We LOVE Donating to Kids in Need
~ This Time We Were Able to Help Kids with Dental Supplies ~
My kids surprising love going to the dentist. They think sitting in the chair is a blast, and they especially love getting new toothpaste, a new toothbrush, and some stickers when we leave. They both go every six months for a check-up, and their teeth and gums have been in great health so far. They like to brush their teeth (especially with a fun Spinbrush), as well as use flossers and mouthwash. When I told them some kids don’t have money for things like toothbrushes and toothpaste to keep their teeth and gums healthy, they were shocked and wanted to help! I told them we could get some items to help a few kids in need through the Spin Into Action SIMPLE Service Project run through Champions for Kids. As you saw in my first post, we decided to buy items to make a girls’ pack and boys’ pack of dental goods while shopping at Walmart. The kids were excited to make the packs for donations, as well as getting new toothbrushes for themselves! We got the awesome Spinbrushes which they loved decorating and making them their own.
We wanted to donate to our local elementary school. We decided that the school nurse would know who best was in need in our local community, so we wanted to give them to her! The day we went to make our donation we were reminded the school is under construction for the summer so no one was there. We thought the next best place to go would be the school district main office. The staff there were working and very happy to receive our donation. We handed it to Dr. Mercurio, Superintendent of our school district, who said he would pass it on to children in need. We had a girls’ dental pack, a boys’ dental pack, and 36 tubes of toothpaste to donate. We stopped by our dentist, Dr. Sarah Fallon of East Greenwich, earlier in the day to see if they had any items to add to our donation. They gladly donated many tubes of toothpaste to help kids. That was very generous of them and we appreciated it!
Superintendent, Victor Mercurio, East Greenwich School District (RI) receiving our dental donation #SpinbrushCFK
My kids and I absolutely love Champions for Kids (CFK) because we feel they have the best campaigns to get people doing good for others. They teach people how important even a small donation can make. We would have loved to have donated even more than we did, but as I’ve told my kids ~ every little bit helps! If everyone would just do something small for those in need, it would add up to make a huge impact on society. I challenge YOU to take the CFK challenge of “Buy 2, Give 1” and help out your community as well. I would love to hear from you if you did! Take a picture making your donation and post it on my Facebook wall. Let’s see how many donations we can make and help those in need together! It truly takes a village…..
To see our entire shopping trip at Walmart, check out our Google+ story.
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what an awesome way to teach your kids to contribute to those in need. i love the pictures and they look happy to help. crystal
What a great way to teach kids to help others and how excited they appear!!
mousssey@bresnan.net
That’s really nice of you and your kids to get involve in giving something to others. I would love to do something like this with my kids.
aisha holley
Wow, what a great way to teach the kids about community involvement and lending a hand. I think your this story is awesome and one that I will indeed share with my kids!
that’s a very nice activity! I wish I can also instill that to my kids.. we have to plan donation drive to show them how it was done 🙂
I think its wonderful to show children the power in doing for others. Maybe if more people did this with their own kids the world would be a better place
That’s so wonderful! My kids were also very excited to participate in this project. I love that they want to help.
Way to go, this is an awesome idea and it teaches kids about the importance of helping others, too!!
Wow, such a great way to get your kids involved and to teach them about community outreach.
Great idea and way to give back.
Awesome way to teach kids to help those in need
I think that it is wonderful that you are taking the time to care for kids in need. Dental hygiene is overlooked many times when there is poverty.
What a great way to teach kids about giving!! I wish more parents were more involved with their kids like this!! Two thumbs up for all your doing and your hard work!!
its good to help kids learn about their teeth and how to give to others. I wish I had someone to tech me properly about taking care of teeth….Involvement is key in kid’s health
This is a great way to teach your kids about helping the community! It feels good to give. I try to instill that into my son, even though he is only 3 🙂 He loves the dentist too!
chevsweeps(@)yahoo(dot)com
What a great idea; my son is 21 months old and just getting interested in books; every night he picks up “Goodnight Moon” and says “book” and brings it to me to read to him; I can’t *imagine* life without books, no matter *how hard* technology is trying to take them away from us!!! 🙂
How awesome! Your daughter looks so happy to be involved!
So awesome! My kids love the dentist too… which makes me super happy too!
She looks so proud of her donation, so sweet!
She looks so happy for her donation. Thank you so much for joining in the crusade to help!
Your daughter is so cute, looks like you got a ton of donations!
I cannot wait for Jude to be old enough to do these things! She looks so proud and happy! Way to go girls!!
Awww, your kids look so happy to help! What a great way to teach them the importance of helping at a young age 🙂
Your kids are going to be pros at donating! That’s so great. Also great is that they love the dentist. It can be so hard to get kids to be comfortable there.
Awesome Awesome donation! I love that your kids were so excited about giving back!
a great way to teach kids to help others
This is wonderful!
I love to see this too. More than anything, I hate to see Adults or children with rotting or missing teeth. I want to have all my own teeth when I die. Thank you for this.
What a great idea and great way to donate, taking care of their teeth is so important
This is awesome