognition for exceptional acts that reflect the agency’s program model.