Kids Make Their Mark by Going the Extra Mile

13Sep

Kids Make Their Mark by Going the Extra Mile

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by Kathy Saulitis, Kids Care Clubs & generationOn

Did you know that October 17th through October 23^rd, 2010 is Kids Care Week?

Kids Care Week is a celebration of the power kids have to make their mark on the world by helping others.

This year, Kids Care Week culminates on Make a Difference Day, a national day of doing good sponsored by USA Weekend, Citi and held in partnership with HandsOn Network.

To celebrate Kids Care Week 2010, we are connecting our Kids Care Week 2010 projects to The Extra Mile — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway in Washington, DC, a national monument created by the Points of Light Institute.

On The Extra Mile — Points of Light Volunteer Pathway bronze medallions honor those who have made significant contributions to our nation’s spirit of service. By taking a walk along this path, one can learn about Wallace J. Campell, Founder of CARE, Susan B. Anthony, suffragist, Cesar Chavez, Co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, Millard and Linda Fuller, Founder and Co-founder of Habitat for Humanity and Harriet Tubman, leader of the Underground Railroad to free slaves. All the Extra Mile honorees have impacted millions of lives with their passion and dedication to their individual causes.

Why not plan a project for your kids? Their friends? Their class?

And while you’re at it, why not apply for one of our KIDS CARE WEEK GRANTS!

Thanks to our partnership with Hasbro Children’s Fund, in celebration of Kids Care Week 2010, generationOn will award mini-grants in the amount of $250, to support service projects that are related to the social issues the Extra Mile Honorees addressed.

Individual youth, schools, classrooms, clubs, non-profits and youth groups can apply for the mini-grants.

Take these simple steps to go the extra mile:

Check out the Kids Care Week Fact Sheets on the honorees to learn more about their social issues and how you can help (They’re all listed below with links). To access fact sheets visit www.kidscare.org and use limited time log-in: Makeyourmark and password: kidscare.

Think about your passion, your community and the world and develop a service project that tackles one of the honoree’s social issues.

Apply for a mini-grant to fund your project at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KidsCareWeekGrants

Grant applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. EST on September 27, 2010.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted. Grant recipients will be notified by October 1, 2010. Please email questions regarding the grant to –or call toll free at 1-.

To learn more about the 33 Extra Mile Honorees, the social issues they cared about and to get Kids Care Week volunteer project ideas, click on the individual’s fact sheet below.

NOTE: You’ll need a user name and password to access these… use mine!

USER NAME: makeyourmark

Password: kidscare

Jane Addams – Founder, Hull House

Edgar Allen – Founder, Easter Seals

Ethel Percy Andrus – Founder, American Association of Retired Persons

Susan B. Anthony – Suffragist

Roger Baldwin – Founder, American Civil Liberties Union

Ruth Standish Baldwin and George Edmund Haynes – Co-founders of the National Urban League

Clara Barton – Founder, American Red Cross

Clifford Beers – Founder, Modern Mental Health Movement

Ballington & Maud Booth - Co-founders, Volunteers of America