Deciding to support one of these organizations is a noble decision, and the crowdfunding model enables individuals to take it one step further by setting up rewarding campaigns for causes that are important to them and perhaps dear to their own children’s hearts. Kids are taught that sharing is caring, and children’s charities might spark their interest in helping other children so that they can grow up to have a happy, healthy and promising future. Getting kids involved in your fundraising effort teaches them about compassion and the importance of giving back.
Use the following list as a reference and check out some great fundraising ideas for kids to get the engine turning.
Eight Great Charities Devoted to Kids
1. 4 Paws for Ability
Seeking to provide more independence for disabled children and ultimately lessen the responsibility for their family and parents, 4 Paws for Ability teaches service dogs necessary skills before matching them with children in need. With an overall success rate of 98 percent and placing around 100 dogs each year, 4 Paws for Ability accommodates disabled children and is the only charity that does so without any age restrictions. This compassionate bunch refuses to turn down any child who does not traditionally fit the specifications for traditional service dog categories.
Harrison with his service dog, Cyclone, from 4 Paws for Ability
2. Little Kids Rock
In recent years, cuts in school funding have forced a large number of school music programs to shut down. Little Kids Rock looks to fill the gap in music education in schools across America. The organization provides music classes and instruments for students to realize their music talents. Since starting in 2002, Little Kids Rock has taught at more than 1,750 schools and donated more than 50,000 instruments all to keep music alive in the K-12 school system.
Lady Gaga poses with students at the Little Kids Rock gala (credit: Penn State News)
3. Dave Thomas Foundation For Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a nonprofit established by the founder of Wendy’s in 1992. Two years before that, Thomas had accepted an invitation by George H.W. Bush to become the spokesperson for a national adoption awareness campaign, and he decided he wanted to do more by forming a nonprofit charity for the cause. The foundation aims to connect children in foster care with loving families by giving grants to both public and private adoption agencies, spreading awareness and offering free professional resources and guides for parents about adoption. The charity strongly believes that every child should have the opportunity to experience a stable and loving home life in lieu of waiting in the foster system until they reach 18 years of age, and has worked to significantly debunk myths about foster care adoption.
Caley and her new daughter
4. Child Aid
Not every child has access to the tools they need to develop literacy skills and that is where Child Aid steps in. Focusing on rural villages in developing countries with low literacy rates, Child Aid fights poverty with knowledge. The organization believes that equipping these children with the skills to read will empower them to envision and actively pursue a better life.
Norma Guzman, a literacy trainer with Child Aid, leads an activity to get her teachers more familiar with the new books they will be using.
5. Project Sunshine
By providing programs including recreation, education and social services to children facing medical problems, Project Sunshine helps to bring a sense of normalcy to children’s healthcare—a ray of light to those who need it most. Today, there are more than 15,000 selfless volunteers helping more than 100,000 young patients relax in a fun way and aid them in establishing coping skills as they navigate the scary territory that often comes with illness.
St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children received a visit from the New York Mets players’ wives who partnered with Project Sunshine to volunteer.
6. Pediatric Cancer Foundation
A cancer diagnosis is tragic in all walks of life, but it can be especially hard hitting for children who haven’t yet had the chance to experience life. In its 23 years of operating as a nonprofit, the Pediatric Cancer Foundation has donated more than $6 million toward research aimed at ending childhood cancer globally. Since cancer is the leading cause of death by disease for children, the research they fund explores less-toxic treatments with the goal to find a cure.
Pediatric Cancer Foundation and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers teamed up for the third Cut for a Cure, which raised $30,000.
7. Our Kids Center
In providing both crisis counseling and medical evaluations for victims of sexual abuse, the Our Kids Center aims to decrease the number of children sexually abused each year, which today is an astonishing one out of 10. The center also aims to spread awareness, conduct valuable research and offer resources to educate communities about sexual abuse. Helping a victim of sexual abuse to cope with their experience is not a simple task, and many health professionals lack the training to properly care for these patients. Our Kids Center steps in to help victims and their loved ones.
A family runs in the Purity Dairy Dash to raise funds for the Our Kids Center.
8. Happy Hearts Fund
The Happy Hearts Fund’s objective is to rebuild hope in places hit by natural disasters. To accomplish this mission they travel to places that have been devastated by natural disasters to construct schools. Unexpected natural disasters can wreak havoc on communities, and oftentimes, these areas will receive a high influx of aid directly following the disaster, but there is a lack of any long-term help. Happy Hearts is changing that by establishing resilient buildings to serve as schools for the forgotten children of natural disasters. The organization’s impact has been widely beneficial to areas struggling to get back to normal; so far, it has built more than 100 schools worldwide.
Happy Hearts Fund ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Charles Moravia School in Jacmel, Haiti
Crowdfunding for Children’s Charities: Kid Tested, Mother Approved
Each profound achievement accomplished by children’s charities is due to the generosity of donors, which goes toward sponsoring a child, empowering kids, pioneering change and providing hope for a promising future.
Spread hope by launching a fundraiser for a children’s charity today.
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