TWO AMAZING LITTLE GUYS GIVING UP THEIR BIRTHDAY GIFTS ONCE AGAIN

Six year old Ryan and four year old Kamden once again chose our kids over themselves when it came time for their birthdays! They asked family and friends to bring food for our kids to their birthday party instead of gifts for themselves.They recently stopped by with their parents to deliver all the food they received. We were once again amazed by the kindness and generosity of the boys, their parents, family and friends. We will be able to provide kare kits to many children because of their donation. Ryan and Kamden you should both be very proud of yourselves we certainly are!! Great job boys!!!

KYLEE’S KARE KITS FOR KIDZ HAS EXPANDED TO HUDSON SCHOOLS AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US IN HUDSON

Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Leominster, MA has officially expanded into four of Hudson’s public schools. Last school year they piloted in two Hudson elementary schools and recently were invited to expand to additional schools at the start of this school year. The schools that are currently participating are Farley Elementary School, Forest Ave Elementary School, Mulready Elementary School and Quinn Middle School.

Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz was founded in 2012 by then ten year old Kylee McCumber. Kylee had noticed children eating breakfast in her school’s cafeteria before school started and questioned why. When she realized that many of these children would not have breakfast if it wasn’t for the food they received at school she became concerned. She worried about what they did on the weekends, during school vacations or the summer when they were not in school receiving the schools meals. She decided that she wanted to do something to help these children. She began to research ways to help and came up with the idea to provide what she called kare kits to the children every Friday so that they had food to eat over the weekend when they were not in school. The kare kits contain breakfast and lunch items, fruit cups, pudding, applesauce, juice, granola bars, crackers, cookies, snack items and fresh fruit. The kare kits are also offered to the children during the summer when they are not in school.

Kylee and her team of youth and adult volunteers’ package the kare kits every week in Leominster so they can be distributed for the children each weekend. In September they started their seventh year of their mission to help the food insecure children. Kare kits are provided to 9 publics school in Leominster ranging from pre-school through high school, four public schools in Hudson ranging from elementary school to middle school, one school in Townsend and to several families in Fitchburg and Townsend.

Kylee is recruiting volunteers willing to help pack the kare kits in Hudson on Wednesday afternoons after school. She is also looking for volunteers willing to transport the kare kits to the Hudson schools on Thursday mornings. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering in Hudson please reach out to us at kyleeskarekitsforkidz1@gmail.com and we will contact you to discuss this opportunity. Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz can be found on Facebook or our website at www.kyleeskarekitsforkidz.org.

ANOTHER WEEK OF PACKING THE KARE KITS

We’d like to thank everyone who came out to pack kare kits with us again this week. It never ceases to amaze us with the dedication of our volunteers and team members. Even the youngest of the volunteers arrive with enthusiasm and excitement to be able to play a part in helping us to help the food insecure children that we serve. We would not be able to do all that we do without all of your support!!

BJ'S SEPTEMBER 20th - OCTOBER 17th COUPON BOOK HAS ARRIVED

For all our faithful BJ's coupon donators the new coupon book has arrived.

The following coupons are the ones we can use:

Keebler Cookie & Cracker Variety Packs $3.00 coupon
Wellsley Farms Fruit & Grain Cereal Bars $1.00 coupon
Quaker Chewy Granola Bars $2.00 coupon
Special K Pastry Crisps $3.00 coupon
Pop Secret Popcorn $2.00 coupon
Goldfish $1.00 coupon

Please send your coupons to:
Kylee's Kare Kits for Kidz, Inc
68 Main Street # 564
Leominster, MA 01453

Thanks for your support!!

PACKING THE KARE KITS FOR OUR KIDZ

We love it when we have a group of young children volunteering with their parents to help pack the kare kits for our kids!! This was another week of tremendous support and we greatly appreciate it. Not only did they help us pack the kare kits but many of them stayed after to help us set up to pack for next week. Thank you all so much for taking time out of your lives to help us!!

FIFTH ANNUAL WALK FOR HUNGER AT SKY VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LEOMINSTER

On Wednesday, September 19th, for the annual Day of Caring, we held our fifth annual Walk for Hunger at Sky View Middle School. We would like to thank the students and faculty for their continued support of our mission to help the food insecure children in our community!

We would like to thank Principal Debra Squires for allowing us to hold the event at the school again this year. Sending a special thank you to Ms. Gould and Mr. Grossman and the Sky View Student Council for all your hard work in helping us with the walk and organizing the food donations.

In order to participate in the walk the students & faculty donated a can of Chef Boyardee, a can Chicken Noodle soup, a box of macaroni and cheese or $1.00. They raised $400 which they purchased Market Basket Gift certificate with as well as collecting cans of Chef Boyardee, Chicken Noodle soup, boxes of macaroni & cheese and various food items.

It is because of the kindness and generosity of people like all of you that we are able to help the food insecure children. We could not do what we do without the tremendous support from our community. Thank you for helping us to help the children! Your donations will make a difference in the lives of many children and you all should be very proud of yourselves!

ANOTHER WEEK OF PACKING KARE KITS WITH TEAM & FRIENDS

The dedication of our team members and friends never cease to amaze us. Week in and week out we always have volunteers to help us pack the kare kits for the kids. Many of them stayed after packing to help set up for next week’s packing too. Thank you all for your kindness and for spending time with us to help the kids!!