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WELCOME TO THE BOLINGBROOK KIDS CARE
CLUB
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Bolingbrook
Kids Care Club is a Points of Light Foundation sponsored
program. Our mission is to develop compassion and the
spirit of service and philanthropy in elementary thru
high school aged youth. To that end, we provide young
people with hands-on volunteer opportunities to help others
in local and global communities. Kids Care Clubs believes
that children and young adults are empowered by their
contribution to the world around them. |
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View
Projects of the Month
About Bolingbrook Kids Care |
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The next Bolingbrook Kids Care Club
meeting is scheduled for:
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Date/Time TBD
Fountaindale Public Library
Briarcliff and Delaware Streets, Bolingbrook
Contact Barbara Osborne @ 630.972.9122 |
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OCTOBER
2006 -" HANDS HELPING HANDS"
OVERVIEW
PLEASE
CLICK HERE FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THIS PROGRAM [PDF].
"'Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it
ever so humble there's no place like home! A charm from
the sky seems to hallow us there, Which seek through the
world, is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home!
There's no place like home!
There's no place like home!"
- John Howard Payne (1791-1852)
Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz repeats the words of John
Howard Payne over and over, "There's no place like
home!" Noah Webster says it is "the abiding
place of one's affections; as the home is where the heart
is." We think of home as more than shelter; it is
a special place for our families and a refuge.
Our spirits are lifted when we are in a clean and pleasing
environment. For families who have had the experience
of moving from a substandard house to their own house,
where the roof doesn't leak, and the wind doesn't rattle
through the walls, their family life improves and their
lives take on new meaning.
Our club will help clean up, spruce up, or even build
a hom e for someone who can't do it on his or her own.
Kids in middle school and High School of all ages can
participate in some part of this Kids Care Club project,
Home Sweet Home.
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SEPTEMBER
2006 - "FALL FRIENDS"
OVERVIEW:
Fall is full of things to do, smell and see. But sometimes
the elderly in our community can't get outdoors to enjoy
the beautiful colors of nature. We will be bringing the
fun to them by baking loaves of Kids Care Pumpkin Bread
and delivering them with a fall foliage sun-catcher. (For
elderly or handicapped and shut-in neighbors) |
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Service
is a natural way for young people to assert their positive
qualities. By serving others, kids establish connections
with human beings of diverse cultures and economic situations.
Beyond citizenship, kids develop positive self-esteem
and learn many life lessons including tolerance, problem
solving, cooperation, confidence, and respect for life
and loyalty. As a result, they are less likely to follow
the path of violence, racism, or indifference.
Empowered children grow into empowered adults who make
service and philanthropy a part of their everyday life.
If you're interested in joining
or becoming a volunteer, please contact Bolingbrook Chapter
President, Barb Osborne at: 630.972.9122 |
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What
is Our Mission?
Kids Care Clubs are groups of young people who work together
to help others in their local communities and communities
around the world. Our Club will be meeting at Tibbot Elementary
School in Bolingbrook or at other service sites as designated
in advance. Today there are over 1000 registered Clubs
in the 50 states and countries including Australia, Canada,
Germany, and the Netherlands. |
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What
do Kids Care Clubs do?
Through hands on projects such as Baby Bags for Haiti,
Eat Wise - Exercise!, Kids Care BookShare, Team up for
Kids in Foster Care, Holiday Hope Chests, Kids Care for
Kids in Southeast Asia and Kids Care for Katrina families
to name a few. Members of Kids Care Clubs have helped
the elderly, hungry, homeless, disabled, sick, and victims
of disasters |
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What
kind of support do Kids Care Clubs get?
Kids Care Clubs posts different service projects each
month. These projects include step-by-step instructions,
compassion and issues education, meeting activities, additional
resources related to the project and information on possible
partners. These projects are centered on issues such as
literacy, hunger, poverty, the sick, and the elderly or
seasons of service such as Martin Luther King Day, Earth
Day and Veteran's Day.
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Bolingbrook
Precinct 8 - Barbara Osborne
241 Green Mountain Drive, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Phone: 630.972.9122 - Fax: 630.972.0043
email: info@precinct8.com |
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