Celebrate Kids reminds us that kids are precious and encourages and equips parents and teachers to help kids become more:

                                                      Convinced of their value,

                                                      Positive in their attitudes

                                                      Secure in their relationships

                                                      Confident in their abilities

                                                      Energized and curious in their learning

Celebrate Kids, Inc., has been influencing educators, parents, teens, and children for 20 years. Kathy Koch, Ph.D., founded the non-profit company in July 1991. We have always been based in Fort Worth, Texas, although our influence spans the globe.

The idea of Celebrate Kids was birthed while Kathy was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She enjoyed preparing future teachers for their important roles. She was regularly reminded by her friends that parents didn't have enough opportunities to learn how to parent well. She became convinced that many of the ideas she taught teachers would also benefit parents.

Dr. Kathy's restlessness at the university increased after she began speaking at teachers' conventions. She loved meeting teachers' needs and was excited to see that her topics were relevant, her content practical, and her delivery style engaging. The feedback she got was very encouraging. Teachers used her ideas successfully when they returned to their classrooms. She began wondering about establishing her own education consulting company.

The dream became a reality after she met Dave Roever, a Vietnam veteran who was a powerful school assembly speaker. Dave chose to invest in Kathy and invited her to move to Fort Worth so he and his staff could mentor and help her establish her own non-profit ministry. His generous offer allowed Kathy to confidently quit her job and move from Green Bay to Fort Worth.

Kathy enjoys spending her time preparing life-changing messages for teachers, parents, students, women, singles, and missionaries and then presenting them at school-, church-, and convention-sponsored events. She also spends time creating products to further inspire them and accomplishing many other tasks as an entrepreneur and business owner. 

July 2004 through June 2008, were unique years for Celebrate Kids. We were honored to receive a federal grant to provide abstinence-until-marriage education for military teens and their peers, parents, and professionals. We successfully implemented this grant in the Fort Hood area in Killeen, Texas. We also were contract presenters for a local school district's Federal Alcohol Reduction Grant.

Prevention programs for both grants were based on Dr. Kathy's Five Core Needs Model of security, identity, belonging, purpose, and competence. Teaching people why and how to meet these needs in healthy ways is the foundation of all we do at Celebrate Kids. The needs are relevant to all aspects of life so every message Dr. Kathy brings to an audience is linked to one or more of the needs.