Crisis Nursery Focus of Rotary Meeting

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Published on April 18 2018 1:53 pm
Last Updated on April 18 2018 1:53 pm
Written by Greg Sapp

(FROM LEFT, NOON CLUB PRESIDENT KAYE DENT, ROTARY WEEKLY PROGRAM CHAIRMAN STEVE SEYMOUR, CRISIS NURSERY DIRECTOR MEGHAN REWERS AND ROTARY WEEKLY STUDENT GUEST LUKE KOESTER)

When Meghan Rewers visited the Effngham Noon Rotary Club a couple of years ago, it was with a vision of establishing a Crisis Nursery in Effingham County.

The vision became a reality. Crisis Nursery of Effingham County is located at 924 North Merchant. The short-term care center has served more than 150 children six and younger in its first year of operation.

Rewers, an Effingham County native, worked in a Crisis Nursery in Champaign while a student there, leading her to see the need for a nursery here. She has worked to collect funding and has a group of 30-some volunteers who staff the nursery 24 hours a day, each day. 

There is no specific reason for utilizing the nursery, other than needing a place where kids can be safe and cared for for a couple of hours.

Steve Seymour served as Rotary weekly program chairman.

The Rotary weekly student guest was Luke Koester, son of Clint and Stacy Koester and a senior at St. Anthony High School.