https://www.kylesday.org/events daily 0.75 2023-05-27 https://www.kylesday.org/events/peer-support-training monthly 0.5 2023-05-27 https://www.kylesday.org/events/kdf-fishing-tournament monthly 0.5 2023-05-05 https://www.kylesday.org/events/hoops-4heroes monthly 0.5 2022-12-05 https://www.kylesday.org/events/dodgeball monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://www.kylesday.org/home daily 1.0 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628cfd1b95c39f164aef6085/2a14e569-853c-49a0-a104-74044eb1927b/kyle-meininger-scottsbluff-ne-obituary.jpg Home Kyle’s Day Foundation “We are first responders and we believe in the power of peer support. We aim to connect the first responder family together through activities once a month, known as Kyle’s day. We feel the opportunity to expand our peer groups allows the ability to have more resources in times of crisis”. -Ryan Gochoel President and Co-Founder of Kyle’s Day Foundation Join the Community ⟶ https://www.kylesday.org/whos-kyle daily 0.75 2022-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628cfd1b95c39f164aef6085/843b77d3-5c61-491e-b080-aa24ed43590c/IMG_5003.PNG Who's Kyle - Kyle Gene Meininger 11/22/1992 - 9/24/2021 Kyle was born in Scottsbluff to Kim and Randy Meininger on November 12, 1992. Kyle had a passion for helping people from day one. When he was just in first grade, he started a Safety Patrol Program at Community Christian School. This program began when Kyle saw a classmate fall and become injured and he wanted to help. The Safety Patrol Program consisted of students, starting with Kyle, who would patrol the playground during recess and radio to the office if someone needed help. He graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 2012. During his senior year of high school, Kyle graduated with FFA honors and won second place in the state welding competition in Lincoln. Kyle completed an Associates of Applied Science in Diesel Technology in 2014 from Central Community College and worked for the following year at Nebraska Harvest Center in Ogallala. Kyle married the love of his life and best friend, Courtney Farrington of Casper, Wyoming on December 13, 2014 in Scottsbluff. Kyle and Courtney then moved to Morrill where he farmed for the next couple of years before deciding to pursue a paramedic license. Kyle completed this process and became a Nationally Registered Paramedic in 2017 and worked for Valley Ambulance from 2018 to 2020. Shortly after obtaining his paramedic licensure, Courtney gave birth to their daughter, McKenzie Jo Meininger. Continuing with his desire to help people, Kyle obtained his MEDL certification in 2020, making him the only person with this certification in the state of Nebraska. With this certification he spent time over the following year traveling and fighting multiple Type 3 and Type 4 wildland fires around the state of Nebraska. In October 2020, Kyle became a Flight Paramedic with Air Link in Scottsbluff. On October 9, 2020, Kyle and Courtney were blessed again with another child, a son named Weston Gene Meininger. Tragically, Kyle lost his life in September of 2021. https://www.kylesday.org/about daily 0.75 2025-01-29 https://www.kylesday.org/join daily 0.75 2022-09-19 https://www.kylesday.org/resources daily 0.75 2022-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628cfd1b95c39f164aef6085/ba09aa81-c354-463c-8bff-34cd4e1d4783/Screenshot+2022-08-09+123128.png Resources - About 988 In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to be operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. SAMHSA sees 988 as a first step towards a transformed crisis care system in America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628cfd1b95c39f164aef6085/4e6e6509-e3ad-4258-99e2-28a709e999a6/Screenshot+2022-05-24+202136.png Resources - SAMHSA Report on First Responder Mental Health https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628cfd1b95c39f164aef6085/c37e355b-51f7-42eb-a883-64e66e63e362/Mental+Health+Alliance.png Resources - Mental Health Alliance Mental Health Alliance provides individual and family counseling for all age groups, outpatient substance abuse evaluations, counseling and intensive outpatient treatment for substance abuse. We also provide medication management for psychiatric disorders in Box Butte, Dawes, Kimball, Scottsbluff, and Cheyenne counties. 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