Tokeneke Kids Care Club 2011-2012

Welcome! Kids Care Club is a national organization dedicated to developing compassion and inspiring a spirit of volunteering in children through hands-on projects. This year at Tokeneke the club is open to all students in grades 1-5. We will meet once a month from 2:50-3:45 on a Thursday in the Common Room. Permission slips will be required for each event and will be sent home via backpack mail. Below is a list of meeting dates and topics. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Giorno (michelle.ellie@gmail.com)or Betsy Snyder (betsnyder@yahoo.com).

October 20 – Please bring a new package of school supplies, and a gently used backpack that you may no longer need. Also bring a white tshirt for decorating. Introduction, planning expectations. We will make kids care club logo tshirts, and work on the school supply/used backpack drive to benefit Darien Social Services.

November 17– We will work on a school-wide coat drive, which will run from November 28^th through December 15^th, and prepare for the Thanksgiving turkey drive.

November 23 – Please donate a turkey for a needy family for Thanksgiving dinner. Supports the Food bank.

December 15 – We will wrap up our coat drive with a speaker from the charity to whom we will be donating the coats. We will also work on spreading notes of holiday cheer to local firefighters, police officers, elderly.

January 26 – We will kick off our Tokeneke Kindness Campaign which will run from February 1^st- 17^th.

February 5 – At the Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast we will host the Souper Bowl of caring, and will collect cans of food to donate to the food bank.

March 22 - Global outreach project TBD – We will work on a small scale project that will benefit children of the global community.

May 17 – We will have a speaker from the Obie Harrington Howes Foundation which helps to maintain and improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries. We will gear up for our 5^th annual Jump-rope-a-thon.

May 24 – Jump-rope-a-thon to benefit the OHH Foundation. Bring a jump rope, a smile, and tons of energy...water, popsicles and music will be provided.