Kids 4 Kids
Student Leadership for Local, National, International Social Action
Kids 4 Kids is a group of socially conscious students who are working to make their community, country and world a better place. In their first year of operation they have provided 100’s of warm coats to needy families in Calgary, 100’s of Teddy Bears to children who are admitted to the Calgary Children’s Hospital, 1000’s of food items to the food bank in Calgary for the homeless and over $10,000 to build a school in Kenya in addition to providing a clean water source for those students.
In 2009-2010 Kids 4 Kids is looking forward to building on the projects and successes of their previous years!
In the month of March, Kids for Kids has been very busy. The group has gone Brown Bagging, had a bake sale, finished fundraising for Haiti relief, have had their first Justice Film Festival event and started fund raising for the Elephant Thoughts initiative.
Ms. Williams and Mr. Rogers took 12 grade 6-8 students to Brown Bagging for Calgary’s Kids. The kids made 1,636 sandwiches that morning!
The bake sale raised nearly $300 dollars. This money will go directly towards Elephant Thoughts and the schools we are going to support in Nicaragua.
The spare change for Haiti raised more than $400 for Red Cross. We would like to thank Mrs. Curtis for helping with this initiative.
All the Kids for Kids really appreciate the support of all the parents, staff and students at Rundle Academy.
In the coming months, we are gearing up for another volunteer opportunity at the Mustard Seed, attending Skate, Wheel and Walk a Kid to Camp and will be hosting a Used Uniform Drive.
Elephant Thoughts:
Elephant Thoughts is a Canadian non-profit organization that does charitable work to improve the education of students in Canada and around the World. Kids 4 Kids is supporting Elephant Thoughts this year by using some of their funds to help build classrooms in Nicaragua.
Free the Children:
Free the Children is a great organization that Kids 4 Kids has supported in the past. With the funds and support from Kids 4 Kids, Free the Children has built schools and provided fresh drinking water for kids in Africa.
Me to We:
Me to We is another awesome non-profit organization. During the last two school years, Kids 4 Kids has brought in motivational speakers to speak with all the students at Rundle Academy. The Me to We group has also held Leadership Workshops for many of Rundle Academy’s emerging leaders!
Kiva – Micro Loans:
Kiva is a micro loan program that allows individuals to provide micro loans to people in third world countries.
