Our Board has experienced the distinct pleasure of receiving many sweet, heartfelt, thankful letters from the appreciative kids our organization has helped over the years, and has heard many heartwarming success stories from kids and adults alike.

 

We are now in our third year of helping the "kids" of Currituck County to achieve or maintain success in the school and social endeavors.  By providing grants to the school system, social service and organizations such as the YMCA and 4-H we use liaisons to make sure that the needs of "kids" in Currituck County are helped.  During the 2010-2011 school year and following summer our grants sponsored:

 

• 9 “kids” to YMCA, 4-H, and Currituck Tennis summer camps.
• 5 “kids” to summer band camp.
• The “No Kid Leaves Without a Book” grant for 2011, enabled 261 “kids” to get a book, from the book fairs, of their very own who would not have be able to get one otherwise.
• Help to the “Real World” program, where “kids” learn about real world things like banking, insurance, interviewing and budgeting.
• Help to jump start the “Back Pack for Kids” program, run by the Currituck Extension Office, to provide a back pack of food for needy “kids” to take home over a weekend so they can have something to eat.
• Individual assistance on an as needed basis, identified by school or agency liaisons, to make sure that individual “kids” are able to succeed in school.  This might include prescriptions, glasses, clothing, coats, food, sports physical examinations, and/or field trip fees, etc.

Hundreds of “kids” have been touched by our funding.  In every case, we have enabled the “kids” to feel better about themselves and to fit in…which we all remember and know is so important as you go through school.