May 2009
Team Kids Fosters Passion for Community Service...
05/16/09 08:52
Press Release
Team Kids Fosters Passion for Community Service among Irvine Children
Community leaders team up with New Horizon students to mentor and inspire service through
4-week Team Kids Challenge!
Irvine, CA – May 15, 2009 – It’s never too early to start giving back to the community.
This idea is the driving force behind the work of Team Kids, an Irvine-grown non-profit organization that gives children and teenagers opportunities to partner with community leaders on projects that benefit local, national and international causes.
“Our goal is to inspire young people to become responsible citizens with a passion for community service,” says Founder/CEO Julie Hudash. “And while our programs give children a chance to do something for their community, they also teach values and skills that will help kids make good choices in their own lives.”
Team Kids’ signature program, the school-based Team Kids Challenge, was kicked off at Irvine’s New Horizon Elementary, a private, non-profit Islamic school on Friday. This inspirational assembly brought together preschool through 6th grade students with role models — police, firefighters, and mentors from the community — to work as a team focused on four-week challenge goals to strengthen their community. Week one will team New Horizon students up with Irvine’s Families Forward as they bring in the food “they like to eat” to fill two large barrels of food for the hungry. The second week’s goal will focus on the importance of literacy, as students bring in over 500 of their gently used books, serve as “Book Doctors” to clean and restore the books, and then donate them to Orange County’s Early Literacy Project. The book donations will then be donated through clinics and schools to children who don’t have books of their own. The third week focuses on Orange County’s homelessness issue. Students will work to fill an entire passenger van with their gently used toys and clothes to support the homeless and working poor through Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center. Week four empowers all 200+ students as environmental advocates as they collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans, with proceeds going to the International Bird Rescue Research Center which rescues sea birds injured due to ocean pollution.
At the end of their four-week challenges, the 4-6 graders who volunteer to serve on the Team Kids Leadership Team host a youth-led, school-wide carnival to raise funds for a charity that they themselves -- the students -- have identified. 100% of what students raise goes to the charity of their choice.
More than 20,000 children have participated in the Team Kids Challenge since 2001. Collectively, kids have raised over $200,000 for local charities during youth-led efforts.
Team Kids programs have made positive impacts on children’s feelings of self-efficacy, leadership capacity, their desire to help others, and perceptions of being important contributors to their schools and the community. What’s the secret to Team Kids’ success? It’s a close collaboration with the Irvine Unified School District, the City of Irvine, Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, University of California, Irvine, and a host of other community partners.
“This is prevention. If our officers are in the schools, building relationships with kids and honoring them for being leaders in our community, then it’s likely we won’t see these kids in trouble down the line,” said Irvine Police Chief Dave Maggard.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen McHale adds, “Adults become cynical about change. It’s so inspiring to work with children who truly believe that anything is possible.”
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Team Kids Fosters Passion for Community Service among Irvine Children
Community leaders team up with New Horizon students to mentor and inspire service through
4-week Team Kids Challenge!
Irvine, CA – May 15, 2009 – It’s never too early to start giving back to the community.
This idea is the driving force behind the work of Team Kids, an Irvine-grown non-profit organization that gives children and teenagers opportunities to partner with community leaders on projects that benefit local, national and international causes.
“Our goal is to inspire young people to become responsible citizens with a passion for community service,” says Founder/CEO Julie Hudash. “And while our programs give children a chance to do something for their community, they also teach values and skills that will help kids make good choices in their own lives.”
Team Kids’ signature program, the school-based Team Kids Challenge, was kicked off at Irvine’s New Horizon Elementary, a private, non-profit Islamic school on Friday. This inspirational assembly brought together preschool through 6th grade students with role models — police, firefighters, and mentors from the community — to work as a team focused on four-week challenge goals to strengthen their community. Week one will team New Horizon students up with Irvine’s Families Forward as they bring in the food “they like to eat” to fill two large barrels of food for the hungry. The second week’s goal will focus on the importance of literacy, as students bring in over 500 of their gently used books, serve as “Book Doctors” to clean and restore the books, and then donate them to Orange County’s Early Literacy Project. The book donations will then be donated through clinics and schools to children who don’t have books of their own. The third week focuses on Orange County’s homelessness issue. Students will work to fill an entire passenger van with their gently used toys and clothes to support the homeless and working poor through Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center. Week four empowers all 200+ students as environmental advocates as they collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans, with proceeds going to the International Bird Rescue Research Center which rescues sea birds injured due to ocean pollution.
At the end of their four-week challenges, the 4-6 graders who volunteer to serve on the Team Kids Leadership Team host a youth-led, school-wide carnival to raise funds for a charity that they themselves -- the students -- have identified. 100% of what students raise goes to the charity of their choice.
More than 20,000 children have participated in the Team Kids Challenge since 2001. Collectively, kids have raised over $200,000 for local charities during youth-led efforts.
Team Kids programs have made positive impacts on children’s feelings of self-efficacy, leadership capacity, their desire to help others, and perceptions of being important contributors to their schools and the community. What’s the secret to Team Kids’ success? It’s a close collaboration with the Irvine Unified School District, the City of Irvine, Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, University of California, Irvine, and a host of other community partners.
“This is prevention. If our officers are in the schools, building relationships with kids and honoring them for being leaders in our community, then it’s likely we won’t see these kids in trouble down the line,” said Irvine Police Chief Dave Maggard.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen McHale adds, “Adults become cynical about change. It’s so inspiring to work with children who truly believe that anything is possible.”
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Team Kids Honors Community, Philanthropist & Kids
05/16/09 08:50
Team Kids Honors Community, Philanthropist & Kids Nearly 300 gather at 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration
Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police, school leaders, Team Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Mylen, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Chief Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Dr. Mylen hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, back in 2001, during which children joined together to raise funds for a young boy to receive needed heart surgery. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hope and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith of Newport Beach, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police, school leaders, Team Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Mylen, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Chief Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Dr. Mylen hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, back in 2001, during which children joined together to raise funds for a young boy to receive needed heart surgery. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hope and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith of Newport Beach, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Orange County Philanthropist Challenges Others...
05/16/09 08:50
Orange County Philanthropist Challenges Others to Give
“This $200,000 donation to Team Kids is an investment that won’t disappear.”
Irvine, CA – April 22, 2009 – It may be tough to get a good deal in the stock market these days, but Newport Beach philanthropist Kelly Smith says, “The real investment value is in our children. That’s why I’ve continued to support Team Kids. It’s the highest impact, most innovative youth-focused organization I’ve found.”
Smith donated $200,000 to Team Kids, the Orange County nonprofit that brings partners from both law enforcement and firefighters into elementary schools to get kids involved as young community leaders at an early age.
“When my children came home from school and told me they were helping Team Kids collect food, clothing and books for kids who needed them, I offered to help,” said Smith. “They told me they didn’t need my help. They were doing it themselves. That’s how I learned about Team Kids, and its innovative programs continue to inspire me.”
During the past eight years, more than 21,000 students have participated in the Team Kids Challenge, helping others and sending the funds and resources they’ve raised to community organizations.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Team Kids founder & CEO Julie Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly. We’ve included more schools in Team Kids’ programs, even though we don’t have the resources to bring our programs to all the schools that have requested them.”
As Smith explained, “Giving to Team Kids amplifies the return I get on my investment. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders.
“Kelly’s gift is wonderful, and we continue to encourage other generous donations, both large and small, so we can expand the Team Kids Challenge throughout and beyond Orange County,” said Hudash.
“I’m challenging other donors to find their own path to help Team Kids, because I believe it is the best investment you can make right now,” said Smith. “Even in this economy, it’s important for those who can help not to hold back in our giving. We need to make our good intentions count,” Smith said, “and we need to preserve the optimism and certainty our children have that they can make a difference.”
Community members can learn more about Team Kids by attending its annual Imagine luncheon celebration on Sunday, May 3, at Il Fornaio Restaurant in Irvine. Go to www.teamkids.org for additional information.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
“This $200,000 donation to Team Kids is an investment that won’t disappear.”
Irvine, CA – April 22, 2009 – It may be tough to get a good deal in the stock market these days, but Newport Beach philanthropist Kelly Smith says, “The real investment value is in our children. That’s why I’ve continued to support Team Kids. It’s the highest impact, most innovative youth-focused organization I’ve found.”
Smith donated $200,000 to Team Kids, the Orange County nonprofit that brings partners from both law enforcement and firefighters into elementary schools to get kids involved as young community leaders at an early age.
“When my children came home from school and told me they were helping Team Kids collect food, clothing and books for kids who needed them, I offered to help,” said Smith. “They told me they didn’t need my help. They were doing it themselves. That’s how I learned about Team Kids, and its innovative programs continue to inspire me.”
During the past eight years, more than 21,000 students have participated in the Team Kids Challenge, helping others and sending the funds and resources they’ve raised to community organizations.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Team Kids founder & CEO Julie Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly. We’ve included more schools in Team Kids’ programs, even though we don’t have the resources to bring our programs to all the schools that have requested them.”
As Smith explained, “Giving to Team Kids amplifies the return I get on my investment. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders.
“Kelly’s gift is wonderful, and we continue to encourage other generous donations, both large and small, so we can expand the Team Kids Challenge throughout and beyond Orange County,” said Hudash.
“I’m challenging other donors to find their own path to help Team Kids, because I believe it is the best investment you can make right now,” said Smith. “Even in this economy, it’s important for those who can help not to hold back in our giving. We need to make our good intentions count,” Smith said, “and we need to preserve the optimism and certainty our children have that they can make a difference.”
Community members can learn more about Team Kids by attending its annual Imagine luncheon celebration on Sunday, May 3, at Il Fornaio Restaurant in Irvine. Go to www.teamkids.org for additional information.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
Team Kids Fosters Passion for Community Service among Irvine Children
05/15/09 14:07
Team Kids Fosters Passion for Community Service among Irvine Children
Community leaders team up with New Horizon students to mentor and inspire service through
4-week Team Kids Challenge!
Irvine, CA – May 15, 2009 – It’s never too early to start giving back to the community.
This idea is the driving force behind the work of Team Kids, an Irvine-grown non-profit organization that gives children and teenagers opportunities to partner with community leaders on projects that benefit local, national and international causes.
“Our goal is to inspire young people to become responsible citizens with a passion for community service,” says Founder/CEO Julie Hudash. “And while our programs give children a chance to do something for their community, they also teach values and skills that will help kids make good choices in their own lives.”
Team Kids’ signature program, the school-based Team Kids Challenge, was kicked off at Irvine’s New Horizon Elementary, a private, non-profit Islamic school on Friday. This inspirational assembly brought together preschool through 6th grade students with role models — police, firefighters, and mentors from the community — to work as a team focused on four-week challenge goals to strengthen their community. Week one will team New Horizon students up with Irvine’s Families Forward as they bring in the food “they like to eat” to fill two large barrels of food for the hungry. The second week’s goal will focus on the importance of literacy, as students bring in over 500 of their gently used books, serve as “Book Doctors” to clean and restore the books, and then donate them to Orange County’s Early Literacy Project. The book donations will then be donated through clinics and schools to children who don’t have books of their own. The third week focuses on Orange County’s homelessness issue. Students will work to fill an entire passenger van with their gently used toys and clothes to support the homeless and working poor through Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center. Week four empowers all 200+ students as environmental advocates as they collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans, with proceeds going to the International Bird Rescue Research Center which rescues sea birds injured due to ocean pollution.
At the end of their four-week challenges, the 4-6 graders who volunteer to serve on the Team Kids Leadership Team host a youth-led, school-wide carnival to raise funds for a charity that they themselves -- the students -- have identified. 100% of what students raise goes to the charity of their choice.
More than 20,000 children have participated in the Team Kids Challenge since 2001. Collectively, kids have raised over $200,000 for local charities during youth-led efforts.
Team Kids programs have made positive impacts on children’s feelings of self-efficacy, leadership capacity, their desire to help others, and perceptions of being important contributors to their schools and the community. What’s the secret to Team Kids’ success? It’s a close collaboration with the Irvine Unified School District, the City of Irvine, Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, University of California, Irvine, and a host of other community partners.
“This is prevention. If our officers are in the schools, building relationships with kids and honoring them for being leaders in our community, then it’s likely we won’t see these kids in trouble down the line,” said Irvine Police Chief Dave Maggard.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen McHale adds, “Adults become cynical about change. It’s so inspiring to work with children who truly believe that anything is possible.”
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Community leaders team up with New Horizon students to mentor and inspire service through
4-week Team Kids Challenge!
Irvine, CA – May 15, 2009 – It’s never too early to start giving back to the community.
This idea is the driving force behind the work of Team Kids, an Irvine-grown non-profit organization that gives children and teenagers opportunities to partner with community leaders on projects that benefit local, national and international causes.
“Our goal is to inspire young people to become responsible citizens with a passion for community service,” says Founder/CEO Julie Hudash. “And while our programs give children a chance to do something for their community, they also teach values and skills that will help kids make good choices in their own lives.”
Team Kids’ signature program, the school-based Team Kids Challenge, was kicked off at Irvine’s New Horizon Elementary, a private, non-profit Islamic school on Friday. This inspirational assembly brought together preschool through 6th grade students with role models — police, firefighters, and mentors from the community — to work as a team focused on four-week challenge goals to strengthen their community. Week one will team New Horizon students up with Irvine’s Families Forward as they bring in the food “they like to eat” to fill two large barrels of food for the hungry. The second week’s goal will focus on the importance of literacy, as students bring in over 500 of their gently used books, serve as “Book Doctors” to clean and restore the books, and then donate them to Orange County’s Early Literacy Project. The book donations will then be donated through clinics and schools to children who don’t have books of their own. The third week focuses on Orange County’s homelessness issue. Students will work to fill an entire passenger van with their gently used toys and clothes to support the homeless and working poor through Santa Ana’s Southwest Community Center. Week four empowers all 200+ students as environmental advocates as they collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans, with proceeds going to the International Bird Rescue Research Center which rescues sea birds injured due to ocean pollution.
At the end of their four-week challenges, the 4-6 graders who volunteer to serve on the Team Kids Leadership Team host a youth-led, school-wide carnival to raise funds for a charity that they themselves -- the students -- have identified. 100% of what students raise goes to the charity of their choice.
More than 20,000 children have participated in the Team Kids Challenge since 2001. Collectively, kids have raised over $200,000 for local charities during youth-led efforts.
Team Kids programs have made positive impacts on children’s feelings of self-efficacy, leadership capacity, their desire to help others, and perceptions of being important contributors to their schools and the community. What’s the secret to Team Kids’ success? It’s a close collaboration with the Irvine Unified School District, the City of Irvine, Irvine Police Department, Orange County Fire Authority, University of California, Irvine, and a host of other community partners.
“This is prevention. If our officers are in the schools, building relationships with kids and honoring them for being leaders in our community, then it’s likely we won’t see these kids in trouble down the line,” said Irvine Police Chief Dave Maggard.
Orange County Fire Authority Captain Stephen McHale adds, “Adults become cynical about change. It’s so inspiring to work with children who truly believe that anything is possible.”
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Press Release Contact: Linda Ames 949-300-2545 linda.ames@cox.net
Team Kids Honors Community Leaders, Philanthropist & Kids
05/04/09 14:51
Press Release Contact:
Linda Ames
949-300-2545
linda.ames@cox.net
Team Kids Honors Community Leaders, Philanthropist & Kids
Nearly 300 gather at 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration
Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police and school leaders, Teen Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Milan, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Milan hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, during which children joined together to raise funds for a fellow student’s medical care. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hopes and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Teen Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith, Newport Beach philanthropist, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Linda Ames
949-300-2545
linda.ames@cox.net
Team Kids Honors Community Leaders, Philanthropist & Kids
Nearly 300 gather at 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration
Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police and school leaders, Teen Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Milan, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Milan hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, during which children joined together to raise funds for a fellow student’s medical care. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hopes and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Teen Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith, Newport Beach philanthropist, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Team Kids Honors Community, Philanthropist & Kids Nearly 300 gather at 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration
05/03/09 14:07
Team Kids Honors Community, Philanthropist & Kids Nearly 300 gather at 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration
Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police, school leaders, Team Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Mylen, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Chief Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Dr. Mylen hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, back in 2001, during which children joined together to raise funds for a young boy to receive needed heart surgery. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hope and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith of Newport Beach, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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Irvine, CA – May 4, 2009 – “It’s all about the kids,” said Team Kids Founder and CEO Julie Hudash when she welcomed nearly 300 supporters of the Orange County organization to its 4th annual Team Kids Family Celebration.
Irvine police, school leaders, Team Council Presidential Service Award winners and a Newport Beach philanthropist were honored during the Sunday, May 3 event at Irvine’s Il Fornaio restaurant.
Irvine Deputy Police Chief, retired, David Mahalik, and Vista Verde Elementary and Middle School Principal Jean Mylen, PhD, received the 2009 Team Kids Spirit Award.
Chief Mihalik, who chairs the Team Kids board of directors, started one of Team Kids’ most treasured programs, Shop with a Cop. Uniformed officers take children who were living in a local domestic violence shelter on a holiday shopping trip, bringing joy and forging friendships between the children and the police officers who protect them. “It’s important we show kids real everyday heroes, not just the spots stars or celebrities of the day,” said Mihalik.
In 2001, Dr. Mylen hosted the first Team Kids Challenge event, back in 2001, during which children joined together to raise funds for a young boy to receive needed heart surgery. “I have been fortunate to be a part of Team Kids and have witnessed the hope and dreams on the faces of children who have been involved. We cannot always build the future for our children, but Team Kids can build our young people for the future,” she said.
Seven Team Kids Council members performed more than 150 hours of service and received the Presidential Service Award. The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States. It recognizes the best in American spirit of those who improve their communities though volunteer service and civic participation. Award recipients were: Francesca Apollonio, Keiko Arzouman and Carly Dahl, University High School; Kelly Marshall, Corona del Mar High School; Sasha Glasser, Orange County High School of the Arts; and Caitlyn Kelly and Lang Peirce, Irvine High School.
The group thanked Kelly Smith of Newport Beach, for donating $200,000 to Team Kids. “I believe in the benefits of Team Kids for a number of reasons. Each time the Team Kids Challenge goes to a school, up to five charities receive the benefits. On top of that, the kids in the program see themselves as powerful community leaders,” said Smith.
“Every can of food and toy donated or penny raised by kids during our school-based Team Kids Challenge program goes to youth-serving charities,” said Hudash. “That’s why the organization itself depends on the generosity of amazing people like Kelly.”
Also thanked for their roles in bringing Team Kids Challenge to schools in Newport Beach were: Principal Charlene Metoyer, Harbor View Elementary School; Principal Mary Manos, Andersen Elementary School, and Captain Glenn White, Newport Beach Fire Department.
About Team Kids
Team Kids strengthens innovative community collaborations that empower young people to become resilient and responsible citizens with a passion for service through its school-based and community-wide programs. While serving, students develop the values and skills that enable them to make positive choices in their own lives, while making a difference in the lives of others. For more information, visit the Team Kids Web site: www.teamkids.org
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