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TEEN SUMMIT 2011: A big hit with teens, another great story for K is for Kids®

TEEN SUMMIT 2011:  A big hit with teens, another great story for K is for Kids®

Teen photographer and Teen Advisory Team member, Kelsey caught the action of the TEEN SUMMIT 2011 in this shot for our Foundation. Stay tuned for Kelsey’s photo gallery going up soon! Read More…

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Bring a Book, Bring a Friend® for Children’s Literacy Month Celebrates Third Anniversary

Bring a Book, Bring a Friend®  for Children’s Literacy Month Celebrates Third Anniversary

Bring a Book, Bring a Friend® Fun’raiser first launched in 2003 as a community book drive organized by Karen Clawson to benefit her children’s school library.  Now under the umbrella of the K is for Kids® Foundation, the Fun’raiser has expanded into a month-long […]Read More…

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Teen Summit 2011 Map & Directions

Teen Summit 2011 Map & Directions

Location The 2011 Teen Summit will be at InTroubleZone Productions /SWFL Charity TV Studios 3640 Pine Ridge Road, 2nd Floor (in the John Marazzi Nissan Building)Read More…

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Margaret Cardillo, Author of “Just Being Audrey” is set to appear at “Kids Celebrate Reading!” Book Fair

Margaret Cardillo, Author of “Just Being Audrey” is set to appear at “Kids Celebrate Reading!” Book Fair

For this special event, girls are encouraged to dress like Audrey Hepburn, which can be as simple as wearing a scarf; French twists are fun, too!  All registrants will be given a strand of free “faux pearls.” Read More…

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K is for Kids® TEEN SUMMIT 2011!!

K is for Kids® TEEN SUMMIT 2011!!

TEEN SUMMIT 2011, Saturday, January 15th, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Participants must register: Only 50 lucky teens will get the chance to be there!Read More…

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Elizabeth Stone, March 2010

Elizabeth Stone, March 2010

“I wanted to tell you how impressed I was with the teenagers who were volunteering at your “Kids Celebrate Reading!” Book Fair at Barnes & Noble – there were so polite and patient with the children while they were having their face painted and […]Read More…

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Teen Council Preps for TEEN SUMMIT PSA Filming

Teen Council Preps for TEEN SUMMIT PSA Filming

Five teens met at InTroubleZone Productions/SWFL Charity TV studio to prepare for the upcoming public service announcement filming to be shot during K is for Kids TEEN SUMMIT 2011.Read More…

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Teens Have Fun Making Video of Children’s Storyboards for Filmstrip on Canvas

Teens Have Fun Making Video of Children’s Storyboards for Filmstrip on Canvas

Shown left to right: Radhu, Sydney, Justine and Jarrod had fun shooting videos of the story local children had created at the recent Naples International Film Festival and Downtown Naples Association’s CityFest Films & Flavors on 5th.Read More…

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Pinecrest Elementary School

Pinecrest Elementary School

Pinecrest Elementary School is having a Book Fair at Barnes & Noble, Waterside Shops in Naples, Saturday, January 15th. A percentage of ALL proceeds that day will help the children in Immokalee have new books to read and take home to share with their […]Read More…

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Founder Karen Clawson speaks with Jim McLaughlin on Wink News Radio

Founder Karen Clawson speaks with Jim McLaughlin on Wink News Radio

Listen to Karen Clawson speak with Jim McLaughlin on Wink News Radio about K is for Kids® mission to raise books and promote children’s literacy.Read More…

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