Cottage Country Magazine is Proud to Sponsor 100 Kids Who Care Peterborough
Peterborough is launching a new campaign, with our young philanthropists leading the way!
100 Kids Who Care Peterborough is following in the footsteps of 100 Men & 100 Women who meet throughout the year, donating $100 each meeting to a worthy organization. 100 Kids is similar – they will meet four times a year, in March, June, September & December, donating $10 at each meeting to a cause that they choose. All children aged 5-13 within the County & City of Peterborough are welcome to participate!
Faith Dickinson, founder of Cuddles for Cancer, will be attending University in the fall, and this is something she has been wanting to bring to the community for the past year and a half. She has always been a firm believer that “you are never too young to make a difference”. This philosophy falls in line with the 100 Kids initiative. “It provides a safe, welcoming venue where youth will meet and share awareness of our community organizations, then make a combined donation of $1,000 to the cause of our collective choice”, says 17-year-old Faith. “Kids have always embraced the idea of giving back and helping others; this will give them an opportunity to do so”.
Faith reached out to several “kids” within the community, asking them to help her launch the event and to help keep the initiative going when she leaves in the fall. One of the youth is 9-year-old Kayla Welsh who has volunteered and supported Cuddles for Cancer the past two years. “Kayla was the first person I thought of. She is kind and compassionate and eager to give back to the community”, says Faith. “100 Kids will give youth the opportunity to develop leadership skills and to speak with confidence in front of their peers”. The young people nominate local charities in advance, three of which will be randomly selected for the evening. The three children whose charities are selected will speak for 1-2 minutes, and then all participants vote on which charity will receive the donations.
The first meeting will be on Wednesday, March 11th at the Peterborough Lions Community Centre, located in East City. Registration will begin at 6pm, the meeting being held from 6:30-7:30pm (parents/guardians must remain on premises).
Lauren Black, from Clo Design Studio, has generously donated her time to create a website, which will be up and running soon. Families will be able to pre-register online at 100kidspeterborough.ca within the next week. Faith said that Lauren is currently updating her website for Cuddles and that she enjoys working together with her, so this was a natural fit for 100 Kids Peterborough.
Michael Dickinson, a Broker from Century 21 United Realty Inc. in Lakefield, is a sponsor who was eager to get involved from the planning stages. Mike is the platinum sponsor for Cuddles for Cancer and when approached by his daughter Faith, he jumped at the chance to support the community’s youngest citizens in their endeavour to give back. 100 Kids Peterborough is looking for more sponsors to support their work throughout the year. If you would like to get involved in any capacity, please reach out to Faith directly at 705-761-3255.
“Peterborough has always been a community that supports many worthy causes – 100 Kids will be a welcoming platform for the youth to support their favourite charities”, says Faith.
