The Covington Commission passed a resolution officially honoring longtime educational advocate Rick Hulefeld at the commission meeting on Tuesday. The resolution also named May 11 as Rick Hulefeld Day in the city of Covington.
Hulefeld’s career goes back to 1979, when he began serving as executive director of Cathedral Child Care. He would later go on to found Children, Inc., where he would serve as CEO until 2017. Children, Inc. merged with Cincinnati Early Learning Centers to form Learning Grove in 2020. Hulefeld has also served on a variety of educational task forces for the state of Kentucky.
Hulefeld gave a brief speech to the commission and attendees at Tuesday’s meeting.
“Too many of our children in Covington are not reading at grade level by the end of third grade,” Hulefeld said. “Early childhood has a whole lot to do with that.”
Hulefeld thanked his wife and children as well as the current leadership of the organizations he helped to found.
“Covington is an extraordinary place to build a dream,” he said. “We don’t do anything alone, or at least we shouldn’t try.
“It is together that we can make something happen.”
