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05/06/2009Post-event Press Release on 2009 Kites For Kids!
05/01/2009USC Lacrosse for KidsVoice
04/26/2009Kite Flying / Kites For Kids
04/24/20092009 Juvenile Law Award to KidsVoice's Judith Patterson
04/21/2009Press release on 2009 Kites for Kids event!
04/20/2009Kites For A Cause:  Flying High
04/08/2009Pittsburgh Public Schools newsletter
03/10/2009Press release on 2009 KidsVoice events!
04/29/2008Scott Hollander gives kite update on KDKA TV
04/29/2008Shelly Duffy discuss Child Abuse Prevention
04/24/2008Hope takes Flight at Kites for Kids
04/17/2008Keith Jones interviews Scott Hollander
04/17/2008Kites for Kids Recognized on KDKA
04/05/2008The Third Annual KiteTails & Cocktails Event
04/05/2008The Third Annual KiteTails & Cocktails Event
12/17/2007Child Advocacy Specialist, Nathaniel Morley joins board of the National Association of Social Workers, PA Chapter.
12/09/20074 honored for cross-country fund-raising trip
11/19/2007County Executive Dan Onorato talks about KidsVoice in At Home with Jennifer Magazine
11/06/2007Executive Director Scott Hollander is expert witness for WPXI TV
10/18/2007Executive Director Scott Hollander speaks to Legal Intelligencer on Pro Bono Efforts in Pennsylvania
09/04/2007Scott Hollander discuss Pro Bono Efforts in PA
09/02/2007Local men in their 60's get their kicks on Route 66
08/15/2007Getting Our Kicks for the Kids . . . On Route 66! Local supporters travel across the U.S. raising money to support KidsVoice
In honor of their 60th birthdays, Jere Cowden, John Stolze and Merle McGee have planned an excursion across the United States in convertibles toward Chicago and onto Route 66 toward L.A. To give this trip more purpose than their own whims they decided to also make this a fundraiser for KidsVoice.
04/21/2007Children enjoy the Kites for Kids festivities at Station Square
04/19/2007Kites for Kids featured in Post-Gazette’s Weekend Hotlist
04/19/2007Kites for Kids on display at Station Square Frieght House Shops
04/19/2007Executive Director Scott Hollander speaks to KDKA-TV about the significance of Kites for Kids
04/02/2007KiteTails and Cocktails photo of Dan and Shelly Onorato
04/02/2007KiteTails and Cocktails mentioned in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
03/30/2007KiteTails and Cocktails mentioned in Post-Gazette’s Entertainment Digest
02/01/2007Pittsburgh Magazine features KidsVoice attorney Jill Lipman
10/20/2006The Pennsylvania Supreme Court creates the Office of Children and Family in the Courts,
designed to speed the placement of neglected children across the state.
09/25/2006KidsVoice announces its Board of Directors and officers for 2006-2007.
08/09/2006Family Activity Center planned for the Allegheny County Jail.
Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, Warden Ramon Rustin and the Pittsburgh Guidance Foundation unveil plans for a Family Activity Center at the Allegheny County Jail.
04/29/2006Judy Cheteyan and Ruth Anne Papa at KiteTails and Cocktails
Board President Judy Cheteyan and Vice President Ruth Anne Papa enjoyed the festivities at the KiteTails and Cocktails benefit for KidsVoice.
03/24/2006Law firm’s adoption efforts gain notice
Volunteer lawyers from Reed Smith help to speed adoptions of foster children in Allegheny County.
10/04/2005Newsmaker: Edward Kabala
Edward Kabala, Treasurer of the KidsVoice Board of Directors, received the 2005 Pro Bono Award from the Allegheny County Bar Foundation.
09/01/2005The Credible Child Witness
Scott Hollander outlines factors to consider when deciding to have a child testify in court and techniques to interview a child witness effectively.
08/19/2005Newsmaker: Jeffrey Upperman
Board Member Jeffrey Upperman describes the value of working with KidsVoice.
01/31/2005Newsmaker: Wendy Newton
Former Board President Wendy Newton was honored with the 2004 Sen. John Heinz Award, which recognizes a volunteer whose efforts preserve and strengthen families.
11/01/2004A Tribute to The Guardian
As the Guardian, a CBS television show based in Pittsburgh, ended its third and final season, fans gathered in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center's Grand Ballroom to say farewell.
10/06/2004Producer, brother team up to help kids
Every year a Sewickley Academy graduate teams up with his brother to help kids involved in the legal system. This year the annual fund–raiser event also served as a farewell party.
09/24/2004Profile Wendy Newton and Giving Kids A Voice
They serve some of the most vulnerable among us - the innocent, the voiceless children who live lives of bewildering helplessness, sadness and paralyzing anxiety.
09/20/2004 'The Guardian' Tribute
A briefcase used by Simon Baker in the late great CBS drama "The Guardian" fetched $5,500 in an auction held Saturday night at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center to benefit KidsVoice, the local legal aid organization for at-risk children on which the show was based.
09/20/2004Child Safe
Fans of "The Guardian" bid a fond farewell to the TV series set in Pittsburgh and scratched after its third season.
09/14/2004PBA Member Receives ABA/YLD Award
PBA member Scott Hollander, who earned the PBA Children's Rights Commitee's 2004 Child Advocate of the Year Award, now has been chosen to receive the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's (ABA/YLD) 2004 Child Advocacy Award.
08/07/2004KidsVoice director honored again
Just months after the Pennsylvania Bar Association honored KidsVoice Director Scott Hollander, the American Bar Association will do the same.
08/03/2004Hollander gets deal for drama set here
Mt. Lebanon native David Hollander, who created CBS's now-canceled Pittsburgh-set drama series "The Guardian," has sealed a deal to create the pilot episode of a new drama for ABC.
06/26/2004Newsmaker: Scott Hollander
Newsmaker: Scott Hollander
06/10/2004Pittsburgh attorney to speak at dinner
Speaking at the Butler Leaders of Tomorrow dinner on Monday will be Scott Hollander, a Pittsburgh attorney turned child advocacy director.
06/10/2004Bar Association honors Pittsburgh Attorney
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Children’s Rights Committee presented a 2004 Child Advocate of the Year Award to Scott Hollander, executive director of KidsVoice, a private, nonprofit organization in Pittsburgh that represents more than 5,000 abused, neglected or abandoned children each year.
06/02/2004PITTSBURGH LAWYER RECEIVES “CHILD ADVOCATE OF THE YEAR” AWARD
The Pennsylvania Bar Association Children’s Rights Committee presented a 2004 Child Advocate of the Year Award to Scott Hollander, executive director of KidsVoice, a private, nonprofit organization in Pittsburgh that represents more than 5,000 abused, neglected or abandoned children each year.
05/23/2004'The Guardian' sprang from creator's diverse background
When David Hollander was growing up in Mt. Lebanon in the 1970s and '80s, Pittsburgh was winning big with the Steelers and losing big with steel, and he was seeing every side of life daily.
05/20/2004City's TV showcase, 'Guardian,' is canceled by CBS
CBS canceled the Pittsburgh-set legal drama "The Guardian" yesterday after a three-year run.
05/13/2004Scott Hollander to receive child advocate award
The Pennsylvania Bar Association will present its Child Advocate of the Year award today to Scott Hollander, executive director of KidsVoice.
05/01/2004Law Day speaker champions child advocacy group
The director of operations for KidsVoice, a child advocacy organization in Allegheny County, said if dependent children are not given hope or a plan, they will more than likely end up delinquent or in the adult criminal justice system.
04/16/2004Anatomy of an Allegheny County Juvenile Court Proceeding
Judge Eugene Scanlon, administrative judge in the family division, said the view from the judge's bench proves that the Allegheny County Juvenile Court is very much a family affair.
03/12/2004Gay marriage issue may affect adoptions
Adoption advocates and some state lawmakers fear a proposed anti-gay-marriage amendment could kill efforts to increase subsidies given to people who adopt abused or neglected children.
03/12/2004Anti-gay adds to adoption bill decried
A coalition of child advocates, lawmakers, parents and labor representatives could barely contain their invectives yesterday as they described at a news conference anti-homosexual amendments proposed for a bill originally intended to spur adoption of abused and neglected children.
03/11/2004Pittsburghers who make a difference
"I like to have the opportunity to encourage people to get what I have, to find a job that they care about," Scott Hollander said. Hollander is the executive director of KidsVoice, a child advocacy agency, and serves as a technical consultant for the CBS television program "The Guardian."
03/02/2004Speaker announced for Law Days
Jonathan Budd, director of operations for KidsVoice, a childrens' advocacy organization, will be the keynote speaker at Greene County's observance of Law Day April 30.
12/07/2003Forum: Torn by the headlines
News reporting should protect the identities of abused and neglected children, says Scott Hollander
10/03/2003Children's advocate stresses importance of lawyers' help
Scott Hollander, the children's advocate who inspired the TV show "The Guardian," told a gathering in Portland on Thursday that children facing legal, physical and behavioral challenges need someone watching out for their rights and interests.
10/03/2003Pine Tree Legal launches child aid program
With the help of a well-known children's rights advocate, Pine Tree Legal Assistance announced Thursday its launch of KIDS Legal Aid of Maine. The new program, to be phased in over the next five years throughout the state, will provide legal representation to low-income children in courts, school administrative proceedings, Medicaid service disputes and other arenas where children's safety or well-being is threatened.
10/02/2003Group Launches Legal Aid Program For Kids
Almost one-third of Maine children live in low-income households, and while laws protect them, many don't have access to the justice system.
09/15/2003Call of the Child
The audience in the Hilton ballroom cheered as our city skyline, a definite wow, reeled by at Saturday's national premiere of "The Guardian," the TV series set in Pittsburgh that will air Tuesday nights on CBS beginning Sept. 23.
05/06/2003Speaking Out For Children
Why Protecting Kids is in Everyone’s Best Interests
05/06/2003Pittsburgh-based Show Highlights Child Advocacy Issues
If you’ve tuned into CBS Tuesday nights at 9, you may have seen the CBS’ hit drama, The Guardian.
04/17/2003Former U.S. Attorney to discuss constitutional right
Harry Litman, former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, will present a public lecture titled, "Government Deception and the Constitutional Right of Access to the Courts," on Wednesday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall, on the Princeton campus.
03/03/2003Positively Pittsburgh!
Pride, not pity, was the message for those living in our city at Positively Pittsburgh! Saturday night. The blowout bash at St. Clair Country Club to benefit KidsVoice and The Homeless Children's Emergency Fund put a happy face on life west of the Alleghenies. Acting as spin doctor and party host for 500 guests was the Mt. Lebanon Junior Women's Club. It took three energetic chairs, Ronda Carman (with Chris), Donna Fultineer (with Rick) and Erin Rimmel (with Jim) to organize this lively gathering.
02/09/2003'The Guardian': Fathers and Sons, Shadows and Scars
HOW hard is it to walk in a parent's footsteps? As George W. Bush prepares for war in Iraq, this might be a good time to consider "The Guardian," the CBS drama series about a troubled Pittsburgh lawyer living in the shadow of his powerful dad, who is also a lawyer.
01/26/2003There's no law against youngsters who won't stay at home
Ever since she turned 12, Nija Britt has been on the run: first from her home in Philadelphia, and then from any number of group facilities. But somehow, Nija's mother, Arlene Falcon, always knew where to find her and get her off the streets.
01/24/2003Legal fellowships help law students
Local law firms are providing valuable resources to public service organizations and creating a diverse pool of attorneys by offering fellowship opportunities to the next generation of legal professionals.
01/17/2003Alum inspires "The Guardian"
There's a Wolverine behind the creation of the TV show "The Guardian," which airs Tuesdays on CBS.
11/11/2002Children's Crusader
Hollander, 39, helped inspire the hit CBS series about child advocates. In fact, his younger brother David was the show's creator. "I've always been extraordinarily proud of what he does," says David, 34
10/11/2002The Guardian of a TV Show
Pittsburgh-based child advocacy organization KidsVoice will present an advance screening of the second season premiere of CBS's "The Guardian" at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Byham Theater.
09/15/2002'Guardian' benefit screening
Pittsburgh-based child advocacy organization KidsVoice will present an advance screening of the second season premiere of CBS's "The Guardian" at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Byham Theater.
09/14/2002'The Guardian' fans welcome to screening of season premiere
Tuesday night, Hollander and KidsVoice are hosting a free advance screening of "The Guardian's" season premiere at the Byham Theater, Downtown.
08/24/2002City Scenes: 'Guardian' premiere screening a benefit at Byham
Pittsburgh-based child advocacy organization KidsVoice will present an advance screening of the second-season premiere of CBS's "The Guardian" at 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Byham Theater.
07/19/2002Tuned In: A new look for 'The Guardian'
A handful of fans of CBS's Pittsburgh-set legal drama "The Guardian" will visit Pittsburgh for a weekend next month to see the sites pictured and referenced in the show. They'll come from Chicago; Birmingham, Ala., and New Jersey with plans to tour Downtown, the South Side, the Strip and Shadyside as they eagerly anticipate the start of the show's second season.
06/24/2002Honoring Exemplars of Ethical Leadership:
During 2003 and 2004, the Content of Our Character Project will continue its civic story-telling project in earnest, endeavoring to tell stories on-line, and in a publication, about exemplars of ethical leadership - individuals, organizations, and companies who uphold ethical principles, inspire high ideals, provide visionary leadership, and work to build a more just and humane world.
06/10/2002City hosts conference on philanthropy that backs its money with expertise
A visit to Pittsburgh by 100 or so self-described revolutionaries raised no alarms over the weekend.
05/01/2002Shaking the Foundations
For years philanthropy has been the preserve of the super-rich. Now entrepreneurs are bringing it to the mass market.
03/08/2002Law firm provides new home for KidsVoice
Child advocacy organization KidsVoice, which has gained fame as the subject for the TV show, "The Guardian," is moving from the South Side to office space in the Frick Building, Downtown, on March 21.
01/11/2002KidsVoice receives national award
Organization is First Pittsburgh Area Agency to be Awarded Skadden Fellowship
01/05/2002Social Venture Partners stakes
Pittsburgh Social Venture Partners, a philanthropic organization that applies the venture capital model to grant making, has selected KidsVoice and Child Watch of Pittsburgh as the first nonprofits to receive its investments of services and financial capital.
09/16/2001TV show is true-to-life but not truly its inspiration
The real nonprofit group that represents children in Pittsburgh, called KidsVoice, is run by Scott Hollander, a good-looking 37-year-old who practiced law with his father in a private firm in the Frick Building.
09/16/2001'The Guardian' : The Pittsburgh Connection
Tucked away on soundstages in the back of the Sony Pictures Studios lot, the sets for CBS's new Pittsburgh-set legal drama "The Guardian" are under construction. It's mid-July, and workers are busy building rooms that will replicate the interiors of a Pittsburgh law firm and bar.
09/04/2001New CBS-TV show bases itself on Pittsburgher's story
When pitching his television drama about a disgraced corporate attorney turned reluctant child advocate, David Hollander had to play advocate himself.
09/04/2001Consultant hopes 'Guardian' inspires viewers
"The Guardian," a Pittsburgh-based courtroom drama, will live or die on the strength of its writing and acting, not its social relevance.
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01/17/2003 KidsVoice Executive Director to be Keynote Speaker In Florida's First Statewide Training for Child Advocacy
Scott Hollander, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Child Advocacy agency KidsVoice, has been invited to be the Keynote Speaker for Florida's first statewide training for guardians ad litem, (GAL), to be held in Orlando at the end of this month.
08/16/2001 KidsVoice Backgrounder
The Pittsburgh-based child advocacy agency KidsVoice, provides full-service advocacy for abused, abandoned, voiceless and vulnerable children. Many of the children KidsVoice represents, in addition to being neglected or abused, must overcome significant physical and mental disabilities.
08/16/2001 Scott Hollander Makes a Difference by Giving Kids a Voice
Scott Hollander is the executive director of KidsVoice (formerly Legal Aid For Children), a private, non-profit agency dedicated to protecting the rights of abused and neglected children. He’s also technical consultant to the new CBS and Columbia TriStar Television prime-time drama, The Guardian, lending his experience as a child advocate to the creators of the show.
08/15/2001 “A Premiere Event”
KidsVoice Presents a Special Pittsburgh Advance Free Screening of the CBS & Columbia TriStar Television Series "The Guardian".
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