Learn more about the local non-profits we're supporting for our 51st anniversary!
In celebration of our 51st anniversary and to say thank you to the community that has supported us for so many years, SQecial Media is donating 10% of our total March sales to five local non-profits. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these groups -- we're very excited to aid their efforts toward reproductive justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, community care, and sustainability, and help bring awareness to their work for our community.
KENTUCKY HEALTH JUSTICE NETWORK
https://www.kentuckyhealthjusticenetwork.org/
Trans Health Advocacy: (502) 694-2227 or transhealth@khjn.org
Abortion Support Fund: +1 (855) 576-4576
info@khjn.org
KHJN supports bodily autonomy and reproductive justice for all Kentuckians. They provide direct services through the KHJN Abortion Support Fund - a staff-supported network of volunteers that help those seeking access to abortion with financial assistance, transportation, interpretive services, and more. Their Trans Health Advocacy Program provides financial assistance for gender-affirming healthcare and connections to community resources for trans individuals in need of support.
LEXINGTON PRIDE CENTER
https://www.lexpridecenter.org/
(859) 253-3233
burley@lexpridecenter.org
The Lexington Pride Center is the oldest LGBTQIA+ non-profit organization in the state of Kentucky and has been establishing inclusive spaces for the community since 1977. It is their mission to celebrate and empower the intersectional lives of LGBTQIA+ Kentuckians, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or disability status. This organization is also responsible for organizing the Lexington Pride Festival, which will take place this year on Saturday, June 24, 2023
MOVEABLE FEAST LEXINGTON
(859) 252-2867
feastlex@feastlex.org
Moveable Feast is a free meal delivery service in Lexington that provides hot, nutritious food, five days a week, to low-income community members living with HIV/AIDS or who are in hospice care. Moveable Feast Lexington was created by advocates Michael Thompson and Carol Farmer who sought to change the isolation, stigmatization, and lack of resources that those living with HIV/AIDS experience.
THE NEST
https://www.thenestlexington.org/
(859) 259-1974
The Nest Lexington works to prevent the abuse and neglect of children and adults by supporting families in crisis through education, counseling, advocacy, and more. Their free and holistic support focuses on early childhood education and care, family assistance for basic human needs, counseling and advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence, and education and support for parents. The Nest believes in sustainable change and is determined to provide the community with the tools necessary to obtain it.
SEEDLEAF
social@seedleaf.org
Seedleaf is a community gardening organization that nourishes communities in Lexington and provides year-round gardening workshops and horticultural training for all age groups and knowledge levels. As well as providing educational resources for individuals to begin their own self-sustainability journey, Seedleaf manages garden sites in North Lexington and rents out plots to those who might not have the space otherwise. They also run the SEEDS (Service, Entrepreneurship, and Education in Downtown Spaces) and FRESHS (Food, Research, and Environmental Studies for High Schoolers) programs, which are devoted to youth involvement in community gardening.