National spotlight shines on K-Kids

The word is out: K-Kids do good stuff. That’s a fact shared among hundreds of thousands of volunteers receiving Volunteer Leadership Magazine, the official publication of the Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network.

In an article in its fall 2006 issue, the volunteer publication lauds K-Kids as a program that prepares elementary-school students for lifelong service and underscores how K-Kids clubs focus on the core values of character building, leadership, inclusiveness, and caring. It also shines the spotlight on some K-Kids projects, including:

• The K-Kids Club of Nancy Creek Traditional Theme School in Atlanta, Georgia , which spent its December 2004 meeting stuffing 95 pairs of tube socks with schools supplies for children in the Salvation Army shelter for the homeless.
• The Jackson Elementary School K-Kids club in Manitowoc, Wisconsin , which asked students to donate time helping people shovel snow, clean, cook, baby-sit, or do other chores for hire. The K-Kids raised $465.
• The K-Kids Club of Linden (New Jersey) Elementary , which collected more than 3,000 teddy bears and other stuffed animals to send to underprivileged children in Asia. The stuffed animals were delivered to children in Thailand as part of the Kiwanis-sponsored “Operation Teddy Bear.”

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