FRIDAY, OCT. 11TH, 2024
DISPATCHING KINDNESS!
Dispatching Kindness: Join with us to create chalk messages and drawings to uplift and support the spirits of our local Cobb County 911 dispatchers.
Dispatchers are a critical link in the 911 system and are often times forgotten. Let's show them how much KIDS CARE!
Looking forward to getting together and leaving happy messages of gratitude and fun drawings for the dispatchers to see as they come in/out of work.
No age limit, and no limit on how many can join us. Let's show them some big Love!
Please wear appropriate clothing to get messy in and bring something to drink for yourselves. KIDS CARE will bring all of the chalk!
Additionally, homemade Kindness Cards and special treats can be brought to leave with the dispatchers.
Cobb County Emergency Management Agency: 140 North Marietta Parkway NE, Marietta, GA 30060
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RmnsKCMW6JGT1pWc6
Hope to see ya there!!
july 20th, 2024
SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
It's time!! Save your spot for our biggest volunteer event of the year!
Saturday, July 20th: Two shifts available: 9 am - 11 am & 11 am - 1 pm. Must register with KIDS CARE.
🌟Register your family with KIDS CARE via our volunteer app http://bttr.im/lhtwg. 🌟 Once your family has registered, your profile will be moved to accepted and you can begin volunteering with KIDS CARE. You will also receive emails with future volunteer opportunities and have the ability to register before the event goes public.
Volunteer tasks are assigned accordingly to age and include counting, sorting, organizing and packing backpacks.
😊HERE IS THE ADDITIONAL FUN AVILABLE TO YOU ON JULY 20TH:
*Meet Rose, the county's comfort dog.
*See inside a Cobb County Patrol Unit and meet an officer.
*Bring a bag of new donations and receive free admission's to the Cobb Civic Center's homemade minigolf (normally $10 per person).
*Bring your recycling! Keep Cobb Beautiful will be collecting cans, bottles, plastics, cardboard and Hefty Renewal bags.
💙For a deeper look at the day check out our past school supply drives here: https://sites.google.com/kids-care2018.org/backingtheneed/past-events?authuser=0
🚨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.
Congratulations "EARTH HEROES"
Congratulations to our youth who have volunteered their way to receiving a KIDS CARE EARTH HERO badge! Thank You for your dedicated work! GREAT JOB!!
Thank you "Embroidery Plus" in Kennesaw for your beautiful work on our patches!
HOW TO EARN YOUR BADGE...
"EARTH HERO" BADGES
Earth Hero badges are presented to the Youth who have completed 15 HOURS of Service with KIDS CARE, including attending one Youth Community Service Planning Session.
VOLUNTEER EMAIL LIST
Want to to be notified via email when we will be having another community service event or meeting? Join our volunteer email list via our "My Impact App". Everyone registered on our volunteer app will receive email notifications of new service experiences.
Join KIDS CARE's AT AN EARTH DAY Litter Pick UP...
We're joining Commissioner Sheffield, Keep Cobb Beautiful & South Cobb Lions for a collab clean up!
Sat 4/20/24 Time: 10 am - 1 pm
Kick off at Walmart Parking Lot: 1133 East West Connector, Austell, GA 30106
ALL AGES!
SIGN UP REQUIRED: https://bttr.im/lhtwg
Come join us as we support our community in a collaborative Litter Clean Up. This Earth Day, KIDS CARE will be showing up to support South Cobb Lions, Keep Cobb Beautiful and Commissioner Sheffield of Cobb County District 4. Working together we will be making an important environmental impact in Cobb County & having fun together!
All supplies will be provided. Please sign up with KIDS CARE by noon on Friday so we can ensure your registration for the event.
Email: volunteer@kids-care2018.org to sign up with KIDS CARE or if you are registered with our app sign up at: https://bttr.im/lhtwg.
Meet up at the Walmart on East-West Connector to get started. Hope to see ya there!!
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A guardian must remain on premises with minors.
Hope to see you there Earth Heroes!
Helping keep cobb beautiful!!
Keep Cobb Beautiful Community Recycling Day!
Sat, April 13th = two shifts available
Volunteer Opportunities
Sign up today to join us as we help our friends from Keep Cobb Beautiful with their annual Community Spring Recycling Event.
WHO = Ages 10+. All minors must be accompanied by an adult.
WHAT = All hands on deck for unloading, sorting and moving recycled items.
WHEN = Sat. April 13th. Shifts available are 9 am - 11:00 am and/or 11 am - 1 pm. Please plan arriving 15 mins before your shift.
WHERE = Jim Miller Park: 2245 Callaway Rd, Marietta, GA
WHY = To Keep Cobb Beautiful by helping manage incoming recyclable materials.
HOW = Sign up via our app https://bttr.im/lhtwg .
♻️This is a public event with motor vehicles coming and going. There will also be metal, paper shredding and plastic recycling as well. With the nature of this event & for safety reasons volunteers must be 10+ years old and able to follow instructions.
♻️Some volunteer jobs include:
*flaggers to guide traffic through the parking lot
*assistance to grab boxes/bags from car trunks/rear seats
*assistance to place boxes/bags into shopping carts to be rolled to *shredding trucks
*assistance to dump loose paper into shredding roll bins
*assistance to remove Hefty Energy Bags of plastic and stack them
*break down boxes
*picking up traffic cones
https://www.cobbcounty.org/.../community-recycling-events
♻️This ;event is scheduled for rain or shine. Please register with KIDS CARE so we may keep you updated and so that we have an accurate head count.
Pen Pal Program with Seniors
We are excited to announce the launch of our new pen pal program with Sterling Estates of West Cobb Retirement Community. This program is open to all ages who would like to volunteer from home to help connect, comfort and care for our senior population.
April 3, 2024
We will kick off our program April 3rd at Sterling Estates of West Cobb at 2 pm. All interested volunteers are welcome to join us though you do not have to be present to join. If you want to participate please click the SIGN UP NOW button to fill out our google form. This form will help us match volunteers with seniors. Once we receive your form we will be in contact with you to give your the contact info of the senior you will be paired up with. Now you will begin your new friendship journey!
2/9/2024: BOARD GAMES & LOVE FOR SENIORS!
Come play with us!
⭐RSVP REQUIRED. https://bttr.im/lhtwg. (Please & Thank You!)⭐
Board Games & Love ~ a fantastic opportunity to connect with local seniors.
All ages are encouraged to join us as we gather around Sterling Estates of West Cobb's Senior Living Facility's common room to mix, mingle & play board games together.
This service will help expand our youths' connectivity to elders while offering the seniors some Joy playing board games and aiding in cognitive engagement for both.
After board game time, the seniors will be heading off to dinner (5 pm), and we have been invited to mingle around the dining room to hand out sweet treats & Valentine's Day cards. This is a great opportunity for youth to work on their interpersonal skills by striking up short conversations with our new friends while handing out some Kind gifts.
- Valentine's Day cards & sweet treats can be homemade if you have the time or store bought to share. Please let your kids decide what should be given.
- Hours volunteered at home making cards can be counted as service hours, please let us know how long each person spent creating cards and the hours will be added to your total hours served with KIDS CARE.
Friday, February 9th, 3:30 - 5:30 pm at Sterling Estates of West Cobb.
Sterling Estates of West Cobb: 3165 Dallas Hwy, Marietta, GA 30064
(https://maps.app.goo.gl/VRMM6SqzCcSyU8FPA)
Please register via the KIDS CARE "My Impact App" under "opportunities": https://bttr.im/lhtwg
*If you want to join and your schedule does not allow you to arrive at 3:30 pm (because of school release or other commitments) please feel free to still join us when you can. Reach out and let us know. Email: volunteer@kids-care2018.org.
Hope you can join us for this sweet experience!
Questions: email volunteer@kids-care2018.org.
Join with us this Feb to spread Joy at a local senior facility.
1/15/24: MLK WORK, PLAN & PLAY DAY
Let's Hear Your Ideas!
⭐RSVP REQUIRED. https://bttr.im/lhtwg. (Please & Thank You!)⭐
MLK WORK DAY, YOUTH PLANNING SESSION & KIDS CARE 5th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
This is an OUTDOOR EVENT at Our Giving Garden.
⚒️ SERVICE/WORK: January 15th at Our Giving Garden: 1 1/2 hours work. 30 mins planning session. 30 min birthday celebration/play. (Time flexible). Service limited to 30 volunteers. Plan & Play not limited.
12-1:30 - service outdoor garden work
1:30-2:00 - bonfire, light snacks & planning session
2:00 - 2:30 - bonfire, sweet treats (for 5th year celebration) and play
Volunteer Tasks will include:
mulching pathways
weeding
stocking pantry
making winter kits for pantry
💡YOUTH PLANNING SESSION:
We will warm up by the fire with some light snacks and get our brainstorming on. Have your kids bring their ideas for how they want to be nice, spread kindness or make a difference in their community. Who & how do they want to serve? ⏲️ Now will be the time and place to let us hear their ideas. Amie will lead the kids in a group conversation/brainstorming session to stir up and listen to the kids ideas about service. Ideas from this session will be used throughout the year to create our next service experiences. Approx. 30 minutes
🎂 PLAY: IT'S KIDS CARE 5TH BIRTHDAY!!!
Join us for the last 30 mins of our day to play! After the youth planning session (before everyone leaves the fire) we will celebrate KIDS CARE 5th birthday with a quick birthday song and some sweet treats. Then we will have 30 minute's to explore the gardens, watch the farm animals, play or hang by the fire.
🗺️ OUR GIVING GARDEN: 79 Cooper Lake Rd SE, Mableton, GA 30126. Registration with KIDS CARE required.
More info about Our Giving Garden. https://www.ourgivinggarden.org/
ℹ️ ADDITIONAL INFO:
ALL AGES WELCOME
Please bring work gloves if you have them and a water bottle.
Please wear weather appropriate clothing and closed toed shoes.
This is a working garden with lots of animals, dirt and room to run. Parent or Guardian is required to stay on premises.
Work/Service limited to 30 people.
You can come to just the planning/play session if you like.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!
Back to School Bash & Pop-Up Market
Volunteers Needed Aug 12th 11 am - 6 pm
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.
Volunteer at the mall with us & then enjoy the vendors, entertainment & food!
"Backing the Need" Backpack & School Supply Drive
Volunteers Needed July 29th 9 am - 3 pm
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
Come join us!
JUNE 3RD, 2023
MOVIE NIGHT/KINDNESS CARDS
⭐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! 💙😊
Come join us!
May 19, 2023
Litter Pick Up, Plan & Play Event
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 15, 2023
Keep Cobb Beautiful Recycling Event
♻️ 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 10TH, 2023
SIDEWALK CHALK FOR SENIORS
🍀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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