Shop & Care eNetwork makes Lil Rescue Play Missions, beneficiary
[a repost from Shop & Care Network]
Welcome to Shop & Care Network of Shoppers, Sellers, Donors, Volunteers & Little Rescuers! Why a Shop & Care online shop you ask? How is it possible to shop and buy you want (or sell & donate what you can) and do a little good for Filipino kids in the process?
The “1 Little 2 Little 3…Little Rescue” Play Mission idea was born out of the floodwaters of Typhoon Ondoy last Oct 2009. The first play mission was spearheaded by Kids Ahoy (a proactive community of Filipino parents, educators, kids and kid-lovers) together with its Lil Rescue volunteers & sponsors who wanted to do something concrete to help the Typhoon Ondoy kid-victims. The first community-beneficiary (more than 200 urban poor kids) was from Families and Children for Empowerment and Development (FCED) of Paco & Pandacan. The succeeding kid-beneficiaries were from Gawad Kalinga-Sitio Ruby, North Fairview & Gawad Kalinga-Karangalan Village in Pasig. We have also an ongoing outreach program (Art and Outdoors) with the kids of CRIBS Foundation most Friday afternoons since November 2009.
After only three play missions, a CRIBS ongoing Art & Outdoors Friday pm-sessions and a little over 300 kids benefitting from the facilitated play & learn experiences, it was clear to all Little Rescue Play Missions organizers that there are many more kids in-need who can benefit from such activities and therefore they must continue to be hosted in 2010. Aside from the donated items which will surely be appreciated by the kids, it is truly the wonderful play & learn experience which they value the most.
Check out photos of the past Play Missions which will pretty much be replicated and improved (if we get more resources, more volunteers, more sponsors, etc). Once you view the photos, the only question that remains is, “HOW CAN WE STOP HOSTING SUCH PLAY MISSIONS FOR KIDS IN-NEED?”
http://kidsahoy.multiply.com/photos/album/212/Dec_5_Lil_Rescue
http://kidsahoy.multiply.com/photos/album/211/Lil_Rescue_Holiday_Playdate
http://kidsahoy.multiply.com/photos/album/204/Lil_Rescue_Playdate_1017
http://kidsahoy.multiply.com/photos/album/203/1_little_2_little_3…Little_Rescue_
The Lil Rescue team is committed to do the work but we will need additional resources to keep on giving and sharing! Donated proceeds generated from Shop & Care through its network of buyers, sellers and donors will be used in the succeeding play missions which will be held at least once a month in 2010 (50 kids per play mission will be invited from partner-NGOs i.e. FCED, Gawad Kalinga) specifically, for the following purposes:
1: Purchase art (crayons, paper, pencil) & school (notebook, pad paper, ballpen, pencil) supplies necessary for the facilitation of each play mission.
2: Put together play-center-in-a-box which will be used during the missions (and if possible to be donated to each partner-NGO beneficiary) such as:
A. SPORTS & RECREATION-IN-A-BOX (includes basketball, soccer, net, etc)
B. CREATIVE PLAY-IN-BOX (books, art supplies, puppets)
C. FREE-PLAY-IN-A-BOX (toy blocks, pretend play toys)
D. LITERACY-IN-A-BOX (Story books, flashcards & other basic reading aids & manipulatives)
3: Funds to be used to pay for transportation to bring kids over to the play mission venue (Kids Ahoy, Cubao, QC) and back to their communities.
4: Funds to be used to purchase snacks/refreshments for the kids during the play missions.
5: Purchase art & school supplies as take-home gifts for the kids.
The life and future of ONE CHILD will impact 10s, 100s maybe even 1000s. We can never underestimate even our personal efforts to help and to reach out to just ONE CHILD TODAY! THROUGH THIS SHOP & CARE NETWORK, WE WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE YOU TO DO A LITTLE GOOD WHILE YOU SHOP (and sell!).
FOR DETAILS ON THE LITTLE RESCUE PLAY MISSION: Pls visit http://littlerescue.wordpress.com or check out its coordinators’ site at http://www.kidsahoyshop.com kidsahoy@gmail.com / 4737896 / 0920-5178127 Look for Teachers Aia or Teacher Leland
For details on how you can participate in this effort (Shop & Care Network), pls email shopandcare@yahoo.com / 0920-5178127.
At the least, pls help us by being an online advocate for the Little Rescue efforts. HELP US SPREAD THE WORD BY ADDING US AS A CONTACT, ADDING A LINK TO US IN YOUR BLOGS, DISPLAYING OUR LOGO-LINK & FORWARDING THIS SITE TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! YOU ARE A CERTIFIED KID-LOVER!
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