Community Kids. is a non-profit community service program for students ages 10 to 17 designed to model the importance of community service by engaging in activities that make the community a better place. We are an incorporated 501(c) 3 non-profit organization serving Maryland.
Linkages to Learning threw an amazing holiday party that we were delighted to help host! It was a rewarding experience and my favorite part was seeing the kids faces as they received a bag of donated gifts after the dinner was complete. One of our Community Kids texted his Mom after the party and said “Mom, It was fun because i really didn’t understand how lucky we are. And some people have nothing. I loved seeing their faces when they got the presents. ” ….a simple comment from a 13 year old boy that spoke to the mission of Community Kids!
This is why I started this organization, so students can REALLY be a part of making a difference in the world, to see how much each of us can make even one person’s life a little easier and happier! Hopefully, they will take that into their adult life and continue to contribute to the world in equally positive ways!
What We Do
We perform community service in supervised activities. Typically, 15 to 30 student volunteers participate in a 2-to-6 hour service activities. Community Kids. have participated in the following activities:
- Working with Linkages to Learning and other organizations that provide a list of needy kids and families. Community Kids collect the holiday gifts, clothes and food supplies for those on the list. We wrap the toys and clothes and help distribute them at the Holiday Party.
- Collecting food for MANNA, Montgomery County’s food bank for the needy.
- Chords of Glory; a performance troupe with a purpose
- Planting, harvesting, cleaning up at Red Wiggler Farm, a self-sustaining farm that hires mentally-challendged adults.
- Participating in the Martin Luther King Day of Service.
- Working with Intergages intergenerational programs that bring young people and senior citizens together.
- Making sandwiches for McKenna’s Wagon, a part of Martha’s Table serving the homeless.
- Help with gardening at Montgomery Ave. Women’s Center.
- Provide supplies and plantings for the landscape project at Stepping Stones Shelter.