Kids Helping Kids
Conducting a Kids Helping Kids project is a great way for kids to learn about the Children’s Homes’ ministry and put into practice Biblical teachings of compassion by helping the poor and orphans.
Conducting a Kids Helping Kids project for the Children’s Homes can build additional excitement and enthusiasm around your Vacation Bible School, children’s Sunday school program, or other school program. Kids get excited about helping others! This enthusiasm helps create additional visibility in your church and community about your children’s programs.
Below is a list of various projects that your kids can do to help kids at the Children’s Homes – it’s all about Kids Helping Kids!
Collect donations at a birthday party instead of presents
Some kids may be interested in asking their friends to bring a contribution to their birthday party for the Children’s Homes instead of asking kids to bring presents. (Read birthday bash story)Build a quarter mile of nickels
Kids bring in nickels or other currency in an attempt to bring in enough money that would make a line of nickels a quarter of a mile long. You can obviously do this project with pennies, dimes, or quarters. And you can do it for different distances such as a half mile or something in yards or feet. (Read Quarter Mile of Nickels story)Collect soap for international childcare missions
You can challenge kids and adults to bring in 1,000 bars of soap or enough to fill a barrel with bars of soap. (Read soap mountain story)Collect canned goods and other nonperishable items for the Children’s Homes
Food drives are excellent projects to do during the fall around Thanksgiving or anytime!Conduct a campus clean up day
Organize your youth group to help do landscaping and other outdoor fix up projects at one of our campus locations.Start an offering for the Children’s Homes in your Sunday school class
Set a goal for your Sunday school class to bring in so much money over 3-4 Sunday.These are just a few examples of ways your kids can help kids. You can also try asking your kids for their own ideas on how they can help. They just might surprise you – kids can be very creative!