Hugs 4 Kids Bowl-a-Thon
01/18/2012 – 2:50 pm | No Comment

WHEN: Sunday, February 12th from 1-3:30pm
WHERE: Surf Bowl (1401 South Coast Highway Oceanside, CA )
COST: $10.00 per student Includes bowling, shoes, lunch & entertainment! Scholarships available!

RSVP: RSVP to Amber@kidskorps.org or 760-452-2676 by Feb. 5th. Ask about scholarships when RSVP’ing.

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TEEN LEADERSHIP WEEK… A TEEN PERSPECTIVE
08/23/2011 – 11:37 am | No Comment
TEEN LEADERSHIP WEEK… A TEEN PERSPECTIVE

Looking around the room I thought about all the things I had done the last four days. I had made new friends and learned new skills that would help me lead not only myself, but also others.
On the long drive up to Vista, I sat in the front seat wondering how in the world this …

Teen Leadership Council
01/23/2011 – 1:17 pm | No Comment
Teen Leadership Council

Council members have completed an online leadership evaluation as we begin the year with an assessment of team strengths and individual roles and responsibilities. Our speaker, Don Sando from Strategic Results will speak about “Team Building & Management.” He will then lead the council through an exercise designed to help each of our teens …

Leadership At It’s Best
01/17/2011 – 11:37 am | No Comment
Leadership At It’s Best

By: Alexa Mikalaski
As a member of the Teen Korps Youth Leadership Council it is my responsibility to attend the monthly meetings. For almost every meeting there is a lesson and a speaker. Whether the lesson was on how to reach out to different parts of a community or how to be an effective leader, the …

Teen Korps Project Review January 2011
01/01/2011 – 4:55 pm | No Comment
Teen Korps Project Review January 2011

Serving at Bread of Life
By Arielle Sanford, 3rd grader at the Roger Rowe School
On Tuesday, November 30th, several families from the Rancho Santa Fe Kids Korps chapter joined together to provide a delicious dinner for the Bread of Life homeless shelter in Oceanside.  Our families donated all the meal items, including drinks, fruit, green …

THANKSGIVING FEAST FOR FOSTER CHIDREN
12/10/2010 – 1:48 pm | No Comment

By Max & Nick Macaluso, Rancho Santa Fe Kids Korps Chapter members
On Sunday, November 14th, the Rancho Santa Fe Kids Korps Chapter hosted a grand Thanksgiving themed feast for the foster children living at New Alternatives, a non-profit foster family agency, in Escondido.  Approximately ten families prepared homemade turkey and all the fixings for the …

Teen Korps chapter at Carmel Valley Middle School
12/01/2010 – 12:18 pm | No Comment
Teen Korps chapter at Carmel Valley Middle School

By Lisa Aryan, Chapter Leader at Carmel Valley Middle School

Our Teen Korps chapter at Carmel Valley Middle School is one of the newest Kids Korps chapters this year. We got off …

Teen Korps Youth Leader Council Create a Successful First Time SmART Meter Event…
11/24/2010 – 12:31 pm | No Comment
Teen Korps Youth Leader Council Create a Successful First Time SmART Meter Event…

Members of Teen Korps’ Youth Leadership Council got off to a great start this past Sunday as they created the first Kids Korps USA smART meter project presented by SDG&E.  While the Santa “Cause” Village event turned Flower Hill red and green for the Holiday, members of the Youth Leadership Council, underwritten by Starbucks, worked …

KIDS KORPS WELCOMES OUR 2010/11 TEEN KORPS YOUTH LEADERSHIP MEMBERS…
11/23/2010 – 12:42 pm | No Comment
KIDS KORPS WELCOMES OUR 2010/11 TEEN KORPS YOUTH LEADERSHIP MEMBERS…

We are launching our Teen Korps Youth Leadership Council this month, thanks to the support of our proud sponsors SDG&E, Sempra Energy Foundation and Starbucks. Members of the council will learn leadership and entrepreneurial skills as they work and volunteer in support of Kids Korps City Heights and Green Korps™ initiatives.
We look forward to working …