Kids helping kids
Julia Gillard urges Aussie schools to enter the Kids Helping Kids Awards!
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has personally encouraged all Primary Schools to enter Australia's first and only Kids Helping Kids Awards, recognising and rewarding outstanding school-based giving. The Awards will showcase the amazing and often unheralded fundraising achievements of Australian schoolkids, as well as the tireless work of teachers and principals helping to develop the next generation of philanthropists.
Enter your school's own fundraising program, no matter how large or small, and win amazing cash and technology prizes!
Check out some inspirational videos, made especially for you by some of our Ambassadors!
Check out some great examples of participation. We look forward to showcasing your story and we will be contantly updating with new case studies- so stay tuned- your school may be next!
Entries and Submissions are now open!
But don't delay.. the final date for registrations and submissions is 15th September 2010!
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KIDS! Click here to check out all our fun stuff, plus details on everything you need to know about the Kids Helping Kids Awards - just for you!
The 2010 Kids Helping Kids Awards is SchoolAid's inaugural national Awards program recognising and rewarding excellence in school based philanthropy. The Awards provide teachers and students across Australia with the opportunity to celebrate and showcase their fundraising activities. The Awards represent a first in Australian schools - the opportunity to demonstrate how your school 'walks its values talk'. |
It's Easy to Enter!
Your school may already be eligible to enter your existing fundraising efforts in the Kids Helping Kids Awards! All fundraising activity completed in 2010 which helps kids, whether local or international, through SchoolAid or through another charity, is in the running for one of our great prizes. Australian primary schools conduct so many amazing fundraising programs every year to support kids and SchoolAid wants to recognise and reward those efforts.
One of the Awards entrants is a primary school raising funds to support a charity in their local area for underprivileged kids who need a break from their everyday life. Kids at the participating school are asked to complete a chore for their parents at home to earn a gold coin to donate to the charity. This school-based fundraising helping kids in their local area has given the participating school a chance to win one of our amazing Kids Helping Kids Awards prize packs!
Another of our schools held a Hats for Haiti fundraiser earlier in the year and has entered their event in the Awards.
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Why get involved with the Kids Helping Kids Awards?
SchoolAid focuses on helping Australian teachers and principals turn their students' compassion into action. SchoolAid aims, through our support of projects focused on 'kids in crisis', to encourage teachers to engage, advocate and galvanise support amongst their teaching and student communities to create fun and effective fundraising appeals. SchoolAid adds a greater depth of meaning to students bringing in their $1 coin for a cause by setting a learning context around your school community's philanthropic activity.
The Kids Helping Kids Awards is our way of rewarding and acknowledging the efforts of kids and their educators in this process. |
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Dates for your diary- Awards Timeline for 2010
- 20th April - Kids Helping Kids Awards Launched.
- 30th April - Awards entries open. Please note that due to unprecedented demand, the Awards registration period has been extended to 15 September 2010.
- 1st August - Awards Submissions now open! Don't delay! The closing date is 15 September!
- 15th September - Closing date for lodgement of Awards Submissions.
- 15th October - Awards finalists announced in each category.
- 1st November - Kids Helping Kids Awards winners announced.
- November and December - Winners receive prizes and interactive school visits from Kids Helping Kids Ambassadors.
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Click here to see the amazing prizes on offer.
Downloads
- How to Enter
- Terms and Conditions
- Parent Release Form
- Judging Criteria
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Awards Information Booklet
- Kids Helping Kids Cartoon Network Poster
- KHK Cartoon Network Poster (for colouring in)
- Awards Media Release 29.3.10
- Awards Media Release 28.4.10
- Registration Form (save a copy onto your desktop, complete and return by email to admin@schoolaid.org.au or by post).
- Awards Media Release 3.6.10
- Awards Media Release 19.5.10
- Awards Media Release 30.6.10 featuring Julia Gillard
- Awards Media Release 23.7.10
- Awards Submission Form - please ensure that you have already sent us your Awards Registration Form and have this reference number to hand.
- Awards Media Release 28.7.10
Melton College kids place Social Justice at the heart of their school community
24 June 2010
Having only been in existence since 2008, ICA Melton College in Victoria is already making a huge impact in the local community and around the world with their selfless efforts to help kids in need.
Social justice was recently voted by Melton students as one of the most important issues for their school community. Two Social Justice Captains were voted from among the student body and have now taken responsibility for running all internal fundraising and charitable events.
Now Melton, along with all schools in Australia, have the opportunity to see their efforts rewarded in the nation's first Awards program dedicated to recognising excellence in school-based philanthropy.
ICA Melton was the first of many schools to register for the Kids Helping Kids Awards, recognising and rewarding the outstanding fundraising that goes on in Aussie schools every day. Schools are encouraged to enter their fundraising work for other kids in crisis, whether it is for their local community, across Australia or around the world. In this instance, the Melton College kids have decided to enter their fundraising project in the "Sustainability" category for the awards, to acknowledge their long-term commitment to philanthropic activities at Melton.
All the kids in the school participate in fundraising events and work together to select a recipient organisation, usually one with a personal link to the school - whether a disease that affects someone's family, or a connection to an international disaster. The school is also committed to "spreading the love" by supporting a different nonprofit organisation each term.
The kids are often lucky enough to have school visits by the charities they support and are all genuinely touched by the impact that their fundraising activities have had on other people.
Social Captains, Bianca Trajcevski and Philomena Nandu said, "Our school only has 230 students, so we feel excited that the Kids Helping Kids Awards give smaller schools like us, a chance to be recognised for our fundraising activities. We are keen to create sustainable, ongoing social change within our school community and we hope that our efforts inspire everyone to realise that every little bit can make a big difference."
Keen to showcase your School's activity?
13 April 2010
We always love to hear about your School's activities, and this section is dedicated to just this!
Please send us through stories and photos so that we can showcase your fabulous efforts that make such a difference!
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