Kids Doing Good

$25 Charity Hoops of Hope

2010-09-23T10:20:00.003-04:00

Hoops of Hope is a charity that was started by a 13 year old boy named Austin . He raised money by having kids come to shoot basketball hoops .

He raised enough money to build a school and and then a medical center for the Zambians. The Zambians were very happy when Austin changed their lives. They had never seen someone so young.

Hoops of Hope can change the world. It's neat that a boy that young can raise that much money by kids having fun and shooting hoops.

Makenna and Jarod

$25 Charity The Care Bags Foundation

2010-07-10T11:50:00.009-04:00

What Charity

The Care Bags Foundation

Helping disadvantaged children.

Why We Like It

I like it because Annie puts things like toothbrushes books and blankets in fabric bags and gives them to poor kids all over the U.S. She gets donations of things from lots of people and organizations and companies.

Annie started her foundation ten years ago when she was eleven years old and saw that their were kids in bad situations who didn't have many things of their own.

Makenna

$25 Charity Little Red Wagon

2010-06-18T09:32:00.016-04:00

This is the first of our $25 a Week Charities.

What Charity

Little Red Wagon Foundation

Why We Like It

It was started by a kid, Zach, who is our age (8) to help kids who are homeless.

He does fun things like walking across America to teach more people about homeless kids in America, and to raise money to help kids.

He collected things from other people and gave them to other poor people. He got three truck loads of stuff . He gets things kids need and puts it in backpacks and then gives the backpacks away to kids in different towns.
It's pretty neat.

Makenna

$25 a Week To Charity

2010-06-16T17:43:00.006-04:00

What We're Doing

We gave a twenty five dollar donation to a charity that we liked. Some of the money was ours and some was mom's. We want to choose a different one each week.

Why

Because we always look up different charities to get ideas of what we can do to help others and then we thought it would be neat to give money to some of our favorites.

Amount of Time

1-2 hours

Fun Factor

4 stars. Because we like searching online to look for stuff to do and seeing neat stuff.

Jarod

Helping homeless kitties

2010-01-28T09:50:00.003-05:00

What We Did.
Me and mommy started going to Animals in Distress a place where dogs and cats
go until they find a forever home. We are helping the cats by playing with them to make them friendlier.

Why.
Because I love cats and I want to make sure they're friendly and feel right at home
when they are adopted.

Amount of Time.
Every Monday for 1 to 2 hours.

Fun Factor.
5 stars But Iwish Icould put more stars.

Makenna

Church Decorating for Christmas

2009-12-07T08:09:00.002-05:00

What We Did.
We helped decorate the Christmas tree at church with tinsel and snowflakes.

Why.
Because they needed help and it's lots of fun.

Amount of Time.
30 minutes.

Fun Factor.
5 stars. We got to play alot too.

Jarod

Water for Life

2009-12-07T08:08:00.012-05:00

What We Did.
We have decided to raise money to help kids who do not have clean water to drink. We went online and became Life Today Ambassadors and are trying to raise $4800 to dig a well to help a whole village of people get fresh water.

Why.
Because they were dying because of the dirty water they drink everyday and we wanted to help.

Amount of Time
30 minutes to set up the page and now we're going to spend lots of time doing things to raise the money.

Fun Factor
5 stars.
We like helping and are having fun deciding how to raise money and plan to make crafts to sell and collect aluminum cans and some other stuff.

Jello delivery

2009-12-01T19:20:00.002-05:00

What We Did.
We took jello to our aunt who just got her tooth pulled.

Why.
because she cant eat much because it hurts.

Amount of Time.
30 Minutes

Fun Factor
4 stars

Letters to People Who are Grieving

2009-11-19T09:47:00.007-05:00

What We Did.
At church club we wrote notes to people who are sad because of bad things that have happened in their lives.

Why.
To make them feel a little better.

Amount of Time.
about 30 minutes

Fun Factor.
5 stars. We got to draw pictures and decorate the notes too.

Makenna

Empty Dishwasher

2009-11-19T09:13:00.003-05:00

What We Did.
We helped empty the dishwasher

Why.
Because our mom is busy

Amount of Time.
10 Minutes

Fun Factor
4 stars

Jarod

Helping Mammy

2009-11-17T18:11:00.003-05:00

What We Did.
We have been helping our mammy who is in a wheelchair

Why.
Her back hurts and she can't walk or stand right now.

Amount of Time.
A little bit every day.

Fun Factor.
3 stars

Makenna

Smashed Cans for Recycling

2009-08-24T10:16:00.003-04:00

What We Did.
Smashed aluminum cans for our church recycling fundraiser.

Why.
The cans were taking up lots of space in the church basement so we smashed them so they would take up alot less room. We'll take them to get recycled soon.

Amount of Time.
About 30 minutes after church.

Fun Factor.
4 stars.
We get to take turns using the sledge hammer to crush them!
Plus it helps the environment and our church.

Clean the bathroom

2009-08-19T11:02:00.003-04:00

What We Did.

We helped our mammy clean the bathroom.

Why.

It was really messy and we love helping mammy.

Amount of Time.

About 20 minutes.

Fun factor about 3 stars.
Cleaning isn't really all that fun.

Shared Food with Friends

2009-08-18T09:18:00.004-04:00

What We Did.
At church I (Jarod) split my five pieces of bread (from communion) into eleven pieces to share with my friends.

Why.
Because I love them and we have fun being alter boys together.

Amount of Time.
About five minutes.

Fun Factor.
4 stars.

Happy Birthday Aunt Paulla

2009-08-14T09:00:00.000-04:00

What We Did.
Wished our Aunt a happy birthday on our blog.

Why.
Because we love her alot and knew we couldn't see her in person.

Amount of Time.
10 minutes to write this.

Fun Factor.
5 Stars. Birthdays are always fun!

Left Extra Coupons on Shelf at the Store

2009-08-13T12:26:00.000-04:00

What We Did.
We had some extra coupons that would expire soon so we left them on the shelves by the items when we were at the grocery store.

Why.
To help someone save money because we weren't going to use the coupons anyway, and sometimes we had used coupons that other people left.

Amount of Time.
5 minutes.

Fun Factor.
5 stars. It was real easy to do and it helps people.

Brush the Dogs

2009-08-12T07:52:00.001-04:00

What We Did.
Brushed our dogs that lose alot of fur.

Why.
They lose fur all over the house and then we have to vacumn all the time.

Amount of Time.
20 minutes.

Fun Factor.
About 3. We love our dogs and like to pet them but it takes a long time to do.

Bought a Gift for a Camp Friend

2009-08-10T09:22:00.000-04:00

What I (Makenna) Did.

I bought a doll for my friend when she relly wanted it and didn't have enough money along at camp to buy it.

Why.

Because she is my new friend and I love her.

Amount of Time.

10 minutes.

Fun Factor.

5 stars. She was really happy when I gave it to her.

Away at Church Camp

2009-08-10T09:18:00.000-04:00

We were away at church camp for a week and there were no computers.
So now we have to catch up on our good deeds we did while away.

Recycle Plastic Bags

2009-07-28T13:09:00.001-04:00

What We Did.
Saved plastic shopping bags and put them in the bag recycle bin where we go shopping.

Why.

It's better for the environment than just throwing them away and we get lots of bags each week because we eat lots of food.

Amount of Time.
5 minutes to put the bags in one bag and drop them in the recycling barrel at the store.

Fun Factor.
It's just saving bags, so it's not really fun, but it feels good to be helping the environment.

Muffins and Jam for our Neighbor

2009-07-21T11:55:00.000-04:00

What We Did: .... We made muffins and blueberry jam and took them down to our 91 year old neighbor.

Why: .... He plays golf with us and we like to do give him goodies.

Amount of time: ....Since we had already made the muffins and jam, just 15 minutes to walk over and say hi.

Fun Factor: .....Five Stars. It's fun to give people stuff!

Coupons for the Military

2009-07-18T08:12:00.001-04:00

What We Did.
Cut coupons for the military people to save money on stuff.
The details are at this website. Overseas Coupon Program.

Why.
We like that they protect us and our country.

Time.
30 minutes at a time. We sometimes cut when watching cartoons or taking a break from playing.

Fun Factor.
Four. Cutting is fun at first, but then our hands got sore.

Note to sick person in hospital

2009-07-15T12:26:00.000-04:00

What we did.
We wrote a note to our grandmothers sick friend Donna who just had a heart attack.

Why.
We're sorry that our grandmother's friend got sick.

Amount of Time.
20 minutes

Fun Factor.
5 stars. We like sending mail to people to cheer them up.

Write Notes to Grandparents

2009-07-14T09:30:00.000-04:00

What we Did:
We wrote notes to our grandparents telling about our bikerides and the folk festival and how much fun it was. And we drew pictures for them too.

Why:
Because we love them and we never get to see them much.

Amount of Time:
30 minutes

Fun Factor:
5 Stars. We love drawing and writing.

Kids Doing Good

2009-07-13T08:02:00.000-04:00

What can three kids (ages 7,7 and 2) do to make a difference in our world and the lives of others each day?
We're not sure, but we're going to find out as Jarod, Makenna and Alex (with the help of mom) find good deeds to do each day.
Big or small, we'll share our deeds with you and perhaps inspire more kids to do good!