KIC offers monthly opportunities to volunteer with your child, model acts of kindness, and make new friends throughout our Milwaukee community.
Are you looking for an independent family project to engage your family each month? We have a perfect opportunity for you. KIC is partnering with Panera-Glendale in their End of Day Dough-nation Program. KIC families will reclaim surplus baked goods from Panera to distribute to community members living with food insecurity. Activities We are seeking … Continue reading Panera End of Day Dough-nation Delivery
Everybody has wonderful strengths and abilities that can be celebrated! Unfortunately, in our society, there are many negative stereotypes about people with differing abilities. Nearly one in four Americans live with a disability. It is important that we teach our children at an early age to treat everyone with kindness, love, and dignity. Life Navigators … Continue reading Soaps and Suds Drive for Friends of All Abilities
Help bring joy to our “grandfriends” living in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities throughout the Milwaukee area by having your children make artwork provided in our “Art Kits for Caring Kids”. Coronavirus has left so many of our elderly community members feeling alone due to needing to be isolated from others for their … Continue reading Art Kits for Caring Kids
Just One More Ministry, located in Glendale, is an organization that rescues excess food from area restaurants, food suppliers, and caterers and repackages them for shelters, food pantries, and community members in need. Inflation and rising grocery prices continue to disrupt the organization’s regular streams of food, and they are in need of additional support through … Continue reading Lunch Pack and Love
Help bring joy to our “grandfriends” living in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities throughout the Milwaukee area by having your children make artwork provided in our “Art Kits for Caring Kids”. Coronavirus has left so many of our elderly community members feeling alone due to needing to be isolated from others for their … Continue reading Art Kits for Caring Kids
One in three U.S. families lack enough diapers to keep a baby clean, dry, and healthy. Milwaukee Diaper Mission (MDM) believes diapers are a necessity, not a luxury. In partnership with local social service agencies, MDM empowers families in need by providing a reliable source of free diapers and period supplies. We appreciate the service that … Continue reading Packing Diapers for Milwaukee Diaper Mission
Kinship Community Food Center (formerly Riverwest Food Pantry) serves families in the Riverwest, Harambee, and surrounding Milwaukee communities. They engage volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger, isolation, and poverty. Kinship Community Food Center is dedicated to helping residents build community, improve nutritional health, and reduce poverty through the power of food. Purpose Immerse your child in an environment … Continue reading Serving Pantry Guests at Kinship Community Food Center
Monthly Taco Night is back! KIC families will have the opportunity to prepare and serve over 100 in-person hot and nutritious meals for adult and children guests of St. Vincent De Paul (SVDP). We will work together to prepare the meals prior to guest arrival and serve the meals upon arrival of the guests in the … Continue reading March Monthly Meal Program
Join Kids Impact Community for a family-friendly morning of learning and service. Together, we will learn about homelessness and create 100 On the Go Bags to share with our homeless neighbors throughout our greater Milwaukee community for Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge. Purpose To provide our children with the opportunity to do what they were born to … Continue reading On the Go Bags for the Homeless
Older adults have a special place in our hearts. Kids Impact Community has hosted intergenerational playgroups since the organization’s inception. Our kiddos have learned patience, kindness, and how to make new friends of all ages, and our "grandfriends" benefit tremendously from the interaction with our children. Activities At each playgroup, we follow the same structure … Continue reading Intergenerational Playgroups – The Waters of Oak Creek