About Kids Care Clubs

Hands On Ogeechee is excited to kick off our first Kids Care Clubs during the month of October as part of its Citizen Academy program. The purpose of Kids Care Clubs is to develop compassion and the spirit of service and philanthropy in elementary and middle school aged youth. To that end, we provide young people with Hands On volunteer opportunities to help others in their local and global communities.

What is a Kids Care Club?

Kids Care Clubs are groups of young people who work together to help others in their communities and around the world. Clubs are formed in schools, churches, synagogues, Volunteer Centers, community centers, homeless shelters and other community-based organizations. Today there are over 1000 registered Clubs in the 50 states and countries including Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.

What do Kids Care Clubs do?

Through Hands On projects such as Eat Wise - Exercise!, Kids Care BookShare, Team up for Kids in Foster Care, Holiday Hope Chests, Kids Care for Kids in Southeast Asia and Operation Kids Care members of Kids Care Clubs have helped the elderly, hungry, homeless, disabled, sick, and victims of disasters.

What kind of support do Kids Care Clubs get?

Kids Care Clubs posts different service projects each month. These projects include step-by-step instructions, compassion and issues education, meeting activities, additional resources related to the project and information on possible partners. These projects are centered on issues such as literacy, hunger, poverty, the sick, and the elderly or seasons of service such as Martin Luther King Day, Earth Day and Veteran's Day.

To learn more, email kidscare [at] handsonogeechee.net.