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We had an amazing summer of service and are excited to slide into fall.  We will be offering up a bit of a different experience for Oct. by holding a T-Shirt & Sock Design Contests! 

In Nov we will be hosting a "Funs-a-Brewing" Fundraiser and Giveback night at Glover Park Brewery on Nov. 15 from 4 pm - 10 pm.  We will need volunteers to help us with this fun event.

We will also be working in The Center for Family Resources Food Pantry in Nov. 

More details on these opportunities coming soon.  Please check back.  

 KIDS CARE will be at the Towne Center of Cobb Mall for their "Back to School Bash".  We need volunteers to help us at two different stations.  

Some volunteers will be needed to work the "Teacher Appreciation" Tables.  Helping the public create Kindness Cards they can take and give to a teacher they want to support.

Other volunteers will help us work our donation table.  We will be collecting donations from the public for our "Drops of Comfort & Care Drive".  All donations going to children battling cancer at CHOA.  

VOLUNTEERS WE NEED YOU!!! * Aug 12th  11 am - 6 pm.  Sign up for shifts at https://bttr.im/lhtwg or email volunteer@kids-care2018.org to reserve your spot. Small groups welcome. .

NEW DONATIONS BEING COLLECTED: Fidget toys, DIY arts-crafts kits, soft beanies/head scarves, 3 yards anti pill fleece (to make no sew blankets) and warmies (plush animals that go in the microwave).  Donations will be delivered in September.   

 KIDS CARE 3rd annual "Backing the Need" Backpack & School Supply Drive is here! Our biggest volunteer & giving event of the year is on July 29th from 9 am - 2 pm at the Cobb County Civic Center.

VOLUNTEERS WE NEED YOU!!! *July 29th 9 am - 2 pm* All ages. Sign up for a 2 hour shift at https://bttr.im/lhtwg or email volunteer@kids-care2018.org to reserve your spot. Small groups welcome. Help us sort, count, & organize school supplies and pack backpacks.

DONATIONS NEEDED: Please drive by and drop off your new donations on July 29th at the Cobb County Civic Center from 9 am - 2 pm. New backpacks, school supplies and nonperishable snacks are being requested for elementary, middle and high school aged students in need of assistance for the upcoming school year.

BENEFICIARIES: Ser Familia, LiveSafe Resources, Simple Needs of GA, Cool Kids Committee, The Center for Family Resources, The Center for Children & Young Adults, Communities in Schools - Marietta/Cobb.

All details can be found here: https://sites.google.com/kids.../backingtheneed/home

⭐VOLUNTEERS NEEDED THIS SATURDAY NIGHT!!!⭐So sorry for the short notice but we will be hosting a booth at the Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Movie Night hosted at Swift-Cantrell Park on Saturday, June 3rd.

Volunteers needed to help at our outdoor booth to ask and assist the public to help us make Kindness Cards and/or Letters of Encouragement for two special donations that we will be making in July & Sept.

💙Kindness cards will be placed in backpacks that we will be donating in Aug & cards will also be given to sick kids in Sept. for our "Drops of Comfort & Care" program with Building Strong Horizons, Inc..

🕛Booth set up begins at 5:00 pm. Vendor activities for the public begin at 5:30 and go until approximately 9:00 pm. (Please feel free to volunteer for a bit and also wander with your child and check out the other activities). At 9 pm we will close up the booth, pack up and then plan on staying and watching the outdoor movie together.

🎥The movie that will be played is Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love & Thunder" which is rated PG 13. (Sorry I wish it wasn't a PG 13 movie but it just so happens to be). The movie is shown on a giant inflatable screen at sundown. You may bring chairs & snacks. Attendance is free.

Volunteer shifts are open to all ages who want to help. Parent or guardian must remain on premises as this is a public event in a public space. If your child is not 13 please feel free to come volunteer and check out all of the family fun vendors that are supposed to be available for free before the movie starts.

For more info on the movie series look here: https://www.kennesaw-ga.gov/outdoormovieseries/.

Swift-Cantrell Park: 3140 Old 41 Hwy NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144

Sign up via our app: https://bttr.im/lhtwg.

Questions email volunteer@kids-care2018.org.

We looking forward to working together to Create Kindness & have Fun! 💙😊

Save the date: the time and space is May 19th - let's hear those youth voices!!

💡Join us as we gather up to allow youth to generate and share their ideas on how & who they would like to serve in our community. These ideas will be taken and used to plan our future service events.

🚮After our planning session we will slide into a Litter Pick Up of Laurel Park, all necessary supplies will be provided by KIDS CARE. After the litter pick up we'll have a few snacks, share what litter we found and follow up with a brief environmental awareness topic to discuss.

🛝Then it's PLAY TIME! Youth and families are encouraged to spend some time playing and enjoying the clean park.

📧 Sign up required. Sign up via email: volunteer@kids-care2018.org, DM or via the My Impact App (https://bttr.im/lhtwg). A guardian must remain on premises with minors.

📆5/19/23
⏰4:30 - 6:30 pm
🗺️Laurel Park: 151 Manning St, Marietta

☺️Hope to see you there!

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♻️ APRIL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY.  Sign up  to volunteer with KIDS CARE as we help our friends at Keep Cobb Beautiful with their Spring Community Recycling Event.

🐢WHO = Ages 10+. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.
🐢WHAT = All hands on deck for unloading, sorting and moving recycled items.
🐢WHEN = Sat. April 15th.  Select your hours between 8:15 am - 1:15 pm.
🐢 WHERE = Jim Miller Park: 2245 Callaway Rd, Marietta, GA
🐢WHY = To Keep Cobb Beautiful by helping manage incoming recyclable materials.
🐢 HOW = Sign up via email at volunteer@kids-care2018.org or via our our app https://bttr.im/lhtwg.

*With the nature of this event & for safety reasons volunteers must be 10+ years old and able to follow instructions. 

🌦️This event is scheduled for rain or shine. Grab some friends and join us as we help our community out.

For Cobb County info on this event:  https://www.cobbcounty.org/.../community-recycling-events 

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🍀March Volunteer Opp:  Sidewalk Chalk Artists it's your time to shine!🌞

💫All Ages Welcome.  Join with us as we create a colorful trail of Happy thoughts & pictures to help brighten the day for a few local Seniors.

💖Let's leave the Seniors at @sterlingestateswestcobb a whole lot of Love & Joy to absorb.  

☺️Volunteers are welcome to bring general Kindness or Happy Day cards to deliver to the residents as well. ☺️

🎈Friday, March 10th  4:45 - 5:45 pm.

📌LOCATION: Sterling Estate West Cobb 3165 Dallas Hwy, Marietta 30064

✏️PLEASE RSVP thru DM, email volunteer@kids-care2018.org or via our app at https://bttr.im/lhtwg.

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MONDAY 1/16 - Join us on MLK Day for service and celebration!! We need help making sandwiches for those in need AND to celebrate KIDS CARE 4th birthday! 🎈

🐢WHO: Everyone!
🐢WHEN: MLK Day - Jan. 16th from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm.
🐢WHERE: Adventure Air Sports in Kennesaw 425 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, #3500, Kennesaw, GA 30144
https://kennesaw.adventureairsports.com (Located behind shopping plaza.)
🐢HOW: RSVP by email volunteer@kids-care2018.org or the My Impact KIDS CARE App (http://bttr.im/lhtwg).
🐢WHY: “Not everybody can be famous but everyone can be great because greatness is determined by service; you only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.” -Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Feb. 4, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA.

💫In honor and remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s spirit and determination to serve & love we are excited to connect into our small way of serving our community by making sandwiches for those in need of food assistance in Cobb County. 📷

💖A special thank you goes to @Adventure Air Sports Kennesaw in for sponsoring us at no charge for the use of the party room to make our sandwiches. These sandwiches are also being made & given through the inspiration of The Sandwich Project of Atlanta. 📷https://www.thesandwichproject.org (If any volunteers are interested in helping them expand into the West Cobb area on a regular basis please contact me).

🎂 After sandwich making we will celebrate KIDS CARE's 4th birthday of incorporating into a nonprofit (Jan. 21 2019). We'll have sweet treats and then its PLAY Time!

⭐Volunteers & families will be offered a discounted rate for an hour of fun play time at the facility. Entry into Adventure Air will need to be paid by each family upon arrival - the discounted rate is $20 per person which includes the socks. Any additional hour(s)of jump/play time will only be $6.00 per person after that. A unique wavier link will be sent to you after you sign up with KIDS CARE.

⭐PLEASE NOTE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY TO ENTER AND MAKE SANDWICHES. KIDS CARE will supply sandwich materials at no cost to volunteers. You will only pay for your family to play.

💙If interested in donating we would love help purchasing sandwich supplies including: white bread, turkey/ham deli meat, and American cheese. Additional items that can be donated include: Fresh fruit (apples, oranges, green bananas), small boxes of raisins, and soft chewy protein bars.

🥪No purchase necessary to participate in sandwich making.🥪

 FUN POP UP SERVICE OPPORTUNITY!!! ⭐This THURSDAY - DECEMBER 1ST from 5 pm - 8 pm at the Marietta Square. ⭐

🎄We'll be offering our helping hands to Marietta Parks & Rec Dept to help out with their Annual Christmas Tree lighting event.🎄

🌟RSVP with KIDS CARE BY THIS WEDNESDAY - NOV. 29th! 🌟

Please RSVP your family via:
*our volunteer app http://bttr.im/lhtwg
*email volunteer@kids-care2018.org or
*DM thru social media.
More information will be provided upon RSVP'ing.

😊HERE IS THE FUN WE WILL BE HELPING WITH:
*Santa Security (line control for visits with Santa)
*Letter Writing Stations
*Photo Booth Ops
*Ugly Holiday Sweater Parade
Marshall/Participant (early job at 4 pm)

💙Come join KIDS CARE & the Marietta Parks & Rec in Lighting Up the Holiday Season! Here is their event link: https://www.mariettaga.gov/.../Christmas-Tree-Lighting...

🚨ALL YOUTH VOLUNTEERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A GUARDIAN. All ages welcome. Volunteers must stay with their guardian in their assigned task as this will be a public event.

 Limited Availability for ages 8+.  Join us as we gather our helping hands together to assist in stocking shelves and organizing the food pantry with our friends at the Center for Family Resources.  

Nov. 22nd:  Registration is closed due to full capacity inside the food pantry.  We apologize to  anyone who did not get to participate this year.
9:00 am - 10:30 am (All 15 spots currently full)
10:30 am - 12:00 pm (All 15 spots currently full)

Volunteers will be stocking food shelves.  Please plan on standing the entire time and bringing refreshments for your self & family if needed.

SPECIAL NOTE:  We ask that anyone signing up for this event please understand that the food pantry is a working space.  We need to be able to exercise indoor voices, follow instructions and stay on task.  We will also need to leave immediately upon our shift ending (though we all want to stay and help more, they are on a tight schedule to get this food delivered to those in need).

Please check out THE CENTER FOR FAMILY RESOURCES https://thecfr.org/.  The CFR is running their annual "Thanks-for-Giving" Food Drive.  They would love some non-perishable food donations to help give local families in need a special Thanksgiving.  

The Center for Family Resources:
400 Franklin Gateway SE, Ste 250, Marietta, GA 30067

Hope you can join us in this great service opportunity on the week of Thanksgiving!

Register:
Email:  volunteer@kids-care2018.org
Vol App:  http://bttr.im/lhtwg

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