My wife and I’s passion is building character and “The Soul” of children. During the research for the book Close Kids, we realized parents (us included) spent hours and hours of time shuffling kids from one commitment to another.

Then it hit us. What were we doing to develop the souls of the children? The answer was, “Not much”.

So our goal is participate with our children in one charitable act per quarter. Just that small step. And teach them how rich their lives can be by helping other people. We will grow it in the future, but you have to start somewhere, right?

Please consider joining us.

Links for charitable work for kids

ArtistsHelpingChildren.com
CompassionateKids.com
KidsCare.org
HabitatforHumanity Youth Dept.

The Peter Pan Children’s Fund – You can sign up for the Peter Pan Birthday Club and help raise money for a local children’s hospital.

Special Olympics – These were just in town and I realized after it was over that even my youngest could help do something. I plan on making this a family volunteer outing next year. Most kids can easily pick up trash, deliver water, or be a cheering section!

Pinwheel Project – An idea right out of the Close Kids Forever book. You can collect and donate art supplies, books, DVDs and videos to children’s hospitals easily with their help.

Locks of Love – My oldest and my wife did this last year and had a blast doing it.  In fact, there were several other first graders who  got involved after hearing about it.