Kids Care Club – New at Greenbrook

Helping our children to develop compassion and inspiring a spirit of volunteering.

Kids Care is a new club starting at Greenbrook this fall.

It is a group of Greenbrook students who want to help others in their community. Parent volunteers will lead the club and help the children choose the projects and the people they will help.

• The Greenbrook Kids care Club will be for boys and girls who will be in first through fifth grade this fall.

• The club will meet after school at Greenbrook. There will be approximately six meetings a year. The dates and times will be arranged to fit the schedules of the club members. There is no fee to join.

Kids Care Clubs do all kinds of great projects.

Kids can choose projects to help the homeless, elderly, sick, disabled and lonely. Some of the possible projects are making bag lunches for a soup kitchen, collecting children’s books, making Holiday Hope Chests, visiting elderly residents at a nursing home, collecting pennies to train guide dogs, cleaning and repairing playgrounds, and assembling back packs for kids in foster care.

Kids Care is fun and is a great activity for kids.

• It is fun! Joining a Kids Care Club will give the children a chance to work with other great kids who want to make a difference in the world.

• It will give them opportunities to exercise creative and leadership skills, build confidence and self-esteem.

• It gives them the opportunity to meet new people and expand their horizons. But most of all, nothing feels better and lasts longer than the feeling they will get from helping someone in the community who really needs their help.

If you have any questions about Kids Care Club or would like to get involved, please contact Catherine Golden at cath_golden@mac.com.