BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:309@kicmke.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240115T113000 DTSTAMP:20240105T031313Z URL:https://kicmke.org/events/celebrate-mlk-national-day-service-2024/ SUMMARY:Celebrate MLK National Day of Service DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE\n\nNOTE: Please register each individual in your family who will be attending this event. (This is not a drop off event.)\n \nJoin Kids Impact Community for an all-ages\, family-friendly morning of learning and service in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day\, includ ing a special guest speaker from Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge\, story time \, music\, movement\, and various on-site service projects. Together we wi ll bring MLK's National Day of Service to life in a way that even the youn gest children can understand.\nAs a way to further engage your kids before and during the project\, we invite your family to pick out and purchase i tems to help fill our winter hygiene kits and on-the-go breakfast bags for Milwaukee residents living with housing insecurity. A sign-up will be inc luded in your confirmation email. Bringing an item is not required to atte nd and participate.\n\nActivities\nOn this National Day of Service\, we wi ll engage our children as dynamic and change-making citizens. After gather ing together to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\, we will read a st ory and have an all-ages discussion about housing insecurity with our gues t speaker from Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge. Then\, we will get to work on a variety of service projects.\nAll Ages\n\n\n \n\n Decorate care cards and assemble on-the-go winter hygiene kits\n Embellish paper bags with p ositive messages and put together on-the-go breakfast bags\n Read picture books in the book corner about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other big i deas\n Create a take-home craft as a reminder of MLK Day\n Participate i n additional service project stations that capture your interest\n\n\n\nEV ENT FULL: Kids ages 9-12: Leadership Opportunity\nThis year\, we need juni or leaders to help with set-up the day before and assist attendees at a va riety of project stations the day of the event.\nKids ages 12+\nAs a speci al extension to our program\, we invite kids ages 12+ and their caregivers to distribute the assembled winter hygiene kits and on-the-go breakfast b ags with Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge on Feb. 3 or Feb. 10 - register toda y.\n\nImpact\nChildren will learn they can be true leaders and that their little hands can make a big impact on others by spreading Dr. King’s mes sage of equality and love.\n\nWhen &\; Where\nMonday\, Jan. 15 from 10- 11:30 a.m.\nCongregation Shalom\n7630 N. Santa Monica Blvd\, Fox Point 532 1\nTHANK YOU to Congregation Shalom for generously hosting our Martin Luth er King Jr. Day project! We are so excited to be together in-person this y ear.\n\n\n\nRegistration Information\nParticipant Cap: 200 volunteers\nAge : All ages\nCost: Free!\nOptional: As a way to further engage your kids be fore and during the project\, we invite your family to pick out and purcha se items to help fill our winter hygiene kits and on-the-go breakfast bags . A sign-up will be included in your confirmation email\, though this is n ot required to attend the event. Or\, If you would like to contribute mone tarily to the service projects\, you may do so at the event or donate onli ne.\nQuestions: Email katie@kicmke.org with any specific questions.\nCance llations: We count on our registered volunteers to make these projects com e to life. However\, we understand illness and emergencies do come up. If you can no longer participate\, please email katie@kicmke.org ASAP so we c an fill your spot.\n\nOur Partner\nMr. Bob’s Under the Bridge volunteers gather at Kosciuszko Park each Saturday morning to serve Milwaukee reside nts living with housing insecurity. They provide necessities such as food\ , hygiene items\, clothing\, and access to bathe in a mobile shower traile r. Perhaps just as important\, the volunteers offer fellowship and emotion al support while creating a sense of community alongside warm coffee and s nacks. Learn more on their website. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://kicmke.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/20 24-MLK-Project-Series-update.png CATEGORIES:Children and Families END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR