West Herr and the Kids Escaping Drugs Telethon

With the help of a team of West Herr Volenteers, the 2009 Kids Escaping Drugs Telethon was a success.

Here is a video of the West Herr presentation, click here

KEDS is such a good cause. Since 1986, Kids Escaping Drugs (KED) has been raising money to build adolescent treatment facilities for families throughout Western New York. Before that time, no facilities existed locally for this age group. Young people had to be treated in an adult setting, be sent to facilities out of town or worse get no treatment. In October 1990, Renaissance House was opened.

Today the Renaissance Campus has expanded to a 62-bed residential treatment program offering a continuum of care for chemically dependent adolescents. The Campus consists of three treatment facilities: Renaissance House, Stepping Stones and Promise House, as well as the Rosa's Resource Center, home to the Kids Escaping Drugs Campaign. Renaissance House is a 30 bed in-patient facility for boys ages 12-17; Stepping Stones is a 16 bed facility for girls ages 12-21, which combines in-patient and halfway programs; Promise House is a 16 bed halfway house for boys ages 18-21. The Campus’ average age is 15 years old, but we can accept teens from 12 to 21 years of age.

The facilities offer a safe and supportive environment where adolescents can recover, learn responsibility and re-enter the community with the tools to live a drug-free lifestyle. Renaissance Campus is growing and so are adolescent drug and alcohol problems.

In addition, the Kids Escaping Drugs Campaign has been offering prevention and outreach to the WNY community since 1996 through various programs: Peer Awareness, Face to Face, Vocational Outreach Program and Art Therapy.

If you have a child in crisis or would like to speak to someone on the campus, please call (716) 821-0391.