Patchwork Quilt

Kids' Club

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Held during the school year, the Kids’ Club is an after-school program that provides learning opportunities in a safe haven, a snack, and dinner for approximately 50 children (ages 4-12). The children and trained teen volunteers from Patchwork Quilt’s Teen Group gather from mid-afternoon through early evening three days each week. The program boasts at least one adult or teen volunteer for every three participating children. At least 70% of participants stay with the program for at least a year.

This past year 164 kids participated in at least 1 day of Kids’ Club programming and over 67 volunteers spent countless hours encouraging and teaching the kids our core values of PEACEFUL, RESPECTFUL, RESPONSIBLE AND THANKFUL. That number does not include the many other generous individuals and organizations that provided school supplies, warm coats, mittens, books, and Christmas gifts for the participants and their siblings.

Every night of programming kids are fed an after school snack and dinner. Academics are emphasized and each child receives homework help. Our new computer lab is a favorite along with playing educational games with volunteers, staff or their peers, cooking and clean-up, arts and crafts, and outside activities such as kickball, basketball or double-dutch. The eagerness of these children as they come in each afternoon is amazing considering the many challenges they face. Some are homeless; others who have homes have no running water. Gunshots and drug dealers abound in their neighborhood and many of our kids witness and/or are the victims themselves of physical, verbal or substance abuse.