Ideasfor kidsc.a.r.e. Support
Children planted tomato, pepper, and flower seeds and took care of the growing plants for six weeks. The plants were available after church services to congregational members for a freewill offering.
The Evening Guild members donated pies which wereoffered for a freewill donation when their Pioneers worked at the American Legion Hall chicken fry.
Hold a “Noisy Can Sunday.” Everyone brings their change in cans. It is noisy, but fun!
Children did chores at home and at grandma’s house to earn money for kidsc.a.r.e.
Donate to kidsc.a.r.e in honor of your grandchildren.
Displaysomething like a chart or thermometer to monitor kidsc.a.r.e.donations.
Students collected money for the month of December for the kidsc.a.r.e. projectinstead of exchanging names and giving gifts to their classmates.
(This idea represents what was done for the Central Africa Medical Mission Orphans/Infants project, but could be adapted to any project.)During Sunday school, a presentation on the kidsc.a.r.e. project was made by our reporter. Using the tools provided by LWMS for teaching purposes, the kids watched a PowerPoint, a lesson was taught from the teacher’s guide, and a poster board was displayed with pictures of the mission. The kids did a craft to reinforce the lesson. They were also taught a song in Chichewa, which they sang for the congregationduring the church service. The congregation loved it! After the service, the children collected a special offering for the mission.
When each child’s kids ca.r.e.box was full, the offering was put in a special collection container which was kept in the school office window so everyone could see the progress being made. On the last day of the collection,the cover wouldn’t fit on the container!The goal of completelyfilling the container had been surpassed.
The Ladies Guild put on a breakfast for the congregation to help the Sunday school children raise money for the kidsc.a.r.e. project, as they only have five children in Sunday school.The breakfast was promoted as a way to teach the children the importance of mission work. The children made birthday cards, thinking of you cards, get well cards, etc., and painted suncatchers. These were all sold at the breakfast.
During Spirit Week,a week long collection for kids c.a.r.e. was taken. The kids brought in pennies on Monday, nickels on Tuesday, dimes on Wednesday, quarters on Thursday, and dollars on Friday. The class that donated the most was awarded an ice cream party.
Children decorated heart-shaped cookies representing their “Hearts for Missions.” The cookies were made available to the congregation for a freewill offering.
A fourth grade class was asked to sing Christmas carols in December at the local grocery store. The store gave the class money, and they also received tips. Theclassvoted to donate the money tokidsc.a.r.e.
A girl made friendship bracelets and other creations which she sold at her school’s craft fair.She donated all profits to kids c.a.r.e.
In lieu of presents, a birthday girl asked her friends to donate money to a mission project. They chose kids c.a.r.e.
Instead of using kidsc.a.r.e. boxes, a gallon bottle was used. A tube was attached to it so the children could watch their pennies, nickels, and dimes being dropped into it and also see it multiply.
Afashion show was held at which those in attendance used cash to “vote” for their favorite models. Many of the participants were children who invited their families and friends to attend and vote for them. All of the money collected went to kids c.a.r.e.