KIDS HELPING KIDS
CALLING ALL STUDENTS - IT'S TIME TO GET CREATIVE!
ENTER OUR CONTEST TO RENAME THE "KIDS HELPING KIDS" PROGRAM
It's time for us to rename our very successful "Kids Helping Kids" Program and
we need the help of all the kids and teens out there to help us.
Please get creative and submit your ideas to us before the end of February.
We have a very nice prize to give away and we know it will be enjoyed by the winner(s) of this contest.
Ideas can be submitted by individuals, clubs, groups, or just a few friends getting together to brain storm.
What is our current "Kids Helping Kids" program?
First, it is an initiative where local kids and teens learn about the daily lives and struggles of their peers in Haiti and Zimbabwe.
We are ready, willing and able to share all the information with you, your family, your club, or even your school.
Second, they decide on a project that would be valuable and helpful to children in Zimbabwe or Haiti.
Projects that were selected by kids in the past were providing seeds for gardens, purchasing solar lanterns,
building a classroom, purchasing school books, planting trees, providing medicine, shoes,
school uniforms, and more!
Third, design and implement a fundraising plan to reach the goals of the project selected.
Kids have collected bottles and cans, held kick ball games, had bake sales,
coordinated dress down days at school, and sold items like raffle tickets,
handmade cards, bracelets, granola. The ideas are endless!
Fourth, if they wish, they can attend our annual dinner, tell their story, and
ask our guests to help support their project.
Over the years, this program has raised over $18,000 for To Love a Child!
Submit your ideas to
directoratTLC@aol.com
along with the names of all individuals who are submitting the entry.
ENTER OUR CONTEST TO RENAME THE "KIDS HELPING KIDS" PROGRAM
It's time for us to rename our very successful "Kids Helping Kids" Program and
we need the help of all the kids and teens out there to help us.
Please get creative and submit your ideas to us before the end of February.
We have a very nice prize to give away and we know it will be enjoyed by the winner(s) of this contest.
Ideas can be submitted by individuals, clubs, groups, or just a few friends getting together to brain storm.
What is our current "Kids Helping Kids" program?
First, it is an initiative where local kids and teens learn about the daily lives and struggles of their peers in Haiti and Zimbabwe.
We are ready, willing and able to share all the information with you, your family, your club, or even your school.
Second, they decide on a project that would be valuable and helpful to children in Zimbabwe or Haiti.
Projects that were selected by kids in the past were providing seeds for gardens, purchasing solar lanterns,
building a classroom, purchasing school books, planting trees, providing medicine, shoes,
school uniforms, and more!
Third, design and implement a fundraising plan to reach the goals of the project selected.
Kids have collected bottles and cans, held kick ball games, had bake sales,
coordinated dress down days at school, and sold items like raffle tickets,
handmade cards, bracelets, granola. The ideas are endless!
Fourth, if they wish, they can attend our annual dinner, tell their story, and
ask our guests to help support their project.
Over the years, this program has raised over $18,000 for To Love a Child!
Submit your ideas to
directoratTLC@aol.com
along with the names of all individuals who are submitting the entry.
Here's what local kids did in 2021 for kids and their communities in Zimbabwe:
Forestry Development: It is important to plant as many trees as possible, especially indigenous ones that quickly adapt to the environment. Trees will be planted for shade, to provide shelter and food for wildlife, to function as a wind barrier, to increase water retention in soil, and provide vitamins and minerals that can be harvested for medicinal purposes.
Cost: $10 per tree
Nutritional Gardens: Many families are so poor that they cannot afford the seeds to grow a garden. Providing seeds will help them feed their families as well as to incorporate herbs into their diet which will provide valuable dietary nutrients.
Cost: A variety of seeds for one family $30
Water Reservoirs: Rainwater needs to be harvested and put to good use in the gardens as well as to provide drinking water for farm animals. Collecting rainwater will allow all the clean water from the dug well to be used for drinking.
Cost: Water collection units including gutters and downspouts cost $100 per unit.
Cost: $10 per tree
Nutritional Gardens: Many families are so poor that they cannot afford the seeds to grow a garden. Providing seeds will help them feed their families as well as to incorporate herbs into their diet which will provide valuable dietary nutrients.
Cost: A variety of seeds for one family $30
Water Reservoirs: Rainwater needs to be harvested and put to good use in the gardens as well as to provide drinking water for farm animals. Collecting rainwater will allow all the clean water from the dug well to be used for drinking.
Cost: Water collection units including gutters and downspouts cost $100 per unit.
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Teagan (age 13) and Brynn (age11) have been doing projects for Kids Helping Kids for many years. This year their love of photography inspired their project. They put their photo photo on notecards and sold them to family, friends, and neighbors.
Goal: to install three water collection systems @ $100 each |
Mekey (age 12) and Rosvald (age 14) These two have been busy creating projects for Kids Helping Kids since the program began. They made beautiful beaded bracelets this year and went door - to door to sell them to neighbors.
Goal: to plant 15 trees in Zimbabwe @ $10 each |
Jackson (14), Tyson (11), Jameson (8), Julie (14), Emma (12) and Ava (8)
The Brobston/Brewer clan pulled their resources together to host an election day bake sale at the Clifton Park town hall. The kids did a little baking and enlisted the help of friends and family to help bake. They worked the bake sale from 10 am to 8 pm. Goal: To purchase see for 34 families @ $30 each |
Cole (age 5)
This is Cole's first year doing a project for Kids Helping Kids. He is 5 years old and is in kindergarten. With the help of his grandma, he wrote a letter to his neighbors and asked them to leave recyclable bottles and cans by their mailbox for him to collect. He was so excited to collect the 1,844 bottles and cans and even more excited to dump them into the automated counting machine at the recycling center. Goal: To Provide seeds for seven families @$30 each |
