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SchoolAid’s inaugural Kids Helping Kids Awards is open for entry until 15 September, with entries streaming in from schools in each and every state and territory in Australia. Interest in the Awards and the work of SchoolAid delivers an overwhelming message from educators that this long overdue program provides much needed acknowledgement of the estimated $11 million* generated for charities and kids in need by schools-based giving in Australia each year.
The Awards will recognise and reward the outstanding fundraising achievements of Australian schoolkids, as well as the tireless work of the teachers and principals helping to develop the next generation of philanthropists. Kids Helping Kids Awards partners, Microsoft and Cartoon Network, are providing an incredible range of technology and entertainment prizes to recognise and reward these achievements, whilst the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation is a primary supporter of the Awards.
Prime Minister The Hon Julia Gillard MP, recently expressed her public support of the Awards, and urged all Australian schools to get involved. “I am pleased to extend my support to the SchoolAid 2010 Kids Helping Kids Awards. SchoolAid is an exceptional organisation that encourages and supports teachers, principals, students and whole school communities to unite and raise money for children that are in a less fortunate situation. Sadly, there are children that live in very difficult circumstances and many families struggle to meet the demands of everyday life. It is important for us to recognise this and extend a helping hand."
"I encourage all schools to get involved, be proud of your achievements and celebrate the generosity of Australians for those in need.”
In addition to strong government and community support, the Kids Helping Kids Awards has the endorsement of the Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA), Principals Australia (PA) and state Education Departments across Australia. SchoolAid encourages philanthropy in Australian kids, tapping into their innate concern for their peers and kids in need everywhere, whilst fostering leadership, resilience and independence. The ‘Kids Helping Kids Awards’ provides a much-needed avenue for these critical life skills and values to be rewarded through a national Awards program.
SchoolAid is supported of a talented group of celebrity Ambassadors, all of whom are very committed to the nation’s first Kids Helping Kids Awards and the goal of recognising and rewarding school-based giving right across Australia. Commenting on his support of the awards, Andrew Daddo says: “I remember the focus of our time at school was on academic and sporting achievement. The life lessons were generally learnt at home. It’s good to know that these days, with programs like Kids Helping Kids, children learn about the benefits of helping, it’s not something everyone does instinctively. It’s a good lesson, one that will hold all children in good stead for the rest of their lives.”
Each of the seven winning schools will receive a personal half-day visit from one of the Kids Helping Kids Awards Ambassadors, who will hand deliver prizes and spend time meeting with the kids!
These visits will provide an unprecedented opportunity for winning schools to engage parents and friends and the broader community in a meaningful and worthwhile public demonstration of the tireless fundraising work of your school! Registrations for the Kids Helping Kids Awards are open now. Visit www.schoolaid.org.au to download the registration form.
Kids Helping Kids Awards Partners
The 2010 Kids Helping Kids Awards is supported by:
· Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
· Microsoft through its Partners in Learning Initiative
· Cartoon Network
*This figure is a SchoolAid estimate based on the average sum raised by each school for a SchoolAid appeal and then multiplied by an average number of fundraising events schools conduct in a year.
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