©The 2005 Holiday
Fair helped 800 families (over 2,400 kids) with food and gift baskets.
©The 2006 Ready to
Learn Fair provided 1,233 kids with new and good used clothing, new
school supplies, immunizations, vision and hearing screening, $6 bike helmets,
hygiene products, books to read and lunch. Sports physicals were provided for
free to secondary students wanting to play sports. The Kiwanis gave away
refurbished bikes.
©The CFK
Clothing Bank was established to
provide free clothing to kids and their families in need. The clothes are
distributed through the schools and after school programs. We have over 400
homeless kids in
Volunteers
process the clothing at the Little Red School House and the packaged orders are
delivered to the schools. We also provide toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant.
Warm, decent clothing and shoes that fit are so important to a child's health
and self-esteem.
©School supplies are purchased by CFK to provide free school
supplies for approximately 600 kids a year. We also purchase dictionaries and
thesauruses. Deodorant, toothpaste, flosses and toothbrushes are also provided
through the school supply bank. The Life Skills Class at
©Since September 2005 we have distributed 2,464 dental care kits to our kids in need.
Each kit includes a toothbrush, toothpaste and dental floss with a loving
reminder to brush and floss in the morning and at bed time.
©In celebration of the NEA sponsored Read Across
America on March 2nd, new books are distributed to Headstart and
ECEAP (at-risk preschoolers) and some of the needier kindergarten students. In
2006 we purchased 1,000 books and gifts.
The intent of the program is to encourage parents and students to read at home.
©CFK Food Closets supply immediate emergency food to kids
who are hungry. CFK has purchased storage units for several schools, while
other schools have storage areas to keep their emergency food. Some of the food
closet contributors are the Emergency Food Network, school food drives,
©We are currently working with Communities in Schools
assembling Growing Up
Is Fun Bags for preschool parents. The bags contain instructional materials
and supplies to help parents prepare their kids for
school. From September to June 2006, 2,264 bags were distributed.
©Caring for kids has a small cottage business selling Caring for Kids Angels. There are 8
volunteers who have worked hundreds and hundreds of hours to produce the angels
for sale. They are totally handmade, even the hair, and sold for $7.00 each. We
have an angel for every occasion.
©The Alfaretta House for special needs students is now running
a balloon bouquet business for Caring for Kids. The business is called Kids Helping Kids balloon bouquets. They
also assemble our ABC necklaces for our Growing Up Is
Fun Bags and collect ink cartridges and cell phones for another fundraiser.
©Along with Lakewood First Lions Club and Communities in
Schools we are also distributing furniture. The project is called Furniture for Families.
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Monetary donations to purchase socks, shoes, school supplies,
pants, underwear, and hygiene products for the Clothing Bank.
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New
clothing, gifts and money for the
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New or
good used children’s and young adult
clothing.
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New or
good used toys, stuffed animals and
games
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School supplies
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New or
good used books
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Non-perishable
food (especially meals in a can,
peanut butter, tuna, etc.) for our on-site school food closets
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Hygiene products such as shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes,
toothpaste, deodorant and dental floss (unused hotel amenities too)
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Blankets
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Bikes (for the Kiwanis)
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Glasses and hearing aides
(for the Lion’s)
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Auction items for our dance in March
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Anything Free –
we will find a place for anything free.
Diane Formoso
(253) 564-8744 /cell 279-9777
Fax: 212-2087
Email: carekids@comcast.net
Website: carekids.org