COVINGTON, Ky. – Kids Voting Northern Kentucky will present the organization’s highest honor, its Civic Leadership Award, to Ralph Drees during a luncheon on Nov. 20 at the Radisson Hotel in Covington.
The Kids Voting Northern Kentucky Civic Leadership Award is presented to a citizen of Boone, Campbell or Kenton counties for exemplary leadership in the public arena.
A Crescent Springs resident, Drees is the Kenton County Judge Executive. The event will celebrate his service to the Northern Kentucky community through civic leadership and philanthropy.
Additionally, students at the elementary, middle and high school level will be recognized with awards related to Kids Voting’s mission of civic education.
The event is a fundraiser for Kids Voting Northern Kentucky, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that exists to teach young people the importance of voting and help them develop the habit of voting.
On Election Day, future voters went to the polls with their parents and cast their vote in a mock election at a Kids Voting booth. Last year, approximately 6,000 young people voted. Additionally, dozens of students volunteered assembling ballot boxes, working polls and counting the vote.
The reception begins at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at noon at Radisson Hotel Cincinnati Riverfront, 668 West Fifth St., in Covington.
Ticket cost for the luncheon is $30. Tables of eight are available for a discount at $225. Sponsorships are available at the $500, $1,000 and $2,500 levels.
Reservations may be made by e-mailing board chairman Jim Cutter at jim@cutterconstruction.com or by mailing a check by Nov. 13 to Kids Voting Northern Kentucky, P.O. Box 176305, Covington, KY, 41017-6305.
