Category: Volunteer
Operation:Outreach Gulf Coast High Students Deliver Special Message to Youngsters at Boys & Girls Club
When students joining Operation:Outreach at Gulf Coast High were asked what they’d like to do to help promote literacy, the response was unanimous: Read with children.Read More…
Student Leaders Present Big Check to Collier County Public Schools Representing $10,000 in Grant Funds
Student leaders of K is for Kids presented a “big check” representing $10,000 in grant funds being donated to local schools through the Foundations’ literacy and leadership programs for students. Read More…
Students on a Mission: University and High School Student Join Forces to Encourage Kids to Read More
Ryan Fricke, a journalism student at Florida Gulf Coast University, shares a video about what some local teens are doing to encourage younger children to read more.Read More…
Bob Harden Interviews Karen Clawson about Students Leaders Have Organized for Children
Founder and Executive Director Karen Clawson talks with Bob Harden on Black Friday about the exciting events K is for Kids’ student leaders are hosting for childrenRead More…
St. John Neumann Students Visit Kids at Brightest Horizons for Special Story Time and Book Giveaway
Talya Lattanzio, a senior at St. John Neumann High School, led a team of classmates for a special visit to children at Brightest Horizons in Ft. Myers for K is for Kids.Read More…
FGCU Students Unite Community Partners to Help Promote Literacy
Florida Gulf Coast University Civic Engagement students brought together three community partners so that local children in need would have more books to read.Read More…
Great Things Happen When Creative Minds Unite: Students and Adults Join Forces for K is for Kids
Members of the board and advisory council met with student leaders for a Top Leaders Meeting on September 14th, thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Collier County. Read More…
Teens Form New Student Leadership Council 2013-14, Nominations Open for New Members
Teens from local high schools formed the new Student Leadership Council 2013-14 for K is for Kids. Nominations are now open for other leadership opportunities.Read More…
Summertime Story Series Launches with FGCU Students’ Visit to Kids at Brightest Horizons!
Our Summertime Story Series launched at Brightest Horizons, Ft. Myers with FGCU students singing to babies, reading to toddlers, speaking with students, giving books to each – A happy day!Read More…
Dunk City’s Eric McKnight Delivers Message to Students: Study Hard, Never Give Up on Your Dreams
Dunk City’s Men’s Basketball player Eric McKnight delivered a powerful message to young students, appearing on behalf of K is for Kids.Read More…