For the past five years, Creek Kids and their families have participated in our Holiday Angel Project. It’s one of my personal favorites. The concept is similar to an “Adopt a Family,” but in this case, participants “sponsor” a Fresh Start member for the holidays. To get the project going, we ask that Fresh Start members respond to a wish list questionnaire. From there, each CKC participant will get one wish list (or more if wanted) and that person/family/group will shop for that Fresh Start member. This is a very intimate reminder to the shoppers of the reality of living outside.
Your children’s participation in this project will shift your holidays in a more meaningful direction. In the past, families,friends, youth groups and scout troops have sponsored a Fresh Start member for this project. Please consider. We have around 20 wish lists. At this point, we need about 14 more participants. Hope you can join us!
Past Angels have tracked down bikes, purchased gift certificates to the movies, etc., all depending upon what is asked for.
Please let us know if you’d like to participate. Contact Laura at laura@creekkids.org.
Many thanks to those of you who came to the Farmer’s Market to purchase our wares! We had a great day — enlivened by some rather innovative sales techniques…Total sales came over $500, so it was well worth our time.
Thank you to Hannah Rosen, Henry and Allison Johnson, Kelly Mallon, Simon Krueger, Harry Miller, Sean and Ryan McGough, Abby Freemire and Sara Chen for volunteering to sell. We’re talking about selling once a month at the Market — so news of that later.
Creek Kids Care is so happy to be participating in the very first Walnut Creek Community Service Day on Saturday, October 1, 2011. There are over 45 volunteer projects happening throughout the community on this day. We are throwing an art party and welcoming people of all ages. Of course, this art work will be used to create stationery that will be sold to benefit Fresh Start and also JF Kapnek Trust. The event spans throughout the morning — we may shorten our art party a bit, and if we do we’ll notify you — and we’ll meet at Parkmead Elementary School in Walnut Creek. All you need is paint clothes and a waiver. This waiver, one form for adults, one for kids, is required by the City in order to participate (EACH person must have one!).
Unlike our art parties in the past, you need to REGISTER by going to the CKC Volunteer Registration page on Walnut-Creek.org. If you cannot find the waivers, here are the links.
We have a limited amount of space and we’d love to see your lovely faces. Bring the kids, bring a friend. Creating the art work is the easiest “first step” into Creek Kids Care.
