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"Aim
above morality. Be not simply good;
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good for something."
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Getting
children involved with charity and community works can be an important lesson to
bolster early in development helping children to empathize with people, finding
passion about causes, and recognizing issues outside of their lives.
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Keep
your mind open.
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Find
a cause with which your child identifies. Learn what your child likes,
and search to offer
organizations where your child can work with something they like. For
example if your child likes dogs, look to your local SPCA.
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Encourage
your child to find an issue they think is important. Show your
support. Support their issues, even if they're not your own.
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Look
for opportunities where your child can actively do something.
Financial contributions are important, but help them fundraise as a means to
help others. For example volunteer to serve meals instead of or with donating to an organization.
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Ask
your child for their input about a fundraiser or an event, how to work it,
or what to do. Encourage them to pull ideas from their own activities
or pool of knowledge. Brainstorm with them.
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Invite
their friends and families to participate. With your child's social
circle involved, they'll enjoy volunteering. If other friends don't
help, encourage friendly connections within the organization and carpool or
set up play dates.
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Set a
good example. Time is tight for all parents, but even things like
making a meal or cake for a fundraiser can make a big impression to your
children.
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Find
the causes that get you and your family involved in your community:
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Alex's
Lemonade, Foundation for Childhood Cancer
(Lemonade Days)
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Autism
Research Institute, Autism is Treatable
(continuous Puzzle Piece sales)
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Eric
Drew Foundation (EDF),
Providing Advocacy and Education to Seriously Ill Patients and Their
Families
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Friends
of Autism, Working to Solve the Mysteries of Autism
(upcoming
Walk4Autism)
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MACC
(Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer,
Inc.) Fund,
Teaming Up to
Cure Childhood Cancer Through Research (19th Annual Trek 100
Ride)
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Make
a Wish Foundation of Wisconsin, Share
the Power of a Wish. (upcoming Host Night Gala, Morgan
Memorial Golf Outing, Bob Uecker Great Lakes Invitational, Golf for Wishes,
and Walk & Run for Wishes)
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National
Environmental Education Foundation,
Knowledge to Live By (upcoming National Environmental Education Week / Earth
Week)
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National
Family Week, Strong Families Are at the Center of Strong Communities.
(ongoing event planning)
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TYME
OUT Youth Center,
Retreat Center for Groups, Children, and Teens with
Openness-Understanding-Trust (summer camps and activities)
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Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, Preservation,
Protection, Effective Management, and Maintenance (ongoing fun family
activities)
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Women
for MACC, Supporting Childhood Cancer Research
(15th Annual Cute
Kids Calendar purchase)
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organizations, events, locations, and links.
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our Readers...
(Submit
your ideas with the following section's Input
Form.)
"Volunteering
can be something special you and your child do together. It can be a
connection where you work together doing something to make a difference.
Stay positive, patient, and encouraging; so, your child enjoys the time your
spend together.
Make
volunteering a treat. If your child does something good, make certain to
spend time together shortly after their good behavior doing everything you can
to follow up and keep your and their commitments."
-Provided
by Betty from Oak Creek
"Throw
a party as a fundraiser or for your fundraisers. Grocery stores will often
offer vouchers for free food and soft drinks (decorations and candy, too, which
can be a great giveaway or used for a fundraiser), or restaurants often use
school fundraisers for advertising. Ask them for a sign or for their bags
and pamphlets/coupons/support inserts for added advertising and to keep your
costs down!"
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by Rhonda from Milwaukee
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 TYME
OUT Youth Center with
SummerTYME
Camps
TYME
OUT is a youth retreat center that offers overnight accommodations and
programs for groups of children and teenagers. Serving youth for
over 25 years, today they provide over 7,000 teens each year with a safe,
positive, nurturing environment, offering opportunities that change lives;
and, creating leaders of tomorrow.
The
center offers retreats, peer helper and leadership training, summer camp
programs, internships, and accommodations for youth gatherings. Each camp experience is
designated to build the three Cs of camp:
Character, Confidence,
and Community.
Help
more kids go to camp. Sending your child to camp here could help
another child go to camp. Financial assistance is available to anyone
who qualifies, and no child is turned away due to financial
limitations. Help is always needed, and your child's paid camp
experience could change another child's life.
For more information, please call SummerTYME Camps at
the TYME OUT Youth Center (262-966-1800) or email (camp@tymeout.org).
Also, inquire about donations of time and
money to any area of the organization.
Visit www.tymeout.org
for more information.
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Providing
Advocacy and Education to Seriously Ill Patients and Their Families
Help
to provide education and consulting for patients and families struggling with
serious and terminal illnesses to assist them with the following support:
-forming strategies to navigate complex medical systems
-raising funds for specific patients and causes
-finding elusive treatments that are not being offered
Support
the foundation's efforts to teach patients and families how to advocate for
themselves and develop strategies for managing care during a health
crisis. If patients know their options and how to negotiate with hospitals
and insurance companies, we can save countless lives.
To
save a life, what can you do?
Learn
more and contribute
to the foundation. View current
patient profiles who need your help. Volunteer your time and get
registered in the National Marrow Donor Program.
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  Learning
about the environment and how to care for it isn't just for kids.
(See Kids' Link for
"EEK!" Environmental Education for Kids!) Set an
example, learn what to do, and get involved with your children at www.dnr.state.wi.us.
This site has information and resources specific to your area in
Wisconsin. Especially with time and financial stress, there are some
great local options for your whole family to learn, volunteer, and enjoy.
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| As the largest
organized environmental education event in the United States, National
Environmental Education Week increases the impact of Earth Day by creating
a full week of educational preparation, learning, and activities in K-12
classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. By
participating, you encourage children to make a difference the their
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Find
fun general
resources and cool ideas for you, your family, your students, and your
community to get involved.
Fill out the Registration Form
to become an official EE Week Partner.
Use
the EE Curricula
Library for help with special activities, field trips, programs, lesson
plans, experiments, investigations, and more for all ages. You don't have
to be a teacher to educate and
involve your children in nature-based activities.
Green
Reading for Kids
Nature
Bee Quiz for Grades K - 4
Nature
Bee Quiz for Grades 5 - 8
Nature
Bee Quiz for Grades 9 - 12
-Source:
www.eeweek.org
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Friends
of Autism is committed to autism research, awareness, and education with
founders and friends who passionately believe children with autism deserve to be
a public health priority.
Taking
steps to build a brighter future for our kids.
Walk4Autism
is Friends of Autism's grassroots fundraising and awareness event.
Families and friends join
together on Saturday, April 26, 2008, for a fun-filled 5K walk, autism
information fair, food, entertainment, and children's area (moonwalk, inflatable
slide, arts and crafts, face painting, and carnival-style games).
Support
the walk with Easy
Fundraising Tips.
You
can also register
for the 9th
Annual Friends of Autism Golf Classic held on Monday, August 18, 2008.
Following
is a list of just some of the many helpful autism organizations and sites:
-Source:
www.friendsofautism.org
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 The
Autism Research Institute (ARI) conducts research and disseminates the results
of research on the triggers of autism and on methods of diagnosing and treating
autism. They provide research-based information to parents and
professionals around the world.
The
Million Dollar Puzzle for Autism Research
Buy a
puzzle piece and sell
puzzle pieces for only $1 each. E-mail everyone you know to
send you one dollar. Here are some other great ways to participate in this
research cause:
 -Send
your donation with credit card, check, money order, cash, or Paypal. These
100% tax-deductible gifts can be donated
online or send a donation
form with your contribution to Autism Research Institute, 4182 Adams Ave.,
San Diego, CA 92116.
-Send
a gift of Stocks/Bonds/Mutual Funds.
-If
you're over 70.5 years of age, you can make a gift directly from your IRA.
-Quickly
liquidate your assets and gain numerous tax breaks by using your real estate for
a charitable gift.
-Get
your gift to pay you with a charitable annuity.
-Life
insurance policies make excellent gifts.
-Direct
a percentage of your estate in your will or living trust.
Find
more opportunities and instructions in their brochure.
-Courtesy
of the Autism Research Institute
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 Make-A-Wish
Foundation of Wisconsin grants the wishes of children with life-threatening
medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength, and joy.
Refer
a child. Referrals are accepted from the potential wish kid, a parent
or guardian, or a professional member of the medical community through their online
referral form.
Get
involved. Become a wish granter, help in the office, or help
raise funds for special events.
Upcoming
Events are as follows:
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Host
Night Gala, Thursday, April 3, 2008
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Morgan
Memorial Golf Outing, Monday, June 9, 2008
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Bob
Uecker Great Lakes Invitational, June 19-20, 2008
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Golf
for Wishes, Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Walk
& Run for Wishes, Milwaukee August 23, 2008
-Source:
www.wisconsin.wish.org
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Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer is proud to
announce the 5th Annual Lemonade Days on June 6, 7, and 8. This
three-day national event grew out of Alexandra “Alex” Scott’s front yard
lemonade stand and is held annually over that very same June weekend, with
proceeds funding childhood cancer research. Sign up now to join thousands of
volunteers across the country holding stands simultaneously. Last year we saw
1500 stands; help us make this year the biggest yet! For more information or to
register to make a difference, visit www.alexslemonade.org/Lemonade_Days.php.
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Make your own Mini-Alex's Lemonade
Stand Donation container--a great tool for families and schools. Decorate
them with craft items such as glitter, feathers, stickers, markers, and crayons.
www.alexslemonade.org/mini_stand.php
Children and youths, host an
Alex's Lemonade birthday. Instead of receiving gifts on your
birthday, exceptional children can choose to, instead, raise money for the
Foundation.
www.alexslemonade.org/birthday_donation.php
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-Source:
www.alexslemonade.org
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National
Family Week
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"STRONG
FAMILIES
ARE
AT
THE
CENTER OF
STRONG
COMMUNITIES." |
Year-round
family-strengthening work links to long-term change.
Civic
engagement and advocacy connects individuals to local resources to
strengthen families, which help improve neighborhoods and communities.
Families
make connections count.
Thousands
of people throughout the United States will celebrate healthy families and
communities during the annual National Family Week, taking place during
Thanksgiving week (November 23-29,
2008). National Family Week is organized by the Alliance
for Children and Families with the generous support of The
Annie E. Casey Foundation and is a wonderful time to build connections
that support and strengthen families year-round. These connections make
better lives for families and result in changes that improve communities.
Become an official partner and send your NFW
plans.
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Not
sure how to get started?
 Here are simple suggestions of how your
family can participate together!
-Get
involved in local National Family Week
activities.
-Meet
and get to know your neighbors.
-Plan
a neighborhood supper.
-Select
an issue that can improve your community. Work with local officials to effect
change.
-Organize
or participate in a school meeting about improving your child's education.
-Write
a thank-you note to someone who helps your family.
-Encourage
employers to consider family-friendly work
options such as flexible hours and time off to attend
school functions.
-Volunteer
with a nonprofit organization on projects that benefit your community.
Here
are ideas of how you and your school can play a key role! Send your plans
on the NFW School
Commitment Form and get your school listed on the official National Family
Week web site.
-Plan a
"family supper" with fellow classmates.
-Write a
thank-you note to a helpful teacher/faculty member at your school.
-Hold a
family night function at school featuring interactive games, food, and other fun
activities.
-Hold a
school committee hearing and focus on ways to improve your child's education.
-Meet and
get to know your child's friends and parents at school.
-Lend
your support to local National Family Week activities by volunteering and
attending.
-Plan
your own National Family Week event at your school.
Start
your plans and get involved now! Use their tool
kit to make it easier.
-Source: www.nationalfamilyweek.org
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Women
for Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer is a non-profit, charitable
organization made up of the mothers, siblings, relatives, and concerned
individuals of children who continue to battle cancer or whose lives were
tragically cut short by this killer disease.
There
are many ways to get involved and become
a member.
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Your
donation
of support for Women for MACC benefits ongoing critical pediatric cancer
research made possible through the MACC Fund.
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Their
annual events
include opportunities to get involved in an easy, enjoyable, and important
way.
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Wine
Tasting
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Women
for MACC Tennis Tournament
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"Shoot
for a Cure" Trapshoot and Picnic
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Couture
for a Cure Fashion Show
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15th
Annual Cute Kids Calendar Purchase and Contest Entry
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Pasta
Fest
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Use your talents and
gifts to be a part of something meaningful. |
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-Source:
www.womenformacc.org
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The
MACC Fund, Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer, Inc., is a charitable
organization to support research into the effective treatment and cure of
childhood cancer. Professional athletes, community-minded business people,
corporations, fraternal organizations, local celebrities, and individual
volunteers work and donate together to create special events, promotions, and
fundraisers based on the concept of 'a good time for a good cause.' Volunteering
is a wonderful way to get your whole family involved with the MACC Fund. Your donation of
"time and talent" translates into a very special gift of hope
for children with cancer. From handing out water and nutritional snacks at
the Trek 100, to running games for children and families at Halloween
Hoopla - what you have to give, from the heart, will be most deeply
appreciated. Fill out the Volunteer
Application Form or consider the following ways to contribute:
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19th
ANNUAL TREK 100 RIDE
Be
a Hero! Ride the Trek 100!
Registration
is now open. (Deadline is May 23.)
Register
online today and be a Hero to kids with cancer and related blood
disorders. The 19th Annual Trek 100 Ride for Hope is set for
Saturday, June 7th, 2008. This event is organized to be fun, yet
challenging for riders of all levels.
Sponsor
a Rider
Volunteer
for the Event |
-Source:
www.maccfund.org
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Links
and Resources
Annie
E. Casey Foundation
The
primary mission of the Foundation, a private charitable organization, is to
foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more
effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.
Brookings
Institute
The Brookings Institution is a private
nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative
policy solutions. For more than 90 years, Brookings has analyzed
current and emerging issues and produced new ideas that matter—for
the nation and the world.
Child
Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau,
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, the Gateway provides access to print and
electronic publications, websites, and online databases covering a
wide range of topics from prevention to permanency, including child
welfare, child abuse and neglect, adoption, and search and reunion.
Coalition
on Human Needs
The Coalition on Human Needs
(CHN) is an
alliance of national organizations working together to promote public
policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable
populations. The Coalition's members include civil rights, religious,
labor and professional organizations, and those concerned with the well
being of children, women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Council
on Accreditation
COA’s Web site guides organizations
through the process of accreditation. Accreditation is a comprehensive
process by which an organization goes through a thorough self-study
and on-site review by trained Peer Reviewers in order to achieve the
highest recognition for delivering quality child and family services,
behavioral healthcare services, consumer credit counseling services,
and/or community support and education services that comply with
nationally recognized standards of best practice.
Girls
Incorporated
Girls Incorporated is a national
nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be
strong, smart, and bold. Girls Inc. develops research-based informal
education programs that encourage girls to take risks and master
physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges. Major programs
address math and science education, pregnancy and drug abuse
prevention, media literacy, economic literacy, adolescent health,
violence prevention, and sports participation.
KaBOOM!
KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit
organization that envisions a great place to play within walking
distance of every child in America. Celebrating ten years of service,
they rally communities to achieve better public policy, funding, and
public awareness for increased play opportunities nationwide; provide
resources, including trainings, challenge grants, and publications for
communities that wish to plan a new playspace on their own; and, bring
together children, business, and community interests for a select
number of community playspace builds each year.
National
Center for Children in Poverty
The National Center for Children in
Poverty (NCCP) is the nation’s leading public policy center
dedicated to promoting the economic security, health, and well-being
of America’s low-income families and children. Using research to
inform policy and practice, NCCP seeks to advance family-oriented
solutions and the strategic use of public resources at the state and
national levels to ensure positive outcomes for the next generation.
National
Human Services Assembly
The National Human Services Assembly is
an association of the nation’s leading national non-profits in the
fields of health, human and community development, and human services.
Urban
Institute
In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw
the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing
America's cities and created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders
who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the
Urban Institute became that center. Today, they analyze policies,
evaluate programs, and inform community development to improve social,
civic, and economic well-being.
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