Tiffany Sallee, Assistant Camp Director

A normal summer day for Tiffany Steinbacher Sallee, Assistant Camp Director at Camp Woodchuck, is filled with coordinating staff and camper scheduling, planning day-to-day activities for campers, creating schedules for activities, planning big events such as the fashion show, talent show, and art show, helping staff with ideas for working with campers, interacting with kids […]

Youth with Special Needs Form Bonds with Innovative Summer Staff

Camp Woodchuck’s theme this summer is “Ride the Wave” and we are excited to announce we have 46 Campers riding the wave into a fun summer experience! We are providing an In-home Camp experience where each Camper has a Camp Counselor that goes to the family’s home with a backpack full of supplies, activities, energy […]

Lynlea Southards

Published Friday, July 24, 2020, Wichita Business Journal Lynlea Southards Family Support Services Coordinator, Rainbows United Inc. Why did you choose a career in health care? I have a cousin named Wendy who has Down Syndrome. She is a non-verbal, deaf and has low vision. Being around Wendy and seeing how she enjoys life and impacts those around […]

Family Support Services

Before joining the Rainbows’ team, Teresa Shackelford had no previous experience working alongside children with special needs. Teresa had moved back to Wichita and was looking for a job where she felt she could make a difference rather than working sales.  Her daughter worked for Rainbows and suggested she give Rainbows a try.  “She said […]

Love What You Do

By Lynlea Southards, Family Support Services Program Coordinator Each day as the Family Support Service Coordinator is unique, fun and full of learning experiences. I’m truly grateful to be a part of the Rainbows’ family. I look forward to coming to Kids’ Cove every morning. My office is located where we serve the children and […]

Camp Woodchuck

By Lindsay Coffee, Family Support Services Coordinator Oh Camp Woodchuck. How you bring so many new and exciting things each and every summer. This year was no exception! Nearing the end of my second camp, I’ve learned so much. It’s funny how you enter into a new summer season thinking of all the ways you […]

How Rainbows changed Zech’s life

On July 27, 2014 Family Support Staff member Zechariah Haile celebrated a full year of working at Rainbows United. Prior to working at Rainbows, Zech was working an entry level job in the restaurant industry. Although he was making what he considered decent money, the job gave him no fulfillment. When a friend noticed his […]