Kids helping kids

Project Week, March 4 - 8, 2013

"Kids Helping Kids"

The Maine Facts:

Did you know . . . ?

According to the Children Defense Fund

227,294 children live in Maine.

A child is abused or neglected every 3 hours.

16,921 children live in extreme poverty.

47,727 children are considered poor.

$485 is the maximum monthly TANF cash assistance for a family of three.

26,445 adults and children receive cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

5,000 households in Cumberland County alone depend on food pantries every month.

21% of food pantries report that their numbers have more than doubled.

82% of food pantries have had to make some type of cutback, either giving less food or even turning people away.

These are dire circumstances.

Working for Preble Street Resource Center could help.

Making special deliveries could be enlightening.

Beyond Portland there was a farm in Fairfield, Maine. During the late 1800s it became Good Will-Hinckley,

a place with a mission "to provide a home and helping hand for young people and families"?

How then did this "home to youth facing complex academic, social, behavioral, and emotional challenges" transition into the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, the first charter school in the state's history?

How can this beautiful, historic homestead continue to open its doors?

How can they carry on traditions like The Festival of Trees?

How can people work with and learn from one another to make their experiences that much more rewarding,

even on a farm in the middle of Maine?

Ask yourself, "Do you like the ocean?"

"Do you like helping others?"

"Do you like the idea of getting your hands dirty and your back sweaty to plant a 'seed' that could make the world greener?"

for "Kids Helping Kids," an NHS Projects Period

opportunity in March 2013!

If so, consider joining Mr. Redman and Mr. Tobin