EARTH DAY POEM CONTEST
Earth Day Poem Contest
Let's inspire one another by creating our own poems to honor, connect to & celebrate Mother Earth. All ages welcomed & encouraged! Any style poem. All topics. Enter now for your chance to win!
Age Groups:
- AGES 2-6
- AGES 7-10
- AGES 11-14
- AGES 15-18
- AGES 19 -111
All Poems Due by EARTH DAY on 4/22/22
If you are attending the Earth Day Clean & Play you can bring your poem with you.
You do not have to be present to win. Poems may be emailed to volunteer@kids-care2018.org by 12:30 pm on 4/22/22. Please also list your age & if we can share your poem publicly. If you win we will work out a way to get the house plant delivered to you.
Winners:
One winner from each age group will win their very own house plant to take home & enjoy!
POEMS will be read anonymously to our Earth Day Clean & Play Event participants. The youth & families will then decide upon one winner per age group.
Litter Pick & Service planning Event 10/15/21
Litter Pick & Youth Service Planning Session Event Details
Come join us for our Litter Pick & Service Planning Meet Up! Oct , 15, 2021 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm at Laurel Park in Marietta. All ages welcome.
Youth Service Planning
We will start at 4:30 pm with a brainstorming session on what we would like to do for a service project in November We will select our next service project at this meeting followed by discussing the plan on when/how we will make the service project come alive.
Litter Picking
Next we will head out and get Litter Picking followed by snack time and review of the litter we found. We do prefer anyone under the age of 12 to have a parent/guardian on site during our litter pick. All items needed for litter pick will be supplied by KIDS CARE.
Play & Free Time in the Park
At this point the youth & families are encouraged to play or have free time in the park! PARENTS MUST SUPERVISE THEIR YOUTH'S FREE TIME IN THE PARK.
Location - Laurel Park in Cobb County
Laurel Park: 151 Manning RD SW, Marietta, GA 30060
Youth Planning Session, Litter Pick Up & Play
Do the youth in your life have community service ideas? Are they passionate about picking up litter? Bring your youth (all ages - 18) to our meet up on April 16th at Laurel Park in Marietta from 4:30 - 6:00.
KIDS CARE will be hosting a youth planning session on community service. We will discuss what community service is and why & how we do it. We will listen to their ideas on how they want to give back to the community and who they want to help. Their input will be heard and will influence our choice for our next big service project.
KIDS CARE will also briefly discuss environmental awareness as we hand out our litter picking tools and get to work! We will spend some time cleaning up the local park of litter, then we will evaluate what we found and discuss it.
Lastly, the youth get to have some pizza/snacks & water. At this time we will invite the youth to have some free time to play on the playground, go for a walk around the park or find a nice sitting spot to relax. (PARENTS MUST SUPERVISE THEIR YOUTH'S FREE TIME IN THE PARK).
Please email us with your families reservation (# youth & adults) at so we can plan accordingly for pizza & litter picking supplies. Thank you.
EMAIL: kc2018org@gmail.com
-Kindness In Doing Service (KIDS)
-Connecting And Respecting Everyone (CARE)
*Rain Date April 23, 2021 4:30 - 6:00 pm.
FOOD DRIVE
FOOD DRIVE
Sign up to help us receive food donations from the general public. Donations will need to be unloaded, sorted, counted & loaded.
MASKS MUST BE WORN to interact with the public.
This collection event will be Feb. 13th from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm at Marietta High School Parking Lot. We will be outside.
New & Used Sneaker Collection
Sneaker & Book Drive
We are pleased to announce that we will be having our upcoming Sneaker & Book Drive at Marietta High School Parking Lot. The collection day will be on October 17th, 2020 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. This will be set up for Drive by & Drop off style donating.
Please start saving your gently used (not abused) sneakers & books for our collection date. We will give the collected sneakers to Eco-Sneakers (a nonprofit in Smyrna, GA) who will distribute them to those in need. All books collected will also be given to local organizations who will distribute the books directly to those who can use them but may not be able to afford them.
More details coming soon.
Volunteers Needed
Know someone looking for volunteer hours? Join our planning team. Great opportunity for teens and youth. We are open to volunteers who can help us organize, promote & implement our upcoming Sneaker collection day.
We are also looking for businesses that may be able to offer community support on this event.
Please email kc2018org@gmail.com for volunteer information.
° The organizing & collection day will be planned accordingly with Covid19 precautions in place.
EARTH HEROES ACTIVATE: Park pick up
Environmental Awareness & Litter Picking
Calling Local Earth Heroes...
Cautiously, carefully & eagerly we will gather outside (social distance style) to use our superpowers to clean up Laurel Park of damaging ground/water litter. This is a fantastic opportunity for families/teens to volunteer in their community. Volunteers will observe first hand how & where litter is impacting our local environment.
Litter sticks, buckets, gloves, hand sanitizer and garbage bags will be provided.
We ask for you to bring your own masks for each participant to be used when you are near others.
We ask all participants to adhere to the 6 foot social distancing guidelines even while outside.
We ask that you stay with your group while litter picking.
Please bring your own drinks. Drinks and pizza will not be provided at this park pick up due to the nature of COVID19.
All ages welcome. Most appropriate for ages 5 & up. Families encouraged. Teenagers wanted. Excellent outdoor volunteer opportunity.
This outdoor event is limited to 20 individuals. Please reserve your spots through Facebook or through email at: kc2018org@gmail.com
Questions can be sent via email to: kc2018org@gmail.com.
Hope to see you there - we miss keeping an eye on local parks and are ready for more picking action & environmental awareness.
Kindness In Doing Service (KIDS)
Connecting And Respecting Everyone (CARE)